Equine Viral Arteritis Order (Northern Ireland) 1996
This Order introduces controls on equine viral arteritis in horses. The Order requires the Department to be notified where a person knows or has reasonable grounds to suspect that a mare which has been served either naturally or by way of artificial insemination within the previous 14 days or a stallion is or may be affected with equine viral arteritis or that a stallion is a carrier of the virus of the disease. It also requires notification where a person reasonably suspects that the disease or the virus exists following analysis of samples of serum or semen (Article 3).