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Certain infectious diseases reduce the efficiency of production and adversely affect animal welfare in both dairy and beef cattle.

• To eliminate specific diseases from cattle herds
• To identify herds free of specific diseases and to provide breeding cattle of certified health status
• To prevent the introduction of specific diseases to herds free of the diseases
• To monitor changes in disease status to allow timely control or preventive action to be taken.

SAC Veterinary Services has operated a network of veterinary diagnostic laboratories throughout Scotland for many years.

For each disease there is a testing programme and a list of rules and conditions which must be met.