S.L. 437.81 Art. 5Measures to be introduced on infected holdings.

As soon as it has been confirmed that one or more of the infected animals, as defined in rule 2, are on a holding, the competent authority shall introduce the following measures:

(1) the official veterinarian shall take adequate samples or has them taken for examination by the laboratory referred to in Schedule A to these rules, where these samples and examinations have not been taken or carried out during the period of suspicion in accordance with rule 4(1);

(2) in addition to the measures listed in rule 4(1), the following measures are taken without delay:

(a) all animals of susceptible species on the holding shall be slaughtered on the spot under official supervision in such a way as to avoid all risk of spreading the foot-and-mouth virus;

(b) after being slaughtered, the aforementioned animals shall be destroyed under official supervision in such a way that there is no risk of spreading the foot-and-mouth virus;

(c) meat of animals of susceptible species coming from the holding and slaughtered during the period between the probable introduction of the disease to the holding and the implementation of official measures shall, wherever possible, be traced and destroyed under official supervision in such a way as to avoid any risk of spreading the foot-and-mouth virus;

(d) the carcasses of animals of susceptible species which have died on the holding shall be destroyed under official supervision in such a way as to avoid any risk of spreading the foot-and-mouth virus;

(e) any substance referred to in rule 4(1)(e) shall be destroyed or treated in such a way as to ensure the destruction of any foot-and-mouth virus present; all treatment must be carried out in accordance with the instructions of the official veterinarian;

(f) milk and milk products shall be destroyed in such a way as to avoid any risk of spreading the foot-and-mouth virus;

(g) after elimination of the animals of susceptible species and of the substances referred to in rule 4(1)(e) the buildings used for housing, their surroundings and the vehicles used for their transport and all equipment likely to be contaminated shall be cleaned and disinfected in accordance with rule 10;

(h) no animals of susceptible species shall be reintroduced to the holding until at least twenty-one days after completion of the cleaning and disinfection operations carried out in accordance with rule 10;

(i) an epizootiological inquiry shall be carried out in accordance with rules 7 and 8;

(3) the provisions of paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of appearance of a secondary source which is linked epidemiologically with a primary source for which samples have already been taken;

(4) the competent authority may extend the measures provided for in paragraph (1) to adjoining holdings should their location, their configuration, or contacts with animals from the holding where the disease has been recorded give reason to suspect possible contamination.