Control measures at the Artificial Insemination Centre

Management of an artificial insemination centre should be directed towards ensuring that only healthy animals that do not shed or cannot potentially shed BoHV-1 are selected and introduced in the centre, and only BoHV-1 free semen is sold to the customers.

Approval for EU system

The Directive (EU Directive 88/407/EEG) indicates that all animals to be introduced into approved EU facilities must be negative to several diseases at an age of over 6 months before the acceptance. However, as only calves selected from farms officially negative to several diseases comprised in the OIE list A and B are introduced into the system at a very young age and venereal infections are highly unlikely, and they were individually proven negative to BoHV-1, BVD and leptospirosis, this action is meant to fulfill the EU legislation.

Therefore all calves are submitted to the prescribed tests at the age of 10 months before and subsequently during the so called EU quarantine. After proven negativity the calves are accepted in the EU approved facilities.

For information on preventing the spread of BoHV-1 via semen see BoHV-1 safe semen.