Part D

1. (a)

   the animals must have undergone a serological test for evidence of foot and mouth disease virus infection carried out in accordance with one of the prescribed tests for international trade laid down in the OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals (OIE Terrestrial Manual), with negative results, on samples taken within a period of 10 days prior to the date of dispatch to the Union; and

2. (b)

   for Bovidae, Cervidae and Elephas spp.: a probang test for evidence of foot and mouth disease virus infection carried out in accordance with the procedures laid down in the OIE Terrestrial Manual, with negative results. The test must have been carried out:

   1. (i)

      10 days prior to the date of dispatch to the Union, for species other than African buffalo (Syncerus caffer);

   2. (ii)

      on two occasions 15 days at least apart, the second of which must have been taken during the period of 10 days prior to the date of dispatch to the Union, for African buffalo (Syncerus caffer).

1. (a)

   the animals must:

   1. (i)

      have been kept in quarantine in a vector-protected facility in the approved confined establishment for a period of at least 30 days prior to the date of dispatch to the Union;

   2. (ii)

      have showed no disease symptoms of infection with Rift valley fever virus for a period of at least 30 days prior to the date of dispatch to the Union;

   3. (iii)

      have been protected from vectors when transported between the vector-protected facility referred to in point (i) and loading for dispatch to the Union; and

2. (b)

   the animals have undergone a virus neutralisation test with negative results for evidence of infection with Rift valley fever virus in accordance with the OIE Terrestrial Manual, carried out firstly on samples taken at the date of commencement of the quarantine period and secondly on samples taken at least 42 days from that that date and and during a period of 10 days prior to the dispatch to the Union.

The animals:

1. (a)

   have undergone a test as laid down and prescribed for international trade by the OIE Terrestrial Manual, on samples taken during the period of the 30 days prior to the date of dispatch to the Union; or

2. (b)

   they are castrated males of any age.

The animals must comply with the requirements set out in one of the following points:

1. (a)

   they have been kept in quarantine in a vector-protected facility in the confined establishment for a period of at least 30 days prior to the date of dispatch to the Union and have undergone a serology test for infection with bluetongue virus (1-24) and infection with epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus carried out in accordance with the OIE Terrestrial Manual with negative results, carried out at least 28 days after the introduction of the animals into the confined establishment;

2. (b)

   they have been kept in quarantine in a vector-protected facility in the approved confined establishment for a period of at least 30 days prior to the date of dispatch to the Union and have undergone a PCR test for infection with bluetongue virus (1-24) and infection with epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus in accordance with the OIE Terrestrial Manual, with negative results, carried out at least 14 days after the introduction into the confined establishment;

3. (c)

   they come from a seasonally disease-free area and have undergone during that disease-free period a serology test for infection with bluetongue virus (1-24) and infection with epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus according to the OIE Terrestrial Manual, with negative results, carried out on samples taken at least 28 days after introduction of the animals into the confined establishment;

4. (d)

   they come from a seasonally free area and have undergone during that period a PCR test for infection with bluetongue virus (1-24) and infection with epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus in accordance with the OIE Terrestrial Manual, with negative results, carried out on samples taken at least 14 days after the introduction of the animals into the approved confined establishment.