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4.—(1) Any person who—
(a)is the keeper of a specified animal, and who knows or suspects that that animal is or may be an affected animal or a suspected animal;
(b)in the course of practice as a veterinary surgeon, examines or inspects a specified animal and, following such examination or inspection, knows or suspects that that animal is or may be an affected animal or a suspected animal,
must immediately inform the Scottish Ministers of such knowledge or suspicion.
(2) Following the giving of the information under paragraph (1), and prior to the conclusion of a veterinary inquiry under article 6 (veterinary inquiry as to the existence of disease), the keeper must—
(a)detain the animal on the premises on which it was located at the time of the giving of the information;
(b)isolate the animal as far as practicable from other animals; and
(c)take steps to ensure that milk produced by that animal is not mixed with other milk and is boiled or otherwise sterilised and that any utensil with which the animal’s milk has been in contact before being sterilised is thoroughly cleansed and scalded with steam or boiling water before being used again.
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