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Paragraph 2 Killing of a suspect animal

England and Wales

(1)

If an animal that is not bovine, ovine or caprine is subject to investigation and subsequently suspected by a veterinary inspector of being infected with a TSE, a veterinary inspector may by notice require—

(a)

the isolation of the suspect animal on a particular part of the holding;

(b)

the animal to be killed on the holding immediately;

(c)

the owner to consign the suspect animal to another holding for killing.

(2)

A person must not remove from the holding, or dispose of, the body of such an animal that has been killed except as directed by an inspector.