The Bovine Semen (Scotland) Regulations 2007

Bovine animals from which semen may be collected

19.  No person may collect semen from a bovine animal for use in artificial insemination unless the bovine animal–

(a) is approved for that purpose by the Scottish Ministers;

(b) is identified in accordance with the cattle identification regulations;

(c) shows no clinical signs of disease on the day the semen is to be collected;

(d) has not been vaccinated against foot and mouth disease within the 30 days preceding the date of collection;

(e) has not been allowed to serve naturally since the date of the application for its approval for semen collection; and

(f) has, where its semen is to be supplied as fresh semen, been kept at an EC collection centre or a domestic collection centre for a continuous period of at least 30 days preceding the date the semen is collected.