Ministerial Ordinance No. 288 making provisions and establishing measures for the prophylaxis of foot-and-mouth disease. Country/Territory Italy Document type Regulation Date 1987 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana No. 167, 20 July 1987. Subject Livestock Keyword Animal health Pests/diseases Slaughtering Quarantine Grazing Pastoralism Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract The Ordinance establishes the seizure of the breedings already contaminated and of the breedings exposed to the risk of contamination, as well. Other measures concern the census of all animals, the isolation of infected animals and restrictions on the transport of meat and carcasses. The Ordinance makes provision for the slaughtering of the animals, to be carried out within 24 hours of the detection of the disease, and the destruction of the carcasses. Full text Italian References - Legislation Amended by Ministerial Ordinance No. 15 amending Ministerial Ordinance of 27 June 1987, No. 288 on the foot-and-mouth disease. Legislation | Italy | 1988 Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Cattle, Sheep/goats, Swine, Inspection Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Ministerial Ordinance No. 121 amending Ministerial Ordinance of 14 January 1988, No. 15 on the prophylaxis of the foot-and-mouth disease. Legislation | Italy | 1988 Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases Source: FAO, FAOLEX Presidential Decree No. 229 implementing Directive No. 85/511/EEC on foot-and-mouth disease, according to the amendments to Directive No. 90/423/EEC. Legislation | Italy | 1992 Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Vaccination, Quarantine, Inspection Source: FAO, FAOLEX