PART 3BVD Control

Notification of BVD status prior to movement37.

(1)

This article applies where a keeper intends to move a bovine animal in a breeding herd or a breeding bovine animal off the holding on which it is kept (except where the animal is being moved to slaughter).

(2)

The keeper must, before moving the animal off of the holding, give notice to the persons mentioned in paragraph (3) of—

(a)

the individual BVD status of each bovine animal, and

(b)

in the case of a breeding herd, the collective BVD status of the herd.

(3)

The persons mentioned in this paragraph are—

(a)

the operator of a market to which the animal is to be moved,

(b)

the prospective keeper of the animal,

(c)

any person with whom the animal is to be temporarily placed.

(4)

This article does not apply if the relevant person mentioned in paragraph (3) is aware of the individual BVD status of—

(a)

the animal being moved, and

(b)

every other bovine animal that is being moved with the animal.