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Division 1

United Kingdom

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In order to ensure uniform procedures to diagnose African swine fever (hereinafter "ASF"), this manual:

  1. (a)

    provides guidelines and minimum requirements on diagnostic procedures, sampling methods and criteria for the evaluation of the results of clinical and post-mortem examinations and laboratory tests for a correct diagnosis of ASFf1;

  2. (b)

    establishes minimum bio-safety requirements and quality standards to be observed by the ASF diagnostic laboratories and for transport of samples;

  3. (c)

    establishes the laboratory tests to be used for the diagnosis of ASF and the laboratory techniques to be used for the genetic typing of ASF virus isolates.

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f1

When deciding the number of samples to be taken for laboratory testing, the sensitivity of the tests that will be used shall also be considered. The number of animals to be sampled shall be higher than the one indicated in this manual, if the sensitivity of the test to be used is not very high.