<p>DEFRA's Contingency Plan for Exotic Notifiable Disease of Animals sets out our overarching approach for responding to an outbreak of disease in England and has been published at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contingency-plan-for-exotic-notifiable-diseases-of-animals--2</p><p>DEFRA monitors animal disease incidence around the world to assess the risk of incursion to the UK, with further domestic surveillance used as an early warning system for avian influenza. This, and our wider strategy for preventing and responding to an outbreak of avian influenza, is covered in our Notifiable Avian Disease Control Strategy for Great Britain, available at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/69550/pb13701-avian-disease-control-strategy.pdf</p>