PART 2

BVD Screening

Ear tag samples of tissue
14
1
Subject to paragraph (3), an ear tag sample of tissue is taken in accordance with this article if it is extracted from the animal from an official ear tag or a management tag and the vessel used to collect the sample complies with the conditions in paragraph (2).
2
The conditions in this paragraph are—
a
the vessel used to collect the sample must have a pre-printed identification number which is identical to the official ear tag number or the number on the management tag (as the case may be), and
b
the identification number—
i
is notified along with the animal's ear tag number when the sample is submitted, and
ii
in the case of a sample taken from a bovine animal in a breeding herd, is used only once within the herd.
3
The keeper must not take (or arrange to have taken) an ear tag sample of tissue from any bovine animal from which a sample has previously been collected from a management tag for the purpose of submitting for sampling under this Order.
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5
For the purposes of this article, “collected” includes any attempt to collect a sample.
Art. 14 in force at 1.12.2019, see art. 1(1)
Words in art. 14(1) substituted (1.7.2025) by The Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/176), arts. 1(2), 2(a)(i)
Art. 14(4) omitted (1.7.2025) by virtue of The Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/176), arts. 1(2), 2(a)(ii)