Animal Health in Denmark

The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration is responsible for surveillance and control of animal diseases in Denmark to protect animal welfare, public health, and trade.

The Danish livestock population is free from many WOAH-listed diseases.

See which diseases Denmark is free from here

Denmark is also officially free fro​m a number of diseases according to EU regulation.

See the complete list here (pdf)

Denmark has pathogen-specific surveillance programmes aiming to detect the presence, absence, and prevalence of diseases that usually cause insignificant clinical symptoms.

Read more about surveillance programmes in the Animal Health Reports.