# The Poultry Breeding Flocks and Hatcheries (Wales) Order 2007, Paragraph 2: Sampling of four-week-old birds etc.


(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” (“sampl gyfansawdd o ysgarthion”) means a sample of faeces consisting of a number of individual samples calculated in accordance with the following Table, 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 on the holding from which it is taken.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/1708/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/poultry-breeding-flocks-and-hatcheries-wales-order-2007/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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