Sampling restricted to veterinary surgeons
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17.—(1) A keeper may not take (or arrange to have taken) a sample referred to in paragraph (2) unless the sample is taken by, or under the supervision of, a veterinary surgeon.
(2) The samples referred to in this paragraph are—
(a)a sample of blood from any bovine animal, or
(b)any sample from a bovine animal which has an individual BVD status of positive.