Division 1
United Kingdom
For detection of the ASF virus, antigen or genome from dead or humanely destroyed pigs, tonsils, lymph nodes (gastrohepatic, renal, submandibular and retropharyngeal), spleen, kidney and lung tissues are the most suitable samplesf1. In case of autolysed carcases, an entire long bone or the sternum is the specimen of choice.
Annotations
Footnotes
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It is recommended to collect also samples of ileum, as they may be useful for the diagnosis of classical swine fever.
Notes on Chapter V
Textual amendments
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Words in Annex Ch. 5 Section C para. 4 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 8(6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)