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Division 2 The requirements in relation to surveillance and control measures of quarantine establishments for kept terrestrial animals other than primates, as referred to in Article 14, shall be the following:

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  1. (a)

    the disease surveillance plan must include appropriate zoonoses control of the animals, and must be implemented and updated according to the number and species of the animals present in the establishment and to the epidemiological situation in and around the establishment as regards listed and emerging diseases;

  2. (b)

    animals suspected of being infected or contaminated by listed or emerging disease agents must be subject to clinical, laboratory or post-mortem testing;

  3. (c)

    the vaccination and treatment of susceptible animals against transmissible animal diseases must carried out as appropriate;

  4. (d)

    where ordered by the competent authority, sentinel animals must be used for the early detection of possible disease.