# The Poultry Breeding Flocks and Hatcheries Order 1993, Paragraph 1


The number of sites from which separate faeces samples are to be taken in order to make a composite sample shall be as follows:
Number of birds kept in a building, or on a holding on which birds have free access to more than one building, number of birds in each group of buildings on such holding
Number of faeces samples to be taken in the building or group of buildings on the holding
1—24
A number equal to the total number of birds up to a maximum of 20 birds
25—29
20
30—39
25
40—49
30
50—59
35
60—89
40
90—199
50
200—499
55
500 or more
60

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1898/schedule/2/part/I/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/poultry-breeding-flocks-and-hatcheries-order-1993/schedule-2/part-I/paragraph-1
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