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SC Code § 47-13-820 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 13 - Diseases And Infections|Section 47-13-820. Tuberculin and paratuberculin tests; observation.

 When the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission shall be conducting tuberculosis or paratuberculosis eradication work in any county, in cooperation with the Animal Disease Eradication Division, United States Department of Agriculture, under the area plan or under its general authority, to eradicate, control and prevent contagious and infectious diseases of animals, all persons owning or having animals in their charge shall upon notice assemble or have assembled such animals at a time and place designated by an inspector or veterinarian of the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission or of the Animal Disease Eradication Division, United States Department of Agriculture, in order that tuberculin or paratuberculin tests may be applied. Assistance shall be given in confining these animals in order that the test may be administered properly, and the same animals shall be returned for observation at a time and place designated by such inspector or veterinarian. Any herd or animals or all animals in the modified accredited area or other areas shall be tuberculin or paratuberculin tested or retested at such times as deemed advisable by the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-472; 1952 Code Section 6-472; 1949 (46) 412; 1960 (51) 2085; 1961 (52) 625; 1994 Act No. 362, Section 31, eff May 3, 1994.
SC Code § 47-13-830 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 13 - Diseases And Infections|Section 47-13-830. Quarantine of herds in which reactors are found.

 All animals in which tuberculosis or paratuberculosis reactors have been found shall be quarantined and no animal in quarantined herds shall be disposed of until all of the remaining animals in such herds shall have passed at least three negative tuberculin or paratuberculin tests applied, not less than sixty days apart, by an approved accredited veterinarian, and the records of such tests shall be filed with the State Veterinarian; provided, however, animals from such herds for immediate slaughter may be moved on special permit issued under the authority of the State Veterinarian.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-473; 1952 Code Section 6-473; 1949 (46) 412; 1994 Act No. 362, Section 31, eff May 3, 1994.
SC Code § 47-13-840 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 13 - Diseases And Infections|Section 47-13-840. Branding and slaughtering of reacting animals; disinfecting quarters and equipment.

 All animals reacting to the tuberculin or paratuberculin test shall be branded immediately with the letter "T" not less than three inches high on the left jaw by the veterinarian applying the test. All reacting animals shall be identified with suitable ear tags and shall be slaughtered under either State or Federal supervision and may be disposed of according to the Federal Meat Inspection Regulations, or shall be either burned or the body placed at least four feet beneath the surface of the earth, covered with live lime and the hole filled with soil. Barns, stalls, lots and all places and articles that have been used by the reactor animals shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected or destroyed according to the direction of the State Veterinarian.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-474; 1952 Code Section 6-474; 1949 (46) 412; 1994 Act No. 362, Section 31, eff May 3, 1994.
SC Code § 47-13-850 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 13 - Diseases And Infections|Section 47-13-850. Liability for disposing of affected animal except for immediate slaughter.

 Any person or persons who knowingly sells or otherwise disposes of to another, except for immediate slaughter, an animal affected with tuberculosis or paratuberculosis shall be liable in a civil action to any person injured, and for any and all damages resulting therefrom and shall be equally responsible for violation of this article and the regulations promulgated by the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-475; 1952 Code Section 6-475; 1949 (46) 412; 1994 Act No. 362, Section 31, eff May 3, 1994.
SC Code § 47-13-860 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 13 - Diseases And Infections|Section 47-13-860. Official tests.

 The intradermal and thermal tuberculosis test for tuberculosis and the intradermal test for paratuberculosis will be recognized as official tests when applied by an approved accredited veterinarian, under the direction of the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission and when the certificate is filed with the State Veterinarian immediately after the completion of the test.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-476; 1952 Code Section 6-476; 1949 (46) 412; 1960 (51) 2085; 1994 Act No. 362, Section 31, eff May 3, 1994.
SC Code § 47-13-870 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 13 - Diseases And Infections|Section 47-13-870. Inspectors; accepting assistance from United States Government.

 The State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission is vested with authority to appoint and commission, without salary from the State, as its inspectors, representatives of the Animal Disease Eradication Division, United States Department of Agriculture, and to accept from the United States Government such assistance, financial and otherwise, for carrying out the purpose of this article, as may be available from time to time.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-477; 1952 Code Section 6-477; 1949 (46) 412; 1960 (51) 2085; 1994 Act No. 362, Section 31, eff May 3, 1994.
SC Code § 47-13-880 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 13 - Diseases And Infections|Section 47-13-880. Violations.

 A person violating this article or regulations of the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission promulgated under it is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished in accordance with Section 47-4-130.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-478; 1952 Code Section 6-478; 1949 (46) 412; 1994 Act No. 362, Section 18, eff May 3, 1994.
SC Code § 47-13-1210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 13 - Diseases And Infections|Section 47-13-1210. Definitions.

 Except where the context otherwise requires, for the purposes of this article the following terms shall be construed, respectively, to mean:  (a) Person. A natural person, firm or corporation.  (b) Poultry. Live fowl, including chickens, turkeys, waterfowl and game birds which are propagated and maintained under the control of any person for any purpose.  (c) Hatching eggs. Eggs for use in a hatchery to produce young poultry or embryonated eggs.  (d) Hatchery. Incubators, hatchers and auxiliary equipment on one premise operated and controlled by any person for the hatching of poultry.  (e) Flock. All of the poultry on one premise, except that, at the discretion of the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission, any group of poultry which is segregated from other poultry and has been so segregated for a period of at least twenty-one days may be considered as a separate flock.  (f) Pullorum disease or pullorum. A disease of poultry caused by salmonella pullorum.  (g) Fowl typhoid or hyphoid. A disease of poultry caused by salmonella gallinarum.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 643 Section 1; 1994 Act No. 362, Section 31, eff May 3, 1994.
SC Code § 47-13-1220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 13 - Diseases And Infections|Section 47-13-1220. Authority and functions of commission.

 Full authority for the control, suppression, and eradication of pullorum and typhoid in poultry in this State is vested in the commission. The commission shall administer the following:  (1) Poultry hatcheries and hatchery supply flocks within the State must qualify as United States Pullorum-Typhoid Clean or meet equivalent requirements for pullorum-typhoid control under official supervision.  (2) Shipments of poultry and eggs not destined for slaughter other than United States Pullorum-Typhoid Clean, or equivalent, into the State are prohibited.  (3) Whenever a veterinarian or other person performing poultry disease diagnostic services has knowledge or reason to suspect that pullorum or typhoid exists in a poultry flock or hatchery, within forty-eight hours, he shall give notice of the fact to the commission.  (4) Upon receipt of a report of pullorum or typhoid in poultry, the commission shall direct an immediate investigation by an authorized representative to determine the origin and avenue of transmission of the infection. Authorized representatives of the commission may enter a place or premise for inspections or investigations reasonably necessary for these determinations.  (5) Flocks deemed to be infected with pullorum or typhoid must be quarantined by the commission. Quarantined flocks or a portion of them must not be removed from the premise where the infection was detected except with the written permission of the commission.  (6) Poultry shown in public exhibitions in this State must have originated from United States Pullorum-Typhoid Clean, or equivalent, flocks or have had a negative pullorum-typhoid test within ninety days of the movement to the public exhibition.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 643 Section 2; 1994 Act No. 362, Section 19, eff May 3, 1994.
SC Code § 47-13-1230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 13 - Diseases And Infections|Section 47-13-1230. Promulgation of regulations by commission; poultry advisory committee.

 The State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission shall promulgate reasonable regulations consistent with this article. The commission must be advised by a poultry advisory committee consisting of five members as follows: one from the commercial hatching industry, one from the commercial egg industry, one from the commercial broiler industry, one from the commercial turkey industry, and one representing the exhibition poultry interest. The members must be nominated by the respective industry and appointed for terms of two years by the commission.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 643 Section 3; 1994 Act No. 362, Section 20, eff May 3, 1994.
SC Code § 47-13-1240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 13 - Diseases And Infections|Section 47-13-1240. Penalties.

 A person violating this article or regulations promulgated by its authority is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished in accordance with Section 47-4-130. Each violation constitutes a separate offense.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 643 Section 4; 1994 Act No. 362, Section 21, eff May 3, 1994.
SC Code § 47-13-1310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 13 - Diseases And Infections|Section 47-13-1310. Definitions.

 As used in this article:  (1) "Equine infectious anemia" means a widely spread, virus-caused disease of the horse, commonly known as swamp fever, which is infectious in nature and spreads by improper use of hypodermic needles, other instruments, and insects. The disease may be acute, subacute, chronic, or inapparent.  (2) "Horse" means a member of the equine family over six months of age including horses, mules, asses, zebras, or other equidae.  (3) "State veterinarian" means the state veterinarian as defined by Section 47-13-20.  (4) "Accredited veterinarian" means a licensed veterinarian approved by the United States Department of Agriculture and the state veterinarian.  (5) "Reactor" means a horse that reacts positively to an approved serological test performed by an approved laboratory.  (6) "Date of test" means date blood sample is collected from the horse.  (7) "Exposed horse" means a horse which the state veterinarian or his authorized representative has reasonable grounds to believe has been exposed to equine infectious anemia.  (8) "Quarantine" means confinement of an exposed horse to an area not less than two hundred yards from another unaffected horse, with no horses being admitted or leaving the premises.  (9) "Isolation" means confinement of a reactor horse to an area not less than two hundred yards from another unaffected horse until a blood sample submitted from the reactor horse provides a negative Coggins test from a laboratory approved within the State or death.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 400 Section 1; 1990 Act No. 375, Section 1, eff March 19, 1990; 1993 Act No. 33, Section 1, eff April 22, 1993.
SC Code § 47-13-1315 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 13 - Diseases And Infections|Section 47-13-1315. State veterinarian and Livestock-Poultry Service to develop and institute programs for control of equine infectious anemia.

 The state veterinarian and the Livestock-Poultry Health Service of Clemson University are vested with the authority to develop and institute programs to provide for the control of equine infectious anemia in this State and to adopt and provide for enforcement regulations necessary to carry out the program and the provisions of this article. This authority includes, but is not limited to, the power to make regulations requiring the testing of a horse, pony, mule, and ass for equine infectious anemia, in any change of ownership, before sale, exhibition, or assembly at public stables or other public places, and authority to require the owner, operator, or person in charge of shows, sales, public stables, and other public places to require proof of freedom from equine infectious anemia before an animal is permitted to remain on the premises.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 375, Section 1, eff March 19, 1990; 1993 Act No. 33, Section 2, eff April 22, 1993.
SC Code § 47-13-1330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 13 - Diseases And Infections|Section 47-13-1330. Official tests.

 The official test for equine infectious anemia is:  (1) the agar gel immunodiffusion (AGID) blood test or any other test approved by the United States Department of Agriculture accomplished by a laboratory approved by the United States Department of Agriculture on blood samples collected by accredited veterinarians. Only antigen produced by or standardized by the United States Department of Agriculture may be used in official testing of animals for equine infectious anemia by the AGID method;  (2) other tests as may be devised and approved by the United States Department of Agriculture and the state veterinarian.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 400 Section 3; 1990 Act No. 375, Section 1, eff March 19, 1990.
SC Code § 47-13-1340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 13 - Diseases And Infections|Section 47-13-1340. Reporting of tests.

 All positive tests for equine infectious anemia must be reported to the state veterinarian including tests conducted in approved laboratories within the State and tests from veterinarians submitting blood samples for testing to laboratories outside this State.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 400 Section 4; 1990 Act No. 375, Section 1, eff March 19, 1990.
SC Code § 47-13-1350 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 13 - Diseases And Infections|Section 47-13-1350. Unlawful for horse to enter State unless tested; rules and regulations.

 It is unlawful to enter the State with a horse unless the horse has been tested for equine infectious anemia and is accompanied by an official Equine Infectious Anemia test chart showing that the horse reacted negatively to an official Equine Infectious Anemia test within twelve months before entry. The state veterinarian, with the advice of the commanding officer of the State Highway Patrol, shall promulgate regulations to provide for the enforcement of this section.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 400 Section 5; 1990 Act No. 375, Section 1, eff March 19, 1990; 1993 Act No. 33, Section 3, eff April 22, 1993; 2000 Act No. 290, Section 3, eff May 19, 2000.
SC Code § 47-13-1360 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 13 - Diseases And Infections|Section 47-13-1360. Quarantine of exposed horses.

 (A) When a reactor horse is identified on a premises, the state veterinarian shall quarantine all horses on that premises. All exposed quarantined horses tested must be properly identified by a mane or tail tag or other type of identification authorized by the state veterinarian. The reactor may be isolated not less than two hundred yards from other unaffected equines with the knowledge of the testing accredited veterinarian and state veterinarian and only may be moved with the permission of the state veterinarian. A sign must be displayed prominently at the location of the quarantined and isolated premises of the exposed and reactor horses indicating that the premises are quarantined for exposed horses or isolated for reactor horses at the expense of the horse owner.  (B) Before a quarantine for equine infectious anemia may be lifted by the state veterinarian, all exposed animals must be tested negative no sooner than forty-five days after the reactor has been removed from the herd.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 400 Section 6; 1990 Act No. 375, Section 1, eff March 19, 1990.
SC Code § 47-13-1365 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 13 - Diseases And Infections|Section 47-13-1365. Disposition of animal after second confirmatory test.

 After a second confirmatory test of the reactor equine, the animal must be either:  (1) euthanized;  (2) identified and sold to slaughter or research, or  (3) permanently isolated not less than two hundred yards from other unaffected horses. If the owner of the reactor equine chooses to have the animal "permanently isolated not less than two hundred yards from other unaffected horses", the reactor must be permanently identified with a visible freeze brand (or other visible brand at the discretion of the administering accredited veterinarian) on the hip or neck of the reactor horse in a manner as specified by regulation promulgated under this chapter.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 375, Section 1, eff March 19, 1990.
SC Code § 47-13-1370 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 13 - Diseases And Infections|Section 47-13-1370. Proof of tests required for public assembly of horses.

 (A) All horses must be accompanied by written proof of an approved negative test for equine infectious anemia when entering any public assembly of horses. These public assemblies include, but are not limited to, shows, fairs, organized trail rides, rodeos and other exhibitions, as well as organized sales. Animals moving directly to a slaughter plant or assembly point for slaughter which has been specifically approved by the state veterinarian are not subject to the negative test requirement. The owner, operator, or person in charge of these shows, fairs, organized trail rides, rodeos and other exhibitions, organized sales, and other public places where horses are assembled shall require that each animal be accompanied by an official certificate showing that it has been negative to an approved test for equine infectious anemia within the last twelve months.  (B) Horses which are permanently maintained at a public stable or other public facility must be tested for equine infectious anemia each twelve months.  (C) The Coggins Test or other test for equine infectious anemia, whether administered within or without this State, is required to be administered only once each twelve months to a horse or an animal regardless of the number of times the animal is shown, sold, exhibited, or housed in a public stable or place in this State during that period. The state veterinarian and the Livestock-Poultry Health Service of Clemson University may require proof of annual test administrations as they consider necessary.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 400 Section 7; 1978 Act No. 610; 1990 Act No. 375, Section 1, eff March 19, 1990; 1993 Act No. 33, Section 4, eff April 22, 1993.
SC Code § 47-13-1380 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 13 - Diseases And Infections|Section 47-13-1380. Preventive measures for race tracks, horse shows, rodeos, horse owners, and veterinarians.

 (A) Officials at race tracks, horse shows, and rodeos are requested to:  (1) see that sanitary and other protective measures prescribed by the state veterinarian are carried out;  (2) ensure that tattoo instruments and saliva collecting equipment are adequately sterilized before being used on any horse;  (3) enforce rules preventing the use of hypodermic syringes and needles on horses by other than accredited veterinarians;  (4) require provision for and operation of adequate isolation facilities.  (B) Horse owners and practicing veterinarians are requested to:  (1) report immediately any suspect horse to the state veterinarian;  (2) use disposable hypodermic needles and syringes (one needle - one horse);  (3) institute and carry out proper sanitary and preventive measures, including control of biting insects.  (C) Organizations representing particular breeds of horses should recommend to individual farms and owners that the test for equine infectious anemia be administered to all animals and preventive measures as set forth in this article be instituted.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 400 Section 8; 1990 Act No. 375, Section 1, eff March 19, 1990.
SC Code § 47-13-1390 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 13 - Diseases And Infections|Section 47-13-1390. False certificates unlawful; penalties.

 It is unlawful for any person to have in his possession a false certificate showing a negative Coggins test for any horse . A person convicted of having a false or forged certificate as set forth above must be punished in accordance with the provisions of Section 47-4-130.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 400 Section 9; 1990 Act No. 375, Section 1, eff March 19, 1990; 2000 Act No. 290, Section 4, eff May 19, 2000.
SC Code § 47-13-1400 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 13 - Diseases And Infections|Section 47-13-1400. Additional penalties for violation of article.

 A person violating the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished in accordance with Section 47-4-130.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 400 Section 10; 1990 Act No. 375, Section 1, eff March 19, 1990; 2000 Act No. 290, Section 5, eff May 19, 2000.
SC Code § 47-15-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 15 - Feeding Of Garbage To Swine|Section 47-15-10. Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:  (a) "Garbage" means any animal wastes resulting from handling, preparation, cooking, or consumption of foods, including animal carcasses, parts of animal carcasses, or contents of offal. Unpasteurized milk and unpasteurized milk products are animal waste.  (b) "Person" means the State, any municipality, political subdivision, institution, public or private corporation, individual, partnership, or any other entity.  (c) "Garbage dump" means a place or area where ordinary household garbage is disposed of from two or more families.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-521; 1970 (56) 2562; 2000 Act No. 290, Section 6, eff May 19, 2000.
SC Code § 47-15-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 47 - Animals, Livestock and Poultry|Chapter 15 - Feeding Of Garbage To Swine|Section 47-15-20. Unlawful to feed garbage to swine.

 It shall be unlawful for any person to feed garbage to swine.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 6-522; 1970 (56) 2562.