# 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 1

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

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:
(a)if not already applied, the measures referred to in Article 4 of Directive 92/119/EEC are applied in this holding;
(b)a check is carried out in the holding in accordance with the provisions referred to in Chapter II(1);
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2000/428/annex/chapter/VI/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2000-428/annex/chapter-VI/division-1
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