ANNEX XIVANIMAL HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR RATITES, HATCHING EGGS THEREOF AND FRESH MEAT OF RATITES ORIGINATING IN A THIRD COUNTRY OR TERRITORY OR ZONE THEREOF NOT FREE FROM INFECTION WITH NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS

4.The virus detection testing provided for in paragraphs 1(c) and 2(b) must have been carried out:

  1. (a)

    within 7 to 10 days of the date the ratites entered isolation;

  2. (b)

    on cloacal swabs or faeces samples from each bird.