Authorisation for laboratory tests to be carried out on donor animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine species in quarantine accommodation
Article 25
1. The competent authority may authorise the following tests referred to in Annex II to be carried out on samples taken in the quarantine accommodation: (a) for bovine animals, the tests referred to in point 1(b) of Chapter I of Part 1 thereof; (b) for porcine animals, the tests referred to in point 1(b) of Chapter I of Part 2 thereof; (c) for ovine and caprine animals, the tests referred to in point 1(c) of Chapter I of Part 3 thereof. 2. Where the competent authority has granted the authorisations referred to in paragraph 1, the following conditions shall be met: (a) the period of quarantine in the quarantine accommodation must not commence before the date of sampling for the purpose of testing referred to in paragraph 1(a), (b) and (c); (b) where results of any of the tests referred to in paragraph 1 are positive, the animal concerned must be immediately removed from the quarantine accommodation; (c) in the case of quarantine of a group of animals, if any of the animals prove positive for a test referred to in paragraph 1, the quarantine in the quarantine accommodation must not commence for the remaining animals until the animal which proved positive has been removed from the quarantine accommodation.