The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

PART II RESTOCKING OF PREMISES IN A VACCINATION ZONE

6.  Instead of restocking in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 5, premises in a vaccination zone may be restocked if the following conditions are satisfied—

(a) an inspector of the Department has, within the 24 hours prior to introduction, carried out a clinical examination on every susceptible animal on the premises supplying an animal to be introduced without having identified signs of the disease;

(b) no animal to be introduced has come from a protection or surveillance zone;

(c) every animal to be introduced has been tested for antibodies against the disease by an inspector after the end of its incubation period with negative results or a serological survey shall has been completed on the animals to be introduced with negative results.

Restocking of premises outside a vaccination zone with vaccinated animals: surveillance

7.  Where any vaccinated animal is to be introduced to premises outside a vaccination zone—

(a) it shall not be subject to paragraphs 2 to 5; and

(b) if the proportion of vaccinated animals in the animals to be introduced is 75% or greater, then not earlier than 28 days after the last introduction of susceptible animals to those premises, the Department shall ensure that the vaccinated animals are randomly tested for the detection of antibodies against non-structural proteins.