The Bovine Semen (England) Regulations 2007 No. 1319

PART 4 E+W+S The collection, processing and storage of semen

Bovine animals from which semen may be collected E+W+S

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 Secretary of State;

(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) (where its semen is to be supplied as fresh semen) has been kept at [F1 a licensed] collection centre or a domestic collection centre for a continuous period of at least 30 days preceding the date the semen is collected.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Regulations substituted (31.12.2020) by The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/782), reg. 7(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)