WOAH: Terrestrial Animal Health Standards for Comment

Last Modified: April 05, 2024

The Code Commission helps ensure the Terrestrial Animal Health Code (Terrestrial Code) reflects current scientific information. The Terrestrial Code contains international standards for trade, disease prevention, and disease control for terrestrial animals and their products.

APHIS provides the draft standards ("Part A" standards and "Part B" standards) below and invites stakeholders to comment.

  • "Part A" standards are proposed for adoption in May.
  • "Part B" standards will go through additional rounds of comments before being proposed for adoption.

To provide comments:

  1. Download the files below that correspond to the standards you wish to review.
  2. Edit the specific text you are commenting on by proposing text changes (that is, edit the text the way you believe it should read) using “Track Changes” in Microsoft Word.
  3. Add a “comment” with the supporting scientific or other rationale for each of your proposed text changes using “Track Changes” in Microsoft Word.
  4. Submit your proposed changes to usa.oie.iahs@usda.gov no later than the due dates below.
    1. Deadline for comments on Part A chapters: Monday, April 15, 2024
    2. Deadline for comments on Part B chapters: Friday, June 7, 2024

Standards Proposed for Adoption (Part A)

February 2024 ChaptersUSA Comments Submitted
Annex 4 Glossary (43.84 KB) 
Annex 5 Chapter 1.3. Diseases Listed by WOAH (with Track Changes) (43.41 KB) 
Annex 6 Chapter 1.3. Diseases Listed by WOAH (without Track Changes) (44.89 KB) 
Annex 7 Chapter 4.6. General hygiene in semen collection and processing centers (77.9 KB) 
Annex 8 Chapter 4.7. Collection and processing of bovine, small ruminant and porcine semen (48.82 KB) 
Annex 9 Chapter 6.10. Use of Antimicrobial agents in Veterinary Medicine (116.36 KB) 
Annex 10 Chapter 7.5. Animal Welfare During Slaughter (with Track Changes) (162.34 KB) 
Annex 11 Chapter 7.5. Animal Welfare During Slaughter (without Track Changes) (124.35 KB) 
Annex 12 Chapter 8.8. Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) (124.87 KB) 
Annex 13 Chapter 1.11. Application for official recognition by WOAH of free status for FMD (115.13 KB) 
Annex 14 Chapter 8.16. Rift Vallet Fever  (38.73 KB) 
Annex 15 Chapter 8.18. Trichinella (36.33 KB) 
Annex 16 Chapter 8.X. Q Fever (39.05 KB) 
Annex 17 Chapter 8.Z. Surra (75.9 KB) 
Annex 18 Chapter 13.2. Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease (44.59 KB) 
Annex 19 Chapter 15.1 African Swine Fever (43.08 KB) 
Annex 20 Chapter 16.Z. Camelpox (43.34 KB) 
Annex 21 Terminology (59.71 KB) 

Standards Proposed for Comment (Part B)

February 2024 Chapters
 		USA Comments submitted
 
Annex 3 Work Programme (83.7 KB) 
Annex 22 User’s guide (59.1 KB) 
Annex 23 Chapter 7.1. Introduction to Animal Welfare (101.44 KB) 
Annex 24 Chapter 7.6. Animal Welfare at the time of Killing (58 KB) 
Annex 25 Chapter 8.Y. Nipah (45.62 KB) 
Annex 26 Chapters 12.3. Dourine (45.75 KB) 

Standards Proposed for Adoption (Part C)

Previous Terrestrial Proposed Drafts and Comments

Standards Proposed for Adoption (Part A)

September 2023 ChaptersUSA Comments Submitted
Annex 4 Glossary for adoption (39.87 KB)Annex 4 Glossary for adoption (40.67 KB)
Annex 5 Chapter 1.3. Listed diseases (in track change) (42.34 KB)No comments submitted
Annex 6 Chapter 1.3. Listed diseases (cleaned) (38.14 KB)No comments submitted
Annex 7 Chapter 4.6. Semen collection and storage (73.42 KB)No comments submitted
Annex 8 Chapter 4.7. Collection and processing of bovine, small ruminant, and porcine semen (49.03 KB)Annex 8 Chapter 4.7. Collection and processing of bovine, small ruminant, and porcine semen (50.99 KB)
Annex 9 Chapter 6.10. Responsible and prudent use of antimicrobial agents in veterinary medicine (113.61 KB)Annex 9 Chapter 6.10. Responsible and prudent use of antimicrobial agents in veterinary medicine (114.13 KB)
Annex 10 Chapter-7.5. Animal welfare during slaughter (151.86 KB)Annex 10 Chapter-7.5. Animal welfare during slaughter (166.02 KB)
Annex 11 Chapter 8.8. Infection with foot and mouth disease (FMD) virus (125.45 KB)Annex 11 Chapter 8.8. Infection with foot and mouth disease (FMD) virus (132.77 KB)
Annex 12 Chapter 1.11. FMD questionnaire (43.48 KB)No comments submitted
Annex 13 Chapter 8.16. Infection with rift valley fever virus (35 KB)Annex 13 Chapter 8.16. Infection with rift valley fever virus (35.34 KB)
Annex 14 Chapter 8.18. Infection with trichinella (36.08 KB)No comments submitted
Annex 15 Chapter 8.X. Infection with Coxiella burnetii-(Q-fever) (38.67 KB)No comments submitted
Annex 16 Chapter 8.Z. Infection with Trypanosoma evani (Surra) (77.44 KB)No comments submitted
Annex 17 Chapter 11.5. Infection with Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. (CBPP) (81.95 KB)No comments submitted
Annex 18 Chapter 11.X. Infection with bovine pestiviruses (BVD) (38.68 KB)Annex 18 Chapter 11.X. Infection with bovine pestiviruses (BVD) (39.24 KB)
Annex 19 Chapter 12.1. African horse sickness virus (70.28 KB)No comments submitted
Annex 20 Chapter 13.2. Infection with pathogenic rabbit lagoviruses (rabbit-haemorrhagic-disease) (43.07 KB)No comments submitted
Annex 21 Chapter 15.1. African swine fever safe commodities (42.51 KB)No comments submitted
Annex 22 Chapter 16.Z. Infection with Camelpox virus (41.11 KB)Annex 22 Chapter 16.Z. Infection with Camelpox virus (41.7 KB)
Annex 23 Terminology: Competent Authority, Veterinary authority, Veterinary Services (59.46 KB)No comments submitted

Standards Proposed for Comment (Part B)

September 2023 Chapters
 		USA Comments submitted
 
Annex 3 Work Programme (77.17 KB)No comments submitted
Annex 24 User’s Guide (52.97 KB)No comments submitted
Annex 25 Glossary (40.04 KB)Annex 25 Glossary (40.76 KB)
Annex 26 Chapter 4.X. Biosecurity (75.57 KB)No comments submitted
Annex 27 Chapter 5.4. Exportation of commodities (47.12 KB)No comments submitted
Annex 28 Chapter 5.6. Importation of commodities (48.8 KB)No comments submitted
Annex 29 Chapter 7.1. Introduction recommendations for animal welfare (94.6 KB)Annex 29 Chapter 7.1. Introduction recommendations for animal welfare (95.18 KB)
Annex 30 Chapter 8.Y. Infection with Nipah virus (44.81 KB)Annex 30 Chapter 8.Y. Infection with Nipah virus (45.46 KB)
Annex 31 Chapter 14.8. Scrapie (45.49 KB)No comments submitted

Standards Proposed for Adoption (Part A)

February 2023 Proposed Standards for AdoptionUSA Comments Submitted to WOAH
Annex 4. User's Guide (40.71 KB)No comments submitted
Annex 5. Glossary (37.9 KB)No comments submitted
Annex 6. Chapter 7.8. Definitions (40.02 KB)No comments submitted
 
Annex 7. Chapter 1.3. Diseases, Infections, and Infestations Listed by WOAH (38.32 KB)No comments submitted
Annex 9. Chapter 8.14. Infection With Rabies Virus (41.12 KB)No comments submitted 
Annex 10. Chapter 8.15. Infection With Rift Valley Fever Virus (53.46 KB)No comments submitted 
Annex 11. Chapter 10.9. Infection With Newcastle Disease Virus (32.82 KB)No comments submitted
Annex 12. Chapter 11.4. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (101.05 KB)Comments submitted (103.54 KB)
Annex 13. Chapter 1.8. Application for Official Recognition by WOAH of Risk Status for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (100.39 KB)No comments submitted 
Annex 14. Chapter 12.2. Infection With Taylorella equigenitalis (Contagious Equine Metritis) (62.67 KB)Comments submitted (64.78 KB)
Annex 15. Chapter 12.6. Infection With Equine Influenza Virus (49.32 KB)No comments submitted 
Annex 16. Chapter 12.7. Infection With Theileria equi and Babesia caballi (Equine Piroplasmosis) (60.55 KB)Comments submitted (61.46 KB)
Annex 17. Chapter 14.X. Infection With Theileria Lestoquardi, T. Luwenshuni, and T. Uilenbergi (47.95 KB)No comments submitted
Annex 18. Chapter 16.1. Infection With Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (39.76 KB)No comments submitted 
Annex 19. Chapter 8.Y. Infection With Leishmania Spp. Leishmaniosis (39.52 KB)No comments submitted 
Annex 20. Terminology: Use of the Terms "Fetal," "Foetal," "Fetus," and "Foetus" (38.91 KB)No comments submitted 
Annex 21. Terminology Animal Categories Section-Titles (38.42 KB)No comments submitted 
Annex 22. Terminology: Use of Terms "Enzootic," "Endemic," "Epizootic," and "Epidemic" (43.09 KB)No comments submitted

Standards Proposed for Comment (Part B)

February 2023 Proposed Standards for CommentUSA Comments Submitted to WOAH
Annex 3. Work Programme (73.52 KB)Annex 3 Work Programme
Chapter 1.11. Application for Official Recognition by the OIE of Free Status for Foot and Mouth Disease (114.9 KB) No comments submitted
Annex 8. Chapter 8.8. Infection With Foot and Mouth Disease Virus (508.13 KB) No comments submitted
Annex 23. Glossary: Animal Product/Commodity/Germinal Products (37.35 KB) No comments submitted
Annex 24. Chapter 4.6. General Hygiene in Semen Collection and Processing Centres (67.78 KB) Annex 24 Chapter 4.6 General Hygiene in Semen Collection and Processing Centres
Annex 25. Chapter 7.5. Slaughter of Animals (135.9 KB)Annex 25 Chapter 7.5 Slaughter of Animals
Annex 26. Glossary: Definitions Related to Chapter 7.5 (38.54 KB) No comments submitted
Annex 27. Chapter 8.X. Infection With Coxiella burnetii (Q Fever) (39.8 KB) Annex 27 Chapter 8.X Infection with Coxiella Burnetii Q Fever
Annex 28. Chapter 8.Z. Infection With Trypanosoma evansi (Surra) (66.75 KB) Annex 28 Chapter 8.Z Infection with Trypanosoma Evansi
Annex 29. Chapter 11.5. Infection With Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. Mycoides SC (Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia) (76.45 KB)Annex 29 Chapter 11.5 Infection with Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. Mycoides SC (contagious bovine pleuropneumonia)
Annex 30. Chapter 11.X. Infection With Bovine Pestiviruses (Bovine Viral Diarrhoea) (39.67 KB) No comments submitted
Annex 31. Chapter 12.1. Infection With African Horse Sickness Virus (65.56 KB) Annex 31 Chapter 12.1 Infection with African Horse Sickness Virus
Annex 32. Chapter 13.2. Infection With Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease (44.36 KB) Annex 32 Chapter 13.2 Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease
Chapter not distributed for commentChapter 14.8 Scrapie
Annex 33. Chapter 16.Z. Infection With Camelpox Virus (40.63 KB) No comments submitted
Annex 34 Terminology: Use of the Terms ‘Competent Authority’, ‘Veterinary Authority’ and ‘Veterinary Services’Annex 34 Terminology: Use of the Terms ‘Competent Authority’, ‘Veterinary Authority’ and ‘Veterinary Services’
September 2022 Proposed StandardsUSA Comments Submitted to OIE
Chapter 1.3. Diseases, Infections, and Infestations Listed by the OIE (33.6 KB)
 		No comments submitted
Chapter 8.8. Infection With Foot and Mouth Disease Virus (506.11 KB)
 		Comments submitted (504.6 KB)
Chapter 8.14. Infection With Rabies Virus (40.65 KB)
 		No comments submitted
 
Chapter 8.15. Infection With Rift Valley Fever Virus (50.56 KB)
 		Comments submitted (52.93 KB)
 
Chapter 10.9. Infection With Newcastle Disease Virus (34.76 KB)
 		No comments submitted
 
Chapter 11.4. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (96.53 KB)
 		No comments submitted
 
Chapter 12.2. Infection With Taylorella equigenitalis (64.78 KB)
 		Comments submitted (60.91 KB)
 
Chapter 12.6. Infection With Equine Influenza Virus (45.12 KB)
 		Comments submitted (47.04 KB)
 
Chapter 12.7. Infection With Equine Piroplasmosis (61.46 KB)
 		Comments submitted (59.4 KB)
 
Chapter 14.X. Infection With Theileria lestoquardi, T. luwenshuni, and T. uilenbergi (46.56 KB)
 		Comments submitted (47.24 KB)
 
Chapter X.X. Infection With Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (37.95 KB)
 		Comments submitted (37.14 KB)
 
Chapter X.Y. Infection With Leishmania Spp. (Leishmaniosis) (39.45 KB)
 		No comments submitted
 
Draft Chapter 1.8. Application for Official Recognition by the OIE of Risk Status for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (97.1 KB)
 		Comments submitted (97.23 KB)
 
Glossary (34.36 KB)
 		Comments submitted (37.37 KB)
 
Terminology: Use of the Terms "Enzootic," "Endemic," "Epizootic," and "Epidemic" (41.89 KB)
 		No comments submitted
 
Terminology: Use of the Terms "Bovid," "Bovidae," "Bovine," and "Cattle" (39.44 KB)
 		Comments submitted (37.73 KB)
 
Terminology: Use of the Terms "Fetal," "Foetal," "Fetus," and "Foetus" (39.53 KB)
 		No comments submitted
 
Terminology: Use of the Terms "Competent Authority," "Veterinary Authority," and "Veterinary Services (38.78 KB)"
 		No comments submitted
 
September 2022 Proposed Standards (Part B)USA Comments Submitted to OIE
Chapter 4.6. General Hygiene in Semen Collection, Processing and Storage (60.73 KB)
 		Comments submitted (62.22 KB)
Chapter 6.10. Responsible and Prudent Use of Antimicrobial Agents in Veterinary Medicine (98.11 KB)
 		Comments submitted (113.98 KB)
Chapter 8.X. Infection With Coxiella Burnetii (Q Fever) (39.48 KB)
 		Comments submitted (37.23 KB)
Chapter 11.5. Infection With Mycoplasma mycoides Subsp. Mycoides SC (Contagious Bovine Pleuropnuemonia) (74.1 KB)
 		Comments submitted (72.48 KB)
Chapter 11.X. Infection With Bovine Pestiviruses Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (39.83 KB)
 		No comments submitted
Chapter 12.1. Infection With African Horse Sickness Virus (61.85 KB)
 		Comments submitted (62.81 KB)
Chapter X.Z. Infection With Camelpox Virus (40.49 KB)
 		Comments Submitted (38.86 KB)
Work Programme for the Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission (68.91 KB)
 		Comments submitted (68.19 KB)
February 2022 Proposed StandardsUSA Comments Submitted to OIE
Chapter 1.3. Diseases, Infections, and Infestations Listed by the OIE (32.58 KB)No comments submitted
Chapter 8.14. Infection With Rabies Virus (39.93 KB)No comments submitted
 
Chapter 8.15. Infection With Rift Valley Fever Virus (50.56 KB)No comments submitted
 
Chapter 10.9. Infection With Newcastle Disease Virus (34.76 KB)No comments submitted
 
Chapter 12.2. Infection With Taylorella Equigenitalis (56.9 KB)Comments submitted (57.82 KB)
Chapter 12.6. Infection With Equine Influenza (45.12 KB)Comments submitted (45.22 KB)
 
Chapter 12.7. Infection With Equine Piroplasmosis (56.93 KB)Comments submitted (61.71 KB)
 
Chapter 14.X. Infection With Theileria lestoquardi (46.08 KB)No comments submitted
 
Chapter X.X. Infection With Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (37.95 KB)
 		No comments submitted
 
Chapter X.Y. Infection With Leishmania Spp. (Leishmaniosis) (38.24 KB)
 		Comments submitted (37.41 KB)
 
Draft Chapter 7.5. Animal Welfare During Slaughter (158.68 KB)
 		Comments submitted (175.04 KB)
 
Glossary: Definitions
 		Comments submitted
 
Glossary: Poultry (31.17 KB)
 		Comments submitted (30.86 KB)
 
Work Programme
 		No comments submitted

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