The question of the impact on international trade in domestic animals and their products on countries where list A diseases occur in wild species was addressed by the Foot and Mouth Disease and other Epizootics Commission of OIE in January 1999. The resulting discussion about the concept of compartmentalisation was appended to the report of the January meeting of the Commission.
Some limited excerpts follow.
Given the wide variety of avian species that are susceptible to Newcastle disease and the numerous isolations of Newcastle viruses from wild, free-flying birds, the Commission felt that poultry in all countries had potentail risk to exposure.