Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

ARTIFICIAL BREEDING (CATTLE) REGULATIONS 1978 - REG 62

62 .         Importation of semen from unlicensed premises

        (1)         A person shall not import into this State semen that is produced at or imported from premises which are not licensed under legislation controlling artificial breeding of stock in a State or Territory of the Commonwealth unless —

            (a)         the approval of the Chief Veterinary Surgeon shall be obtained prior to the importation;

            (b)         the semen is accompanied by a certificate from the District Veterinary Officer for the district of the State or Territory from which the semen will be imported certifying —

                  (i)         that the donor bull is derived from a herd which is not known to be or suspected of being infected with tuberculosis or brucellosis and in which Johne’s disease has not been known or suspected to exist during the 5 years prior to the date of collection; and

                  (ii)         that the donor bull prior to collection has been isolated for a period of not less than 60 days prior to being tested with negative results for —

                        (I)         tuberculosis, using the single intra-dermal tuberculin test;

        (II)         brucellosis, using the Complement Fixation Test, by warm fixation and doubling serum dilution from 1 in 4 to 1 in 128 inclusive;

        (III)         leptospirosis, using the agglutination-lysis test for L. pomona, and L. hardjo;

        (IV)         vibriosis, by examination of preputial scrapings by culture and immunofluorescence;

                        (V)         trichomoniasis, by examination of preputial scrapings by culture.

        (2)         Semen imported pursuant to subregulation (1) shall be —

            (a)         despatched in ampoules or wine red straws marked —

                UL — (owner of bull) — (processor) — (bull) — (batch);

            (b)         certified that each batch has been checked and each dose, on thawing, contains a concentration of not less than 5 million actively motile and morphologically normal spermatozoa;

            (c)         used only on cattle in Western Australia owned by the person to whom the semen is being consigned.

        (3)         Semen imported into the State pursuant to subregulation (1) may be stored at licensed premises provided that it is stored in a vessel containing only such semen and the vessel is clearly identified as such.