Scottish Government

Appendix 2: Qualitative risk assessment

Qualitative risk assessment for the introduction and spread of sheep scab into and between flocks in Scotland

26 ^th November 2007

Centre for Epidemiology and Risk Analysis

Contents

1 Introduction
2 The risk pathway
3 Hazard identification
4 Control of sheep scab
5 Release assessment
6 Exposure assessment
7 Consequence assessment
8 Risk estimation
9 Conclusion
10 References