Member States shall ensure that the confirmation of swine vesicular disease and the differential diagnosis with foot-and-mouth disease are based on:
(a) the detection of clinical signs of disease;
(b) the detection of virus, antigen or genome in samples of epithelium tissue, vesicular fluid or faeces;
(c) the demonstration of a specific antibody response in serum samples, in accordance with the procedures, sampling methods and criteria for evaluation of the results of laboratory tests laid down in the Manual annexed to this Decision.
