Decree No. 54 of 1987 amending Decree No. 47 of 1967 on Veterinary Quarantines Regulation
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- مرسوم رقم 54 لسنة 1987م بتعديل المرسوم رقم 47 لسنة 1967م بنظام الحجر البيطري
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- Egypt
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- Livestock
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- pests/diseases, quarantine, animal reproduction, international trade, animal health, animal production
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Arab Republic of Egypt Presidency Official Gazette Annex to the Official Journal Issue No. 202 Of Saturday 25 Dhul Qi'da, 1403 corresponding to 3 September, 1983. Year 155 DECREES MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FOOD SECURITY Ministerial Decree No. 54 (1983} "LEGAL" on amending some provisions of Ministerial Decree No. 47 (1967}, Statutes of Veterinary Quarantines The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security Having reviewed the Agriculture Law promulgated by Law No. 53 (1966) and the amending laws thereof; Ministerial Decree no. 47 (1967) in the Statutes of Veterinary Quarantines and the amending decisions thereon; Considering that the Head of the Central Department for Animal Health has submitted the recommendations of the Committee formed to set the safety measures to combat the infectious abortion disease (brucellosis); Decides Article I The addition of a new Article ( 8b) to Ministerial Decree No. 47 (1967) to read as follows: "Article 8b - Without prejudice to the following quarantine measures are imported from abroad (cows ensure that they are free of the (brucellosis): First: Imported Breeding Animals the provisions of this Decree, should be taken when animals buffalo - sheep - goats) to infectious abortion disease a) Animals, imported for breeding purposes, should be limited to young pregnant females from countries that have been officially declared totally free of the infectious 1 brucellosis disease, and should be accompanied by supporting documents issued by the official veterinary authorities in the country of origin in accordance with the decisions of the International Office for Animal Diseases in Paris, and endorsed by the Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in that country. b) In the case where non-pregnant females are imported for breeding, they should be acquired from countries / areas free of the infectious brucellosis and should be accompanied by supporting documents issued by the official veterinary authorities in the country of origin in accordance with the decisions of the International office for Animal Diseases in Paris, and endorsed by the Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in that country. c) The above-mentioned animals shall undergo tests to certify they are free of said disease ( the agglutination test and Combe test) within a period of not less than 15 days and not exceeding 30 days before shipment. Results of these tests should be included in the veterinary health certificates of the imported animal. d) Pregnant animals should again be re-examined and tested 15 days after giving birth. Should the results be positive in either of the two cases, the animal should be slaughtered immediately with no compensation. e) Quarantine measures shall be applied to said animals on their arrival to the country for a duration of 33 days at official animal quarantines. Regional or central veterinary laboratories, in co-ordination with the animal quarantines and the departments of veterinary medicine, shall take blood samples from the animals for three different serological tests - immediately upon their arrival and before any means of immunization is administered. Should the results prove that the animals are free of brucellosis, they should be immunized by means of a non-active (inactivated) vaccine of this disease and administered the second dose at the farms to which they are transferred following their release . On the other hand, should there be positive cases of said disease, the animals should be slaughtered immediately without compensation and the rest of the herd showing negative results should be immunized by means of the above-mentioned vaccine and should be treated as afflicted animals at the farms to which they are transferred under veterinary supervision. In this case, import from the country from which such a shipment originated should be restricted. f) Animals immunized against brucellosis should not be disposed of either by sale or any other means except upon securing approval from the competent veterinary authorities. g) The importer shall incur the immunization costs as 2 determined by the Central Department for Animal Health. Second: Sperm and frozen embryos a) Approval should be obtained from the Central Department for Animal Heal th prior to the import of semen and frozen embryos. b) Shipping documents should be accompanied by health certificates from the government authorities of the exporter country and endorsed by the Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in that country stating that the animals are free of aerobic and anaerobic diseases, brucellosis, genetic vibreos, mychoplasma and viruses. c) Upon entry of semen and frozen embryos into the country, the Department of Reproduction and Artificial Insemination should be notified to dispatch its representative, along with the representative of the importer, to release the consignment from the quarantine and deliver it intact to the Reproduction Research Institute, Pyramids Area, for the necessary biological examination. Approval for the circulation of such consignments within the country should be given only after certification by said Institute that they are free of generative and other infectious diseases . As an exception, frozen embryos imported, in small quantities within the limits authorized by the Central Department for Animal Health, which the importer may immediately use in a restricted area under quarantine and veterinary supervision. Third: Slaughter Animals The importation of non-castrated (fertile) females and males is prohibited. Article II These measures shall not be applicable to transactions for which approval was secured before this decree came into effect without prejudice to the provisions of the veterinary quarantine prevailing at the time the approval was given. Article III All texts in contradiction to the provisions of this decree in so far as the measures for combatting brucellosis is concerned shall be nullified. 3 Article IV This decree shall be published in the Official Egyptian Gazette and shall be effective as of the date of publication. Written on 7 Dhul Qida 1403H (August 1983) Dr. Youssef Waly 4 --· -------#····· f ••••• ••..,,,•-•v,~I"' •,: lo••,,• '',,,I t•,,- ,t",.,\ ,.,. - :i,, ,,,:,. •,,,.!.; ... -..... : ~ •,,,,.,.t, '• •~ •, ·, .• , ... , '"'-•, • ..... ••, I 1 • -~ •••·:) • ... , •• •· \. .; ,;, ,. , ~ "r ·-·.·.:• ., .;::· ...... ., , ;··-, ...... ... -..... ·•·· .... · .. :• ...... ...... •'••: :•-····. , .. .. r ~ :~------·· -· . . . .- -----=· .,! '"'. ': , ... .,.:: ..., ·, .... ---- - l I - --=--· ,;..l .... , '"" "- ~ 01 )\.J I) ., ~r J\~l\ L.r6 \i\J ~c \.) ): ~ ) j , "J j '.;'' \ '\ A i U o t ) J )j . I , '\ ,v U ~ v ) 1 .; ;I j Jll ) ;ll ,. '6'.:>-l 1... ~-'"! 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