# 2003/422/EC: Commission Decision of 26 May 2003 approving an African swine fever diagnostic manual (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 1696), Division 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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 samples. In case of autolysed carcases, an entire long bone or the sternum is the specimen of choice.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2003/422/annex/chapter/V/division/B/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-422/annex/chapter-V/division-B/division-1
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