# The Fresh Meat Export (Hygiene and Inspection) (Scotland) Regulations 1987, Paragraph 2


Where an official veterinary surgeon or inspector has reason to suspect that a suppurative condition exists in the carcase of any sheep or lamb he shall –
(a) examine by palpation as well as by observation such of the lymph nodes as are readily accessible; and
(b) in the case of a sheep, examine in detail such of the following lymph nodes as he has not already so examined: prescapular, superficial inguinal, precrural; and, in the case of a lamb, examine in detail such lymph nodes if he has found evidence of disease in the course of visual examination or palpation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/800/schedule/8/part/V/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-export-hygiene-and-inspection-scotland-regulations-1987/schedule-8/part-V/paragraph-2
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