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VETERINARY PRACTICE REGULATIONS 2005 (NO 202 OF 2005) - REG 4

4—Meaning of veterinary treatment

        (1)         For the purposes of paragraph (d) of the definition of "veterinary treatment" in section 3(1) of the Act, the following are prescribed artificial breeding procedures:

            (a)         laparoscopic artificial insemination;

            (b)         laparoscopic transfer of embryos.

        (2)         The following are excluded from the ambit of the definition of "veterinary treatment" in section 3(1) of the Act:

            (a)         the deworming of an animal other than by intranasal oesophageal tube;

            (b)         the performance of the Mules operation on sheep;

            (c)         the dehorning of cattle or sheep if the animal is less than 6 months of age;

            (d)         the castration of cattle, sheep or pigs if the animal is less than 3 months of age;

            (e)         the tailing of lambs that are less than 3 months of age;

            (f)         the treatment of an animal for ectoparasites;

            (g)         the treatment of footrot in sheep or goats by foot-paring or foot-bathing;

            (h)         the vaccination of livestock;

Note—

The Livestock Act 1997 contains provisions regulating the supply and use of vaccines.

                  (i)         the diagnosis of pregnancy of an animal by ultrasound or by testing of blood or milk (other than the diagnosis of pregnancy of a horse by ultrasound);

            (j)         equine dentistry other than restricted equine dentistry.



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