S.L. 437.79 · Health Conditions Governing Intra- (S.L. 437.79)

S.L. 437.79 Art. 9Further requirements for animals for breeding.

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Without prejudice to the additional guarantees that may be required in accordance with rules 10 and 11, animals for breeding must furthermore meet the following requirements:

(a) they must have been obtained from a holding and must only have been in contact with animals from such a holding:

(i) in which the following diseases have not been clinically diagnosed:

(1) in the previous six months, contagious agalactia of sheep (Mycoplasma or contagious agalactia of agalactiae) goats (Mycoplasma agalactiae, M. capricolum, M. MycoÔdes var. mycoÔdes ‘large colony’),

(2) in the previous twelve months, paratuberculosis or caseous lymphadenitis,

(3) in the previous three years, pulmonary adenomatosis, Maedi Visna or caprine viral arthritis/encephalitis. However, this period shall be reduced to twelve months if the animals infected with Maedi Visna or caprine viral arthritis/encephalitis have been slaughtered and the remaining animals have reacted negatively to two tests recognized by the European Community, which, without prejudice to compliance with the requirements for other diseases, provides, for one or more of the abovementioned diseases, within the framework of a programme approved in accordance with rules 7 and 8, health guarantees which are equivalent for the said disease or diseases;

(ii) where no facts suggesting that the requirements of sub-paragraph (i) have not been met, have been brought to the attention of the official veterinarian responsible for issuing the health certificate;

(iii) whose owner states that he has no knowledge of any such facts and, moreover, states in writing that the animal or animals intended for intra-Community trade comply with the criteria laid down in sub-paragraph (i);

(b) with regard to contagious epidydimitis (B. ovis), non-castrated rams, for breeding, must:

(i) come from a holding where no case of contagious epidydimitis (B. has been ovis) diagnosed in the preceding twelve months,

(ii) have been continuously kept on that holding for sixty days prior to dispatch,

(iii) in the thirty days prior to dispatch have undergone, with negative results, a serological test carried out in accordance with Schedule D or satisfy equivalent health guarantees to be recognized by the European Community;