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Division 2.2.5.3.2 Intradermal comparative test for the establishment and maintenance of officially tuberculosis-free herd status:F1F2

United Kingdom

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  1. (a)

    positive: a positive bovine reaction which is more than 4 mm greater than the avian reaction, or the presence of clinical signs;

  2. (b)

    inconclusive: a positive or inconclusive bovine reaction which is from 1 to 4 mm greater than the avian reaction, and the absence of clinical signs;

  3. (c)

    negative: a negative bovine reaction, or a positive or inconclusive bovine reaction but which is equal to or less than a positive or inconclusive avian reaction and the absence of clinical signs in both cases.

Animals inconclusive to the intradermal comparative test shall be subjected to another test after a minimum of 42 days. Animals, which are not negative to this second test, shall be deemed to be positive to the test.

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Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Council Directive 97/12/EC of 17 March 1997 amending and updating Directive 64/432/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine.

F2

Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1226/2002 of 8 July 2002 amending Annex B to Council Directive 64/432/EEC.