CHAPTER II POULTRY, HATCHING EGGS AND DAY-OLD CHICKS

SECTION 3 Ratites for breeding and production and hatching eggs and day-old chicks thereof

Article 13 Requirements for ratites for breeding and production and day-old chicks thereof from Asia and Africa

The protective measures for Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever set out in Part 1 of Annex V shall apply, on their arrival in the Community, to ratites for breeding and production and day-old chicks thereof coming from third countries in Asia and Africa.

All ratites testing positive to the competitive ELISA test for antibodies to Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever provided for therein shall be destroyed.

All contact birds within the group shall be retested by the competitive ELISA test 21 days after the original sampling. Where any bird tests positive, the whole contact group shall be destroyed.