Division 1
United Kingdom
When pigs are reintroduced into a holding in accordance with Article 13(3) of Directive 2002/60/EC, the following sampling procedures must be applied:
blood samples must be collected at the earliest 45 days after the reintroduction of the pigs,
in case sentinel pigs are reintroduced, blood samples for serological tests must be taken at random from a number of pigs that allow for the detection of 10 % seroprevalence with 95 % confidence in each subunit of the holding,
in case of total repopulation, blood samples for serological tests must be taken at random from a number of pigs that allow for the detection of 20 % seroprevalence with 95 % confidence in each subunit of the holding.
Notes on Chapter IV
Textual amendments
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Words in Annex Ch. 4 Section A para. 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 8(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)