Chapter II
TERRESTRIAL ANIMAL DISEASE-FREE ZONES AND ESTABLISHMENTS
Section 1: REQUIREMENTS TO BE SATISFIED BY TERRESTRIAL ANIMAL DISEASE-FREE ESTABLISHMENTS
Article 6. Requirements for certificate of terrestrial animal disease-free establishment
1. The terrestrial animal disease-free establishment must satisfy all requirements for disease prevention and control for terrestrial animals as specified in Article 7 hereof.
2. It must carry out animal health surveillance as prescribed in Article 8 hereof.
3. No case of terrestrial animal diseases occurs at the establishment as prescribed in Article 9 hereof.
4. Veterinary activities are carried out under regulations in Article 14, Article 15, Clause 1 Article 19, Article 20, Clause 1 Article 25, Clause 9 Article 27, Clause 3 Article 28, Clause 2 Article 29 and Clause 6 Article 30 of the Law on veterinary medicine and regulations herein.
Article 7. Requirements for terrestrial animal disease prevention and control
1. Commune-level animal raising establishments are required to fulfill the requirements set forth in Article 11 hereof.
2. Animal raising establishments are required to fulfill the requirements set forth in Article 14, Clauses 1, 2, 3 and 4 Article 15 of the Law on veterinary medicine. To be specific:
a) Locations for animal husbandry must be conformable with local planning, or approved by competent authorities, and separate from residential areas, public structures, arterial roads and sources of pollution;
b) There are places for disposal of wastes of animal husbandry, isolation of infectious animals, cleaning and disinfection of equipment;
c) Production or processing areas and animal feeds stores must be separate from toxic chemicals and waste disposal places;
d) Appropriate measures must be taken to prevent the intrusion of other animals into areas where domestic animals are kept;
dd) Cleaning and disinfection measures must be taken in lanes to animal-raising areas;
e) Instruments, equipment and means of transport used in animal husbandry must be properly cleaned and disinfected before they are transported to the establishment and before being used.
g) Water used in animal husbandry must meet requirements set forth in QCVN 01-39:2011/BNNPTNT - National technical regulation on water hygiene criteria using in livestocks husbandry (enclosed with the Circular No. 33/2011/TT-BNNPTNT dated May 16, 2011 by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development), or has been properly treated to destroy pathogens causing dangerous infectious diseases to animals;
h) Wastes of animal husbandry must be properly collected and treated in accordance with applicable laws on environmental protection and veterinary medicines;
i) Compulsory preventive measures for animal diseases must be appropriately taken under regulations of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
3. Before being transported to the establishment, animals susceptible to any diseases covered by the claim of disease freedom are required to meet one of the following requirements:
a) They are provided by raising zones or establishments that are recognized to be free from diseases covered by the claim of disease freedom by the establishment;
b) They have been properly examined or tested and certified by a qualified laboratory designated to test diseases covered by the claim of disease freedom (hereinafter referred to as "designated laboratory") not to carry pathogens or antibodies that have been produced by natural infections, for diseases covered by the claim of disease freedom;
c) They have been vaccinated against diseases covered by the claim of disease freedom and this vaccination is still effective.
Article 8. Requirements concerning terrestrial animal health surveillance
1. Animal raising establishments must carry out clinical surveillance of raised animals to early detect infectious diseases. Competent veterinary agencies must be informed of any detection of animals with suspected infectious diseases for sampling and determining pathogens.
a) Examine, monitor and record health status of the herd of animals every week by checking amount of feeds given to animals, abnormalities of respiration, digestion, movement and behavior of animals, and other abnormal symptoms;
b) Keep records of prevention and control of animal diseases, including: Used vaccines and date of vaccination; cleaning and disinfection activities, and disinfectants; time of detection of animal diseases or symptoms, number of animals infected every day, used veterinary drugs, date of starting using veterinary drugs, measures for handling infected animals; types and quantity of samples; sampling date and testing results (if any).
2. Sampling and testing for diseases covered by the claim of disease freedom are made as follows:
a) Samples shall be taken according to probability sampling method; commune-level animal raising establishments shall take samples according to the sampling method described in the Appendix IV enclosed herewith;
b) Animal raising establishments that fail to apply vaccination for prevention of animal diseases shall carry out animal health surveillance so as to detect pathogens or antibodies that have been produced by natural infections; the number of samples taken (or animals to be examined) shall abide by regulations in Section A of the Appendix IV enclosed herewith; all samples tested must be negative (i.e. absence of pathogens or antibodies) for diseases covered by the claim of disease freedom; if tuberculosis is covered by the claim of disease-free status, all animals being raised must be tested and have negative results;
c) Animal raising establishments that prevent animal diseases by vaccination shall carry out animal health surveillance after vaccination so as to determine the herd immunity; the number of samples taken after vaccination shall abide by regulations in Section B of the Appendix IV enclosed herewith; testing results must indicate that more than 70% of samples tested carries antibodies at the required protection and immunity level for diseases covered by the claim of disease freedom;
In case surveillance results are unsatisfactory or an establishment fails to carry out surveillance after vaccination as regulated, it is allowed to carry out animal health surveillance to detect pathogens or antibodies that have been produced by natural infections under regulations in Point b of this Clause;
d) Regional animal health offices shall take samples to serve their active surveillance of animal raising establishments under their management as regulated in Clause 1 Article 3 hereof;
dd) Provincial-level animal health departments shall take samples to serve their active surveillance of animal raising establishments under their management as regulated in Clause 2 Article 3 hereof;
e) Sample collection, storage and shipment are carried out in accordance with QCVN 01-83:2011/BNNPTNT promulgated under the Circular No. 71/2011/TT-BNNPTNT dated October 25, 2011 by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development;
g) Samples must be sent to a designated laboratory; intradermal skin test shall be conducted by veterinary agencies;
h) Testing methods for active surveillance of animal diseases are adopted in accordance with Vietnam technical regulations - Diagnostic procedures for each animal disease from which a claim of freedom is made.
3. Animal raising establishments are required to inform local governments and/or provincial-level animal health departments of any testing results showing that tested animals carry pathogens on the List of animal diseases subject to outbreak declaration, or the List of diseases transmissible between animals and humans; concurrently, implement handling measures set forth in regulations of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on prevention and control of diseases for terrestrial animals.
4. Animal raising establishments granted certificates of disease-free status must maintain their satisfaction of relevant requirements as regulated in Clause 3 Article 50 hereof.
Article 9. Requirements concerning status of terrestrial animal diseases
1. If an establishment applies for a new certificate of animal disease-free status, no case of disease covered by the claim of disease freedom occurred for at least 12 months preceding the date of application.
2. If an establishment has an expired certificate of disease-free status as prescribed in Point a and Point d Clause 1 Article 47 hereof, or applies for re-issuance of certificate of disease-free status, no clinical case of disease from which it has been certified to be free occurs at the date of application.
3. If an establishment has an expired certificate of disease-free status as prescribed in Point b and Point c Clause 1 Article 47 hereof, no case of disease from which it has been certified to be free occurred within 03 months after the last infected animal has been properly handled or recovered.
Section 2: REQUIREMENTS TO BE SATISFIED BY TERRESTRIAL ANIMAL DISEASE-FREE ZONES
Article 10. Requirements for certificate of terrestrial animal disease-free zone
1. The terrestrial animal disease-free zone must satisfy all requirements for disease prevention and control for terrestrial animals as specified in Article 11 hereof.
2. It must carry out animal health surveillance as prescribed in Article 12 hereof.
3. No case of terrestrial animal diseases occurs in the zone as prescribed in Article 13 hereof.
4. Veterinary activities are carried out in the zone in accordance with regulations of Articles 14, 15, 19, 20, 25 and 30 of the Law on veterinary medicine and regulations hereof; measures for prevention and control for animal diseases must be implemented in communes surrounding the disease-free zone in accordance with regulations of the law on veterinary medicine.
Article 11. Requirements for terrestrial animal disease prevention and control
1. All animal raising establishments in the zone must implement measures for prevention and control of animal diseases as prescribed in Article 7 hereof.
2. In case of establishment and development of an animal disease-free zone with applying vaccination, plans for vaccination against animal diseases from which claims of freedom are made must be formulated and implemented as regulated in Clause 5 Article 15 of the Law on veterinary medicine. Provincial-level animal health departments shall formulate and submit such plans to competent authorities for approval, and organize implementation of approved ones in local areas.
3. Programs for animal health surveillance with respect of diseases covered by the claim of disease freedom must be properly formulated and implemented in accordance with regulations in Article 12 hereof.
Article 12. Requirements concerning terrestrial animal health surveillance
1. All animal raising establishments in the zone must carry out animal health surveillance as prescribed in Article 8 hereof.
2. Each provincial-level animal health department shall formulate animal health surveillance program for diseases covered by the claim of disease freedom in local area, modify it according to guidelines of the Department of Animal Health of Vietnam, submit it to a competent authority for approval and organize implementation of the approved one.
3. An animal health surveillance program includes:
a) Methods of surveillance: Clinical surveillance, post-vaccination surveillance or surveillance for detection of pathogens causing infectious diseases covered by the claim of disease freedom;
b) Sampling method, type, quantity of samples, sampling frequency and testing;
c) Information collection, management and analysis;
d) Measures for handling surveillance results.
4. Within 15 (fifteen) working days from the receipt of the written request from the provincial-level animal health department, the Department of Animal Health of Vietnam shall give written professional opinions about the animal health surveillance program of that province.
Article 13. Requirements concerning status of terrestrial animal diseases
1. If a zone applies for a new certificate of animal disease-free status, no case of disease covered by the claim of disease freedom occurred for at least 12 months prior to the date of application.
2. If a zone has an expired certificate of disease-free status as prescribed in Point a and Point d Clause 1 Article 47 hereof, or applies for re-issuance of certificate of disease-free status, no clinical case of disease from which it has been certified to be free occurs at the date of application.
3. If a zone has an expired certificate of disease-free status as prescribed in Point b and Point c Clause 1 Article 47 hereof, no case of disease from which it has been certified to be free occurred within 03 months after the last infected animal has been properly destroyed or recovered.
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