S.I. No. 229/2001 - Brucellosis in Cattle (General Provisions) (Amendment) Order, 2001

1. No bovine animal may be moved into or out of the holding except under the authority of a movement permit or in accordance with conditions laid down by a veterinary inspector.

2. Any brucellosis reactor in the holding must be effectively isolated.

3. Animals must be effectively isolated at calving time.

4. Calving fluids, afterbirths and aborted foetuses must be disposed in a manner such as to avoid contamination.

5. All houses used for housing animals and all pens, fittings and receptacles used for animals should be cleansed and disinfected without delay.

6. Milk from any reactor animal in the herd shall not be fed to any bovine animal on the above-mentioned holding until the milk has been boiled or pasteurised.

7. Unpasteurised milk or any unpasteurised product may not be moved from the above-mentioned holding for feeding to bovine or other animals in its unpasteurised state, until you have been notified that the herd is free of brucellosis.

8. Even though they may pass a test or tests after the issue of this notice, the restrictions on movement of animals into or out of the above-mentioned holding imposed by this notice will remain in force until you are informed officially that the restrictions have been lifted

9. All practicable steps, including where necessary the repair and reconstruction of boundary fences, should be taken to prevent the infection of animals on adjoining land by contact with animals on the above-mentioned holding.

10. Any manure slurry on the above-mentioned holding should be stored for at least a period to be specified by a veterinary inspector and treated in a manner as may be specified by a veterinary inspector prior to being moved off or spread on the holding.

11. Receptacles containing an approved disinfectant should be placed at any entrance to or any exit from the above-mentioned holding or any housing thereon.

12. A health warning notice, in a format stipulated by a veterinary inspector, and which is clearly visible must be displayed, and maintained, at or near each entrance to or exit from the above-mentioned holding for the duration of the restriction period, if such is required by a veterinary inspector.

Signed.........................................

Date...................

Veterinary Inspector

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

This Order restricts the movement of bovine animals into or out of a holding restricted for Brucellosis except under and in accordance with the terms of a movement permit or in accordance with conditions laid down by a veterinary inspector.

It requires a keeper, whose holding has been declared a restricted holding, to display and maintain a health warning notice at or near each entrance to or exit from the holding for as long as the holding remains restricted.

It also makes it illegal for a keeper to be in possession of or have under his control an animal whose eartag has been interfered with or altered in any way except in accordance with the Order.

I, Joe Walsh, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

sections 3

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13

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14

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15

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of the

Diseases of Animals Act, 1966

(No. 6 of 1966) hereby order as follows