sec.3Particular acts are not veterinary science— Act , s 2A

sec.3 Particular acts are not veterinary science— Act , s 2A

For section 2A (3) (a) of the Act , the following acts done for animal husbandry or animal dentistry are not veterinary science— castrating— cattle or sheep of less than 6 months; or goats of less than 2 months; or pigs of less than 3 weeks; dehorning— cattle of less than 6 months; or goats or sheep of less than 3 months; spaying cattle using the Willis dropped-ovary technique; tailing sheep of less than 6 months; mulesing sheep of less than 1 year; filing or rasping a horse’s teeth; artificial insemination of cattle, deer, goats, pigs or sheep; teaching techniques about pregnancy testing of cattle by a veterinary surgeon to an owner of cattle; pregnancy testing of cattle using rectal palpation or transrectal ultrasound by a person accredited to use rectal palpation or transrectal ultrasound to test for pregnancy in cattle under an approved cattle procedures accreditation scheme; injecting an animal with lidocaine, if— the lidocaine comprises not more than 2% of an injectable preparation that— is packaged in a container designed to be resistant to being opened; and can only be administered through a rubber ring applicator that includes an injector; and the injection is given in conjunction with an act mentioned in paragraph (a) (i) or (d); spraying an animal wound with lidocaine, if— the lidocaine comprises not more than 4.5% of an aqueous gel preparation designed to be sprayed on animal wounds; and the wound is caused by an act mentioned in paragraph (a) (i) , (b)(i) or (d). In this section— approved cattle procedures accreditation scheme see the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001 , section 93A . prescribed instrument , for the Willis dropped-ovary technique, means an instrument made of stainless steel that has— a handle in the shape of the letter ‘T’; and at its other end, a flattened spearhead with a slit that— is in the forward end of the spearhead; and has a sharp edge at the end of the slit closest to the forward end of the spearhead; and joins an oval hole at the other end of the slit. Willis dropped-ovary technique means a technique for spaying cattle that involves dropping ovaries into the abdomen by using a prescribed instrument to— enter the abdomen by piercing the wall of the vagina with the instrument’s spearhead; and place each ovary, by rectal manipulation, in the oval hole in the instrument’s spearhead; and sever the ovaries with the sharp edge of the slit in the instrument’s spearhead by retracting the instrument. s 3 amd 2022 Act No. 35 s 52 ; 2023 SL No. 167 s 3 (sec.3-ssec.1) For section 2A (3) (a) of the Act , the following acts done for animal husbandry or animal dentistry are not veterinary science— castrating— cattle or sheep of less than 6 months; or goats of less than 2 months; or pigs of less than 3 weeks; dehorning— cattle of less than 6 months; or goats or sheep of less than 3 months; spaying cattle using the Willis dropped-ovary technique; tailing sheep of less than 6 months; mulesing sheep of less than 1 year; filing or rasping a horse’s teeth; artificial insemination of cattle, deer, goats, pigs or sheep; teaching techniques about pregnancy testing of cattle by a veterinary surgeon to an owner of cattle; pregnancy testing of cattle using rectal palpation or transrectal ultrasound by a person accredited to use rectal palpation or transrectal ultrasound to test for pregnancy in cattle under an approved cattle procedures accreditation scheme; injecting an animal with lidocaine, if— the lidocaine comprises not more than 2% of an injectable preparation that— is packaged in a container designed to be resistant to being opened; and can only be administered through a rubber ring applicator that includes an injector; and the injection is given in conjunction with an act mentioned in paragraph (a) (i) or (d); spraying an animal wound with lidocaine, if— the lidocaine comprises not more than 4.5% of an aqueous gel preparation designed to be sprayed on animal wounds; and the wound is caused by an act mentioned in paragraph (a) (i) , (b)(i) or (d). (sec.3-ssec.2) In this section— approved cattle procedures accreditation scheme see the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001 , section 93A . prescribed instrument , for the Willis dropped-ovary technique, means an instrument made of stainless steel that has— a handle in the shape of the letter ‘T’; and at its other end, a flattened spearhead with a slit that— is in the forward end of the spearhead; and has a sharp edge at the end of the slit closest to the forward end of the spearhead; and joins an oval hole at the other end of the slit. Willis dropped-ovary technique means a technique for spaying cattle that involves dropping ovaries into the abdomen by using a prescribed instrument to— enter the abdomen by piercing the wall of the vagina with the instrument’s spearhead; and place each ovary, by rectal manipulation, in the oval hole in the instrument’s spearhead; and sever the ovaries with the sharp edge of the slit in the instrument’s spearhead by retracting the instrument.