PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (251): Netherlands (NB, LI) animal, farmed mink, spread, culling

COVID-19 — Netherlands
As we have informed your Chamber earlier, we have drawn and put into operation, since the 1st notification of SARS-CoV-2 infections in mink farms, 3 measures in order to detect infections in mink companies. They are
1. the mandatory notification of disease suspicion by keepers, veterinarians, and laboratories;
2. the compulsory early warning (EW) survey (weekly submission of dead animals); and
3. the mandatory serological screening test on the farms (research on antibodies).
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