PART IIIMOVEMENTS OF GERMINAL PRODUCTS BETWEEN MEMBER STATES

CHAPTER 1 Animal health requirements for movements of germinal products of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine animals

Section 2 Animal health requirements for donor animals from which germinal products were collected, and isolation and quarantine requirements for those animals

Sub-Section II Additional animal health requirements for certain species of ungulates

Article 20Additional animal health requirements for donor bovine animals from which semen, oocytes and embryos were collected

1.

The centre veterinarian, as regards donor animals of semen, or the team veterinarian, as regards donor animals of oocytes and embryos, shall ensure that donor bovine animals comply with the following requirements:

(a)

they came from an establishment, in the case of donor animals of semen prior to their admission to a quarantine accommodation, that was free from the following diseases and have never been kept previously in any establishment of a lower health status:

  1. (i)

    infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (M. bovis, M. caprae and M. tuberculosis);

  2. (ii)

    infection with Brucella abortus, Brucella melitensis and Brucella suis;

  3. (iii)

    enzootic bovine leukosis;

  4. (iv)

    infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvovaginitis;

(b)

they fulfil the additional animal health requirements laid down in Part 1 and Chapters I, II and III of Part 5 of Annex II.

2.

By way of derogation from paragraph 1(a)(iii), the centre veterinarian may accept that a donor animal of semen came from an establishment which was not free from enzootic bovine leukosis provided that the animal either:

(a)

is less than 2 years of age and has been produced by a dam which was subjected, with negative results, to a serological test for enzootic bovine leukosis after removal of that animal from its dam; or

(b)

has reached the age of 2 years and was subjected, with negative results, to a serological test for enzootic bovine leukosis.

3.

By way of derogation from paragraph 1(a)(iii), the team veterinarian may accept a donor animal of oocytes and embryos that was less than 2 years of age which came from an establishment which was not free from enzootic bovine leukosis provided that the official veterinarian responsible for the establishment of origin has certified that there has been no clinical case of enzootic bovine leukosis during a period of at least the preceding 3 years.

4.

By way of derogation from paragraph 1(a)(iv),

(a)

the centre veterinarian, as regards donor animals of semen, may accept a donor animal which came from an establishment which was not free from infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvovaginitis provided that the animal has undergone the test required in accordance with point 1(b)(iv) of Chapter I of Part 1 of Annex II, or

(b)

the team veterinarian, as regards donor animals of oocytes and embryos, may accept a donor animal which came from an establishment which was not free from infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvovaginitis provided that the official veterinarian responsible for the establishment of origin has certified that there has been no clinical case of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvovaginitis during a period of at least the preceding 12 months.