Council Directive 92/65/EECShow full title

CHAPTER II U.K. Conditions applicable in collection centres

Requirements as regards the admission of donor males U.K.

[F1 A. STALLIONS U.K.

Only a stallion which to the satisfaction of the centre veterinarian meets the following requirements may be used for the collection of semen:

1.

it must not show any sign of an infectious or contagious disease at the time of admission and on the day the semen is collected;

2.

it must come from the territory or, in the case of regionalization, from the part of the territory of a Member State or a third country and from a holding under veterinary supervision each of which satisfy the requirements of Council Directive 90/426/EEC;

3.

it must have been kept for 30 days prior to semen collection in holdings where no equine has shown any clinical sign of equine viral arteritis during that period;

4.

it must have been kept for 60 days prior to semen collection in holdings where no equine has shown any clinical sign of contagious equine metritis during that period;

5.

it must not be used for natural mating during 30 days prior to the first semen collection and during the collection period;

6.

it must be subjected to the following tests, carried out and certified in a laboratory recognized by the competent authority according to the programme set up in paragraph 7:

(i)

an agar-gel immuno-diffusion test (Coggins test) for equine infectious anaemia with negative result;

(ii)

a serum neutralization test for equine viral arteritis. Unless a negative result at a serum dilution of 1 in 4 is achieved, a virus isolation test for equine viral arteritis shall be carried out with negative result on an aliquot of the entire semen of the donor stallion;

(iii)

a test for contagious equine metritis carried out on two occassions with an interval of seven days by isolation of Taylorella equigenitalis from pre-ejaculatory fluid or a semen sample and from genital swabs taken at least from the penile sheath, urethra and urethral fossa with negative result in each case;

7.

it must have been subjected to one of the following testing programmes:

(i)

Where semen is collected for trade in fresh or chilled semen:

• and the donor stallion is continuously resident on the collection centre for at least 30 days prior to the first semen collection and during the collection period, and no equidae on the collection centre come into direct contact with equidae of lower health status than the donor stallion, the tests required in paragraphs 6 (i), (ii) and (iii) shall be carried out at least 14 days after the start of the above residence period and at least once a year at the beginning of the breeding season.

• and the donor stallion is not continuously resident on the collection centre, and/or other equidae on the collection centre come into direct contact with equidae of lower health status, the tests required in paragraphs 6 (i), (ii) and (iii) shall be carried out within the 14 day period before the first semen collection and at least once a year at the beginning of the breeding season. Furthermore, the test required in paragraph 6 (i) shall be repeated at least every 120 days during the period of semen collection. The test required in paragraph 6 (ii) shall be carried out not more than 30 days before each semen collection, unless the non-shedder state of a seropositive stallion for equine viral arteritis is confirmed by virus isolation test which must be carried out annually.

(ii)

Where semen is collected for trade in frozen semen, the testing programmes as described in paragraph 7 (i) first and second indent shall apply or, alternatively, the tests required in paragraph 6 (i), (ii) and (iii) shall be carried out during the mandatory 30 days storage period of the semen and not less than 14 days after the collection of the semen, irrespective of the residence status of the stallion.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Decision of 6 April 1995 amending Annexes C and D of Council Directive 92/65/EEC laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova and embryos not subject to animal health requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A (I) to Directive 90/425/EEC (95/176/EC).

B. SHEEP AND GOATS U.K.

1.

Only sheep and goats from centres or holdings which, to the satisfaction of the official veterinarian, meet the following requirements may be used for the collection of semen:

(a)

they are in good health on the day the semen is collected;

(b)

they meet the requirements laid down in Articles 4, 5 and 6 of Directive 91/68/EEC on intra-Community trade.

In addition, donor animals must undergo, during the thirty days before the collection, with negative results:

• a test to detect brucellosis (B. melitensis) in accordance with Annex C to Directive 91/68/EEC,

• a test for contagious epididymitis (B. ovis) in accordance with Annex D to Directive 91/68/EEC,

• a test for the Border disease virus;

(c)

they have undergone the relevant tests or checks designed to guarantee compliance with the requirements set out in (a) and (b) above.

2.

The tests referred to in 1. must be carried out by a laboratory approved by the Member State.

[F1 C. If any of the tests referred to in A or B proves positive, that animal must be isolated and the semen, collected from it since the last negative test shall not be subject of trade. The same applies to semen collected from the other animals susceptible to the disease concerned at the holding or collection centre since the date on which the positive test was carried out. Trade shall not resume until the health status of the centre has been re-established.] U.K.