Article 43 Isolation of bovine animals which are persistently infectedI1

England and Wales

(1)

This article applies to a bovine herd which contains one or more bovine animals with an individual BVD status of persistently infected in accordance with article 34(b).

(2)

Subject to paragraph (4), the keeper must separate all the bovine animals with an individual BVD status of persistently infected from the rest of the herd and house them in one or more groups (each a “BVD PI group”) in accordance with the conditions in paragraph (3).

(3)

The conditions of this paragraph are—

(a)

that the keeper must not move the animals off the holding, and

(b)

that the animals are housed indoors and in a manner consistent with good practice which—

(i)

prevents physical contact with, and

(ii)

does not give rise to any appreciable risk of transferring BVDV to,

any bovine animal that is not part of a BVD PI group.

(4)

Paragraph (2) does not apply where the animal is being—

(a)

moved to slaughter,

(b)

moved to a place for veterinary treatment, provided that the animal is returned direct to its premises of origin after the treatment, is killed or goes direct to slaughter, or

(c)

moved under a licence granted by a veterinary inspector or the Welsh Ministers.

(5)

A bovine animal does not cease to be part of a bovine herd by virtue of its separation under this article.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 43 in force at 1.7.2024, see art. 1(3)