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12. A licence may be granted by a veterinary inspector to allow the movement of pigs off premises in a surveillance zone to other premises within the zone declared for the control of swine vesicular disease, provided that no pig has moved on to the premises of origin in the previous 21 days, and where—
(a)a veterinary inspector has inspected the pigs on the premises of origin and has individually examined each pig that is to be moved and found no clinical signs suggestive of swine vesicular disease;
(b)a serological examination—
(i)of a statistical sample of the pigs to be moved has been carried out at the keeper’s expense without the detection of antibodies to the swine vesicular disease virus within the 14 days preceding the movement; or
(ii)in the case of pigs going for slaughter, may be carried out on the basis of blood samples taken at the designated slaughterhouse; and
(c)the pigs to be moved are transported in a vehicle sealed by an inspector.
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