Article 41 Disease control measures in the event of suspicion of infection with BTV
United Kingdom
In the event of suspicion of infection with BTV, the competent authority shall conduct an investigation to confirm or rule out the disease.
Pending the outcome of the investigation referred to in paragraph 1, the competent authority shall:
restrict movement of animals and germinal products from the targeted animal population from the establishment where they are kept unless authorised for the purpose of immediate slaughter;
order relevant risk mitigating measures, when necessary and technically feasible, to prevent or reduce exposure of animals from the targeted animal population to attacks by vectors.
The competent authority shall, when it considers it necessary, extend the measures provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 to establishments where animals from the targeted animal population had a similar exposure to infectious vectors to that of the suspected cases.
The measures provided for in this Article may be withdrawn when the competent authority considers that they are no longer necessary to limit the risk of spreading the disease.