Article 11 Notification of abortion or premature calving
England and Wales
(1)
Where the owner or person in charge of bovine animals reasonably believes that an abortion or premature calving has occurred, that person must within 24 hours—
(a)
give notice of that fact to an officer; and
(b)
arrange for the animal concerned, its foetus or calf, and its placenta to be isolated as far as practicable from other bovine animals.
(2)
Paragraph (1)(b) applies until such time as an officer serves a notice in accordance with paragraph (3) upon the owner or person in charge of the bovine animal.
(3)
A notice under paragraph (2) may require the disposal or destruction of the foetus or calf and the placenta without delay, whether or not samples are taken and a test result for brucellosis is obtained.