# The Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Eradication Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2016, Paragraph 2: Interpretation

Extent: N.I.

In this Scheme—
“approved laboratory” means a laboratory approved by the Department for the purposes of this Order;
“blood sample” means a sample of blood taken by a veterinary surgeon;
“bovine” means any bovine animal including an animal of the species bison bison or bubalus bubalis;
“BVD” means bovine viral diarrhoea;
“BVDV” means the bovine viral diarrhoea virus;
“Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland;
“herd” means one or more bovines for which a keeper is responsible and to whom the Department has assigned a unique herd identification number;
“holding” means any establishment, construction or, in the case of an open-air farm, any place, in which animals are held, kept or handled;
“keeper” means a person responsible for a herd;
“official BVD tissue tag” means a tissue sample-enabled tag approved by the Department for the purposes of taking a tissue sample for testing for the presence of BVDV under this Scheme;
“tagged” means the attachment of approved eartags in accordance with regulation 3 of the Cattle Identification (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998; and
“tissue sample” means a sample of tissue taken from a bovine by means of an official BVD tissue tag.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/22/schedule/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-viral-diarrhoea-eradication-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2016/schedule/paragraph-2
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