PART VIIMEASURES TO REDUCE THE RISK OF THE SPREAD OF INFLUENZA VIRUSES OF AVIAN ORIGIN TO OTHER SPECIES

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The Department must ensure that mammals to be killed under paragraph 10 of Part I of Schedule 2 to the 1981 Order10 because they are affected or suspected of being affected with influenza virus of avian origin or have been exposed to such disease are—

a

killed as soon as possible, in accordance with the instructions of a veterinary inspector; or

b

transported in accordance with the instructions of a veterinary inspector (if they are moved off the premises for slaughter) to a designated slaughterhouse.