Change of BVD finding by approved veterinary surgeon
23.—(1) An approved veterinary surgeon may, on behalf of the keeper of a breeding herd, by notice inform the Scottish Ministers of a change in BVD finding to “negative” where, following a determination of the finding as “not negative”, the veterinary surgeon reasonably considers that—
(a)follow-up action or investigation as appropriate has been carried out to identify individual animals infected with BVDV; and
(b)either—
(i)no such animals could be identified; or
(ii)animals so identified have been removed from the herd.
(2) Where the follow-up action or investigation has identified animals infected with BVDV, the notice under paragraph (1) must include the ear tag numbers from ear tags applied under the 2007 Regulations to all such animals.
(3) An approved veterinary surgeon may, on behalf of the keeper of a breeding bovine animal, by notice inform the Scottish Ministers of a change in BVD finding to “negative” where, following a determination of the finding as “not negative”, the veterinary surgeon reasonably considers that appropriate further testing has been carried out which shows that the animal is now “negative”.
(4) The notice under paragraph (3) must include the ear tag numbers from ear tags applied under the 2007 Regulations to the animal.