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Division 4

United Kingdom

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In case more than one seropositive pig is detected on a holding following the sampling and the serological testing referred to in Chapter V(1)(a), (1)(c) or (2), but the conditions laid down in Annex II(4) to Directive 92/119/EEC are not fulfilled to confirm swine vesicular disease, the competent authority shall ensure that:

  1. (a)

    the provisions referred to in Article 4 of Directive 92/119/EEC are applied or shall continue to apply;

  2. (b)

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

  3. (c)

    blood samples for serological testing are further collected from the seropositive pigs and in-contact pigs in accordance with 1(c);

  4. (d)

    blood samples for serological testing are collected from pigs in the other buildings of the holding in accordance with the procedure referred to in Chapter V(2);

  5. (e)

    a sufficient number of faecal samples are collected for virological tests from:

    • the seropositive pigs,

    • the floor of the pens containing seropositive pigs and adjacent pens,

    • random selected pens from other buildings on the holding.

Faecal samples collected in accordance with the first and the second indents above must be examined as soon as possible. In case these samples are negative but the results of the serological tests suggest that swine vesicular disease virus might have spread to others buildings, the faecal samples collected in accordance with the third indent above must also be examined;

If following these further checks and tests the conditions laid down in Annex II(4) of Directive 92/119/EEC are not fulfilled to confirm the presence of swine vesicular disease, the seropositive pigs shall be killed or slaughtered in accordance with the provisions referred to in Annex II(4)(d) of Directive 92/119/EEC. However, if further pigs have been found seropositive in addition to the ones already found seropositive following the previous sampling, the provisions and procedures laid down in (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall be further applied mutatis mutandis.