Risk assessment: epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV-8) into Great Britain from the European Union
A qualitative risk assessment on the likelihood of epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV-8) incursion into Great Britain from the European Union, and the potential for subsequent transmission among susceptible animal populations.
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This risk assessment provides a qualitative assessment of the risk of susceptible species in Great Britain becoming infected with epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus serotype 8 (EHDV-8) from the legal importation of live animals and their products from an EU member state.
皇冠体育app overall annual likelihood of entry of EHDV-8 into Great Britain is low with medium uncertainty. 皇冠体育app annual likelihood of exposure of a susceptible animal in Great Britain to an infected vector is considered medium with medium uncertainty. 皇冠体育app potential consequences of an EHDV-8 incursion in Great Britain are moderate with high uncertainty.聽
This is a summary of a risk assessment first completed in August 2023 and further updated in October 2023.