Wild bird monitoring
As wild bird monitoring a European surveillance system is called, under which meaningful data on the occurrence of influenza A viruses are collected by wild birds. For this purpose, found dead, sick prisoners and killed wild birds - especially ducks and geese - respect to possible causative agent of avian examined ( "bird flu").
The monitoring was in June 2005 in response to the massive outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza by a provision of the European Commission in the Member States of the European Union introduced in Germany and shortly thereafter with the help of avian Protection Ordinance implemented.
A technical distinction is made between two monitoring variants:
- "Passive monitoring": Nature conservation, hunting and environmental organizations report to a competent authority (for example to a state health authority) on the unusually high mortality of wild birds, especially water birds , and, if necessary, deliver dead animals to the authorities for examination.
- "Active monitoring": To a small extent, symptom-free wild birds - especially mallards - are shot within the scope of hunting law and examined for influenza viruses.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Decision of the commission of June 21, 2005, announced under file number K (2005) 1827. (PDF)
- ↑ Leaflet on wild bird monitoring 2014. Handout from Lower Saxony, viewed on January 12, 2015.