Division 2 In addition to the testing set out in point 1, the following samples must be taken for virological examination:
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- (a)
cloacal swabs (or faeces) and tracheal or oropharyngeal swabs, if possible, from clinically ill birds or ill sentinel birds;
- (b)
from the intestinal contents, brain, trachea, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys and other obviously affected organs as soon as possible following death, from:
- (i)
dead sentinel birds and all birds dead on arrival in quarantine and those which die during quarantine; or
- (ii)
in the case of high mortality in large consignments made of small birds, from at least 10 % of the dead birds.
- (i)