The Bovine Semen (Scotland) Regulations 2007

PART 2 EC collection centre or domestic collection centre

The EC collection or domestic collection centre must–

(a) have–

(i) bovine animal housing, including isolation facilities that have no direct communication with the normal bovine animal housing;

(ii) semen collection facilities, including a separate room for the cleaning and disinfection or sterilisation of equipment;

(iii) facilities where semen may be processed, which need not be on the same site; and

(iv) a semen quarantine room, which need not be on the same site;

(b) be constructed or isolated so that contact with livestock outside the centre is prevented;

(c) be constructed so that the bovine animal housing and the semen collection and processing facilities and the semen quarantine room can be readily cleaned and disinfected; and

(d) be so designed that the bovine animal housing is separated from the processing facilities and both are separated from the semen quarantine room.