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United Kingdom

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For the purpose of this manual, in addition to the definitions referred to in Article 2 of Directive 2002/60/EC, the following definitions shall apply:

  1. (a)

    "suspected holding" means any pig holding which contains one or more pigs suspected of being infected with the ASF virus or a contact holding as defined in Article 2(k) of Directive 2002/60/EC;

  2. (b)

    "epidemiological subunit" or "subunit" means the building, place or land nearby where groups of pigs within a holding are kept in such a way that they have frequent direct or indirect contact with one another but, at the same time, they are kept separate from other pigs in the same holding;

  3. (c)

    "in-contact pigs" means the pigs which lived in a holding in direct contact with one or more pigs suspected to be infected with the ASF virus within the previous 21 days.