Policy paper

Exotic animal disease risk pathways and countermeasures report

This report reviews the ways by which an animal disease may enter Great Britain and cause a disease outbreak.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 20 June 2011

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Exotic Animal Disease Risk Pathways and Countermeasures Report

Ref: PB13567

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Details

It reviews our confidence in the existing countermeasures in place to prevent or limit the spread of animal disease. 

The report does not cover those diseases which are known to be established in our current livestock population, such as Bovine TB.

Further information

• Animal diseases

Published 20 June 2011