Additional animal health requirements for donor ovine and caprine animals from which semen, oocytes and embryos were collected
Article 22
The centre veterinarian, as regards donor animals of semen, or the team veterinarian, as regards donor animals of oocytes and embryos, shall ensure that donor ovine and caprine animals comply with the following requirements: (a) they did not come from an establishment, nor have been in contact with animals from an establishment, in the case of donor animals of semen prior to their admission to a quarantine accommodation, which has been the subject to movement restrictions as regards infection with Brucella abortus, Brucella melitensis and Brucella suis. The movement restrictions concerning the establishment are lifted after the period comprising of at least 42 days from the date of slaughter or killing and the disposal of the last animal infected or susceptible to that disease; (b) they came from an establishment, in the case of donor animals of semen prior to their admission to a quarantine accommodation, which was free from infection with Brucella abortus, Brucella melitensis and Brucella suis and have never been kept previously in any establishment of a lower health status; (c) they fulfil additional animal health requirements laid down in Part 3 and Chapters I, II and III of Part 5 of Annex II.