Article 41 Post-movement testing of animals without a known individual BVD status from herds outside of WalesI1
England and Wales
This article applies to bovine animals from outside of Wales which are moved onto a holding in Wales and have no individual BVD status.
Where this article applies, a keeper must, no more than 20 days post-movement onto the holding—
take an ear tag sample of tissue in accordance with article 13, or
arrange for an approved veterinary surgeon, or person under the F2direction of an approved veterinary surgeon, to take an ear tag sample of tissue in accordance with article 13, or
arrange for an approved veterinary surgeon, or person under the direction of an approved veterinary surgeon, to take a sample of blood,
from the animal for testing by an approved laboratory.
On receipt of a sample taken under paragraph (2), the operator of the laboratory must—
test the sample for the presence of BVDV, and
determine whether or not BVDV is present in the sample.
The operator of the approved laboratory must by notice, inform the keeper, the Welsh Ministers and the veterinary surgeon of the result of the test and—
where BVDV is not present in the sample, the animal has an individual BVD status of negative, or
where BVDV is present in the sample, the animal has an individual BVD status of positive.
Any bovine animal which has an individual BVD status of positive must not be moved off the holding and is subject to the measures in articles 32 and 39 of this Order.
Where this article applies, any pregnant bovine animal moved onto a holding must be kept isolated from other bovine animals until it—
has calved, or
has an individual BVD status of negative under paragraph (4)(a).
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Art. 41(2)(za) inserted (1.7.2026) by The Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/110), arts. 1(2), 2(3)
- F2
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)