{"id":81065,"date":"2017-04-27T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=e832a9b0115bd84cfafc39cf98d74754"},"modified":"2017-07-03T13:06:31","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T13:06:31","slug":"press-release-spring-viraemia-of-carp-svc-disease-outbreak-confirmed-in-warwickshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=81065","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Spring Viraemia of Carp (SVC) disease outbreak confirmed in Warwickshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Changed title of CP01\/2017 to CP02\/2017<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>An outbreak of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/report-serious-fish-or-shellfish-diseases\">SVC<\/a> disease has been confirmed at Arden Lakes, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire.<\/p>\n<p>The site is now subject to statutory controls to prevent or limit the spread of the disease. The Fish Health Inspectorate (<abbr title=\"Fish Health Inspectorate\">FHI<\/abbr>) at Cefas, acting on behalf of Defra and Welsh Government has issued a confirmed designation prohibiting the movement of fish to, from and within the designated area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/report-serious-fish-or-shellfish-diseases\">SVC<\/a> has no implications for human health. It is nonetheless, a serious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/317259\/Notifiable_fish_diseases.pdf\">viral disease of fish<\/a>, and is notifiable in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who suspects a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/report-serious-fish-or-shellfish-diseases\">notifiable disease<\/a>  in any aquatic animal should immediately contact the <abbr title=\"Fish Health Inspectorate\">FHI<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"additional-notes\">Additional notes<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/cefas.defra.gov.uk\">Cefas<\/a> is an executive agency of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs\">Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs<\/a> (Defra). The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/groups\/fish-health-inspectorate\">Fish Health Inspectorate<\/a> (<abbr title=\"Fish Health Inspectorate\">FHI<\/abbr>), based at Cefas\u2019 Weymouth laboratory, is dedicated to maintaining and improving fish and shellfish health in England and Wales. Its primary role is to act for Defra and Welsh Government (WG) in undertaking statutory and inspection duties resulting from the EU fish health regime and other national legislation in the area of fish and shellfish health. The <abbr title=\"Fish Health Inspectorate\">FHI<\/abbr> is responsible for health certification of fish and shellfish movements from other countries, and runs an enforcement programme aimed at preventing the illegal importation of these animals.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Spring Viraemia of Carp (SVC) is a notifiable disease under The Aquatic Animal Health (England and Wales) Regulations 2009. Outbreaks of this disease have been subject to statutory control in GB for over 30 years.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/prevent-fish-or-shellfish-diseases#control-areas-for-notifiable-disease-outbreaks\">CD02\/2017<\/a>, issued under the Aquatic Animal Health, England and Wales Regulations 2009 restricts the movement of any live fish, including their eggs and gametes, into, out of or within the designated area without the prior written consent of the Fish Health Inspectorate at Cefas and applies additional specific biosecurity measures.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring Viraemia of Carp (SVC) disease has been confirmed in a fishery at Arden Lakes, Warwickshire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81065"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82166,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81065\/revisions\/82166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}