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Textual Amendments
F1Word 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)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
1.—(1) The centre veterinarian must ensure that all bovine animals at the centre are subjected at least once a year to the following tests—E+W+S
(a)for bovine tuberculosis, an intradermal tuberculin test, carried out in accordance with the procedure laid down in Annex B to Directive 64/432/EEC;
(b)for bovine brucellosis, a serological test carried out in accordance with the procedure described in Annex C to Directive 64/432/EEC;
(c)for enzootic bovine leukosis, a serological test carried out in accordance with the procedure described in Annex D (Chapter II) to Directive 64/432/EEC;
(d)for IBR/IPV, a serological test (whole virus) on a blood sample; and
(e)for BVD/MD, a serological antibody test applied only to seronegative bovine animals;
(2) The centre veterinarian must ensure that bovine animals from which semen is being collected, or bovine animals having contact with such bovine animals, are subjected at least once a year to tests on samples of preputial specimen for—
(a)Campylobacter fetus ssp. venerealis; and
(b)Trichomonas foetus.
(3) The centre veterinarian must ensure that bovine animals from which semen is to be collected after an interval of more than six months are tested not more than 30 days prior to collection resuming on samples of preputial specimen for—
(a)Campylobacter fetus ssp. venerealis; and
(b)Trichomonas foetus.
(4) Should a bovine animal become serologically positive for BVD/MD, the centre veterinarian must ensure that every ejaculate of that bovine animal collected since the last negative test and until the date of the positive test is either discarded or used only if tested for the virus with negative results.
2.—(1) If any of the tests required under paragraph 1 is positive, the centre veterinarian must ensure that the bovine animal is isolated and that semen collected from it since the last negative test is (subject to paragraph 3) not [F2placed on the market].E+W+S
(2) The centre veterinarian must ensure that semen collected from all other bovine animals at the centre since the date when the positive test was carried out must be held in separate storage and may not be [F3placed on the market] until the health status of the centre has been restored to the level required by the Directive and these Regulations.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 para. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/782), regs. 1, 7(9)(a)(i)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 para. 2(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/782), regs. 1, 7(9)(a)(i)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
3. Notwithstanding paragraph 2(1), in the case of a bovine animal which has tested positive for BVD/MD under a serological antibody test, the centre veterinarian may allow semen from an ejaculate which has tested negative for the BVD/MD to be the subject of [F4trade with a member State].E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F4Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 para. 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/782), regs. 1, 7(9)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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