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Netherlands acquires Aujeszky free status
The Netherlands will most likely be officially
declared free of Aujeszky's Disease as from January 1st,
2009.
The decision to award this status to the Netherlands was discussed last
week at EU headquarters in Brussels. Both member states and the European
Commission applauded the idea.
Achieving this so-called Arcticle 10 is
the end of a long road to get rid of an endemic disease. Before the programme
was started that dealt with the disease, there was an annual cost price of €15
million. The vaccination programme also cost the industry money, both
collectively and individually - approximately €30 million.
Over the last
few years, having an Article 9-status, the programme cost approximately €20
million every year. Soon, however, the rewards will be the
following:
• no loss of production
• no additional veterinary
costs
• no infections in other animal species
• no vaccination
costs
• no certification costs
• lower administrative costs
• no export research
Prevention will now receive high
priority in the Netherlands as the status needs to be
maintained.
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