# The Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Scotland) Order 2019, Article 17: Sampling restricted to veterinary surgeons

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(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/310/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-viral-diarrhoea-scotland-order-2019/article-17
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