Regulation 12 Epidemiological inquiryI1

Northern Ireland

A veterinary inspector shall begin an epidemiological inquiry to establish—

(a)

the length of time that swine vesicular disease virus may have existed on the premises described in Regulation 11(a),

(b)

the origin of that virus,

(c)

the identification of other premises contaminated with that virus from the same source,

(d)

the movement of any person or thing that could have carried that virus to or from the premises, and

(e)

the possibility that pigs living in the wild may be involved in the spread of the virus,

and shall continue the inquiry until these have been established so far as is practicable or the possibility of disease has been discounted.

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