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Paragraph 2 Sampling of four-week-old birds etc.

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(1)

The following samples are to be taken from each flock of four week-old birds and each flock two weeks before it comes into lay or moves to the laying phase or laying unit–

(a)

a minimum of two pairs of boot swabs; or

(b)

a composite faeces sample.

(2)

In this paragraph, “a composite faeces sample” means a sample of faeces consisting of a number of individual samples calculated in accordance with the following, each of which weighs not less than 1 gram and is taken from a site selected at random to represent the building or group of buildings in the holding from which it is taken.