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The Specified Animal Pathogens Order 2008

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Title, application and commencement

  3. 2.Extension of the definition of “animal”, “poultry” and “disease”

  4. 3.Interpretation

  5. 4.Prohibitions in relation to specified animal pathogens

  6. 5.Exceptions

  7. 6.Powers of inspectors

  8. 7.Improvement notices

  9. 8.Prohibition notices

  10. 9.Appeals against improvement and prohibition notices

  11. 10.Licences

  12. 11.Enforcement

  13. 12.Revocations

  14. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Specified animal pathogens

      1. PART 1

        1. 1.African horse sickness virus

        2. 2.African swine fever virus

        3. 3.Aujesky’s disease virus

        4. 4.Avian influenza viruses that are — (a) uncharacterised;

        5. 5.Babesia bovis

        6. 6.Babesia bigemina

        7. 7.Babesia caballi

        8. 8.Bacillus anthracis

        9. 9.Bluetongue virus

        10. 10.Bovine leucosis virus

        11. 11.Brucella abortus

        12. 12.Brucella melitensis

        13. 13.Brucella ovis

        14. 14.Brucella suis

        15. 15.Burkholderia mallei

        16. 16.Classical swine fever virus

        17. 17.Cochliomyia hominivorax

        18. 18.Eastern and Western equine encephalomyelitis viruses

        19. 19.Echinococcus multilocularis

        20. 20.Echinococcus granulosus

        21. 21.Ehrlichia ruminantium

        22. 22.Equine infectious anemia virus

        23. 23.Foot and mouth disease virus

        24. 24.Hendra disease virus

        25. 25.Histoplasma farciminosum

        26. 26.Japanese encephalitis virus

        27. 27.Lumpy skin disease virus

        28. 28.Mycoplasma agalactiae

        29. 29.Mycoplasma capricolum sub species capripneumoniae

        30. 30.Mycoplasma mycoides sub species mycoides SC and mycoides LC variants...

        31. 31.Mycoplasma mycoides var capri

        32. 32.Newcastle disease (avian paramyxovirus type 1) viruses which are—

        33. 33.Nipah disease virus

        34. 34.Peste des petits ruminants virus

        35. 35.Rabies virus and all viruses of the genus Lyssavirus

        36. 36.Rift Valley Fever virus

        37. 37.Rinderpest virus

        38. 38.St. Louis equine encephalomyelitis virus

        39. 39.Sheep and goat pox virus

        40. 40.Swine vesicular disease virus

        41. 41.Teschen disease virus

        42. 42.Theileria annulata

        43. 43.Theileria equi

        44. 44.Theileria parva

        45. 45.Trichinella spiralis

        46. 46.Trypanosoma brucei

        47. 47.Trypanosoma congolense

        48. 48.Trypanosoma equiperdum

        49. 49.Trypanosoma evansi

        50. 50.Trypanosoma simiae

        51. 51.Trypanosoma vivax

        52. 52.Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus

        53. 53.Vesicular stomatitis virus

        54. 54.West Nile virus

      2. PART 2

        1. 55.The live virus causing viral hæmorrhagic disease of rabbits

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Powers of inspectors

      1. 1.General powers of inspectors

      2. 2.Seizure of pathogens

      3. 3.Cleansing and disinfection

  16. Explanatory Note

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