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Division 1

United Kingdom

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In case a single seropositive pig is detected on a holding following the surveillance referred to in Chapter V(1)(a) or V(2), the competent authority shall ensure that:

  1. (a)

    if not already applied, the measures referred to in Article 4 of Directive 92/119/EEC are applied in this holding;

  2. (b)

    a check is carried out in the holding in accordance with the provisions referred to in Chapter II(1);

  3. (c)

    blood samples are collected for serological testing from:

    • the suspect pig,

    • in-contact pigs living in the same and in adjacent pens of the suspect pig; these pigs must be sampled in such a way to detect 50 % prevalence of seroconversion with 95 % confidence in the pen.