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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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  1. (a)

    cloacal swabs (or faeces) and tracheal or oropharyngeal swabs, if possible, from clinically ill birds or ill sentinel birds;

  2. (b)

    from the intestinal contents, brain, trachea, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys and other obviously affected organs as soon as possible following death, from:

    1. (i)

      dead sentinel birds and all birds dead on arrival in quarantine and those which die during quarantine; or

    2. (ii)

      in the case of high mortality in large consignments made of small birds, from at least 10 % of the dead birds.