# 2000/428/EC: Commission Decision of 4 July 2000 establishing diagnostic procedures, sampling methods and criteria for the evaluation of the results of laboratory tests for the confirmation and differential diagnosis of swine vesicular disease (notified under document number C(2000) 1805) (Text with EEA relevance), Division 2

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In these holdings the preferred samples for diagnosis are epithelium and vesicular fluid from unruptured or freshly ruptured vesicles collected from pigs showing the typical signs of disease, in which swine vesicular disease virus, its antigens or genome can be detected. It is recommended that about five or six of these pigs are sampled.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2000/428/annex/chapter/IV/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2000-428/annex/chapter-IV/division-2
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