female of the ovine species having lambed

sheep [ ewe | lamb | ovine species ]

pure-bred breeding sheep

in the case of female animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine species, in point 1(a) of Chapter III of Part 1 of Annex II.

‘ewe’ means any female of the ovine species having lambed at least once or at least one year old.

On the basis of Directives 88/661/EEC, 89/361/EEC, 90/427/EEC, 91/174/EEC, 94/28/EC and 2009/157/EC, the Commission, after consulting Member States through the Standing Committee on Zootechnics established in accordance with Council Decision 77/505/EEC , adopted a number of Decisions laying down species-specific criteria for the approval or recognition of breeding organisations and breeders' associations, for the entry of breeding animals in herd-books, flock-books and stud-books, for the acceptance of purebred breeding animals of the ovine and caprine species for breeding and artificial insemination, for performance testing and genetic ...[+++]evaluation of breeding animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine species, and for the establishment of pedigree or zootechnical certificates for trade in breeding animals and their germinal products.

Furthermore, in the model health certificate for imports into the Union of consignments of ova and embryos of animals of the ovine and caprine species set out in Part 2 of Annex IV to Decision 2010/472/EU, a more precise wording is required in order to ensure a clear understanding that testing regimes referring to epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD) apply to the donor females of ovine or caprine species.