Long-lived poultry in commercial poultry farming

Draft Resolution establishing the conditions for implementing the preventive voluntary vaccination strategy in areas of risk to mitigate highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in commercial poultry farming

The notified measure seeks to establish the conditions for implementing the preventive and authorized voluntary vaccination strategy in areas prioritized by risk in order to mitigate highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in long-lived poultry in commercial poultry farming.

The established provisions shall apply to all natural or legal persons engaged in the rearing and/or marketing of long-lived poultry in Colombia, including egg and avian genetic material production systems, in areas prioritized by risk and who take part in the preventive vaccination programme voluntarily and with prior authorization, together with those who produce, import and/or market biologicals for avian species.