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In order to ensure uniform procedures to diagnose African swine fever and an appropriate differential diagnosis with classical swine fever, within six months of the date when this Directive enters into force and in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 23(2), an African swine fever diagnostic manual shall be adopted to establish at least: minimum quality standards to be observed by African swine fever diagnostic laboratories and for the transport of samples; criteria and procedures to be followed when clinical or post mortem examinations are carried out to confirm or exclude the presence of African swine fever; criteria and procedures to be followed for the collection of samples from live pigs or their carcases, to confirm or exclude African swine fever by laboratory examinations, including sampling methods for serological or virological screenings carried out in the framework of the application of the measures provided for in this Directive; laboratory tests to be used for the diagnosis of African swine fever, including criteria for evaluating the results of the laboratory tests; laboratory techniques for the genetic typing of the African swine fever virus isolate.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-09 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.