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<blockquote data-quote="NickWallingford" data-source="post: 12096" data-attributes="member: 44"><p>Any bkpr can currently allow a dog and handler to work through their hives - so long as they have the permission of the landowner. The bkpr can choose to act immediately on the findings of the dog, or the bkpr can carry out further visual inspections and/or qPCR testing before making the decision to destroy a hive infected with AFB.</p><p></p><p>The Mgmt Agency (AP2s) cannot currently allow a dog and handler to accompany them onto a property to inspect for AFB unless they have both the landowner's and the bkprs' permission. The Mgmt Agency would still not be able to destroy a hive on the dog's indication only; confirmation would be required.</p><p></p><p>The proposed changes to the AFB PMP are not extensive. Simply put, the PMP is requesting the inclusion of S.115 of the Biosecurity Act powers. That section doesn't say anything about how the dogs might be used; simply that the dog could accompany someone who is lawfully carrying out the work of the PMP.</p><p></p><p>Assuming the proposed changes to the PMP are accepted, they will allow an AP2 to potentially use a dog in the screening process for auditing a bkpr's AFB situation. But even then, I would expect the Mgmt Agency might need/wish to have some degree of scientific confidence that the inclusion of a dog, even as an 'advisor' only, would not mess with the integrity of the current auditing system.</p><p></p><p>But the only situation when the full set of 'further research' would be absolutely required would be to allow the Mgmt Agency to act on the dog's indications with no further confirmation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NickWallingford, post: 12096, member: 44"] Any bkpr can currently allow a dog and handler to work through their hives - so long as they have the permission of the landowner. The bkpr can choose to act immediately on the findings of the dog, or the bkpr can carry out further visual inspections and/or qPCR testing before making the decision to destroy a hive infected with AFB. The Mgmt Agency (AP2s) cannot currently allow a dog and handler to accompany them onto a property to inspect for AFB unless they have both the landowner's and the bkprs' permission. The Mgmt Agency would still not be able to destroy a hive on the dog's indication only; confirmation would be required. The proposed changes to the AFB PMP are not extensive. Simply put, the PMP is requesting the inclusion of S.115 of the Biosecurity Act powers. That section doesn't say anything about how the dogs might be used; simply that the dog could accompany someone who is lawfully carrying out the work of the PMP. Assuming the proposed changes to the PMP are accepted, they will allow an AP2 to potentially use a dog in the screening process for auditing a bkpr's AFB situation. But even then, I would expect the Mgmt Agency might need/wish to have some degree of scientific confidence that the inclusion of a dog, even as an 'advisor' only, would not mess with the integrity of the current auditing system. But the only situation when the full set of 'further research' would be absolutely required would be to allow the Mgmt Agency to act on the dog's indications with no further confirmation. [/QUOTE]
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