Article 32 Additional sampling to determine persistent infection with BVDI1

England and Wales

(1)

This article applies to—

(a)

a bovine animal with an individual BVD status of positive pursuant to article 31(1)(b)(i) or article 40(5)(b), and

(b)

a calf with an individual BVD status of positive pursuant to article 37(b).

(2)

At least 21 days after a sample has been taken under articles 29(2), 35(2) or 40(2), the keeper must arrange for an approved veterinary surgeon, or person under the F1direction of an approved veterinary surgeon, to take from the animal—

(a)

an ear tag sample of tissue, or

(b)

a sample of blood,

for testing by an approved laboratory.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in Order substituted (8.5.2025) by The Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/516), arts. 1(2), 2(3)

Commencement

I1: Art. 32 in force at 1.7.2024, see art. 1(3)