Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 15 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Subtitle 11 - ANIMAL HEALTH › Chapter 15.11.12 - Equine Infectious Anemia › Section 15.11.12.02 - Dangerous Transmissible Disease

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. Equine infectious anemia is proclaimed to
				be a disease of transmissible nature and henceforth shall be known as a
				dangerous transmissible disease.
B.
				Report of Tests. All tests for equine infectious anemia shall be reported to
				the Department. Tests conducted in an approved laboratory within the State
				shall be reported on official forms furnished for this purpose. Veterinarians
				submitting blood samples for tests in laboratories outside Maryland shall
				furnish a copy of the test record to the Secretary immediately upon receipt of
				the test results from the testing laboratory.
C. Report of Disease. A person having
				knowledge of the existence of equine infectious anemia or knowledge of an
				animal afflicted with or suffering from equine infectious anemia anywhere
				within the State shall immediately make a written report to the Secretary,
				giving the name and address of the owner or person in charge of the animal and
				the place where the animal is kept.
D. Identification of Reactors. Horses which
				disclose a positive reaction to an official test shall be presented by the
				owner to the Department and permanently identified by a representative of the
				Department, using a visible body brand, by applying the letter "A" preceded by
				the number "51" and followed by a number assigned by the Secretary to indicate
				individual identification. An animal under 9 months old which reacts positively
				to an official test shall be quarantined and retested when 9 months old, and if
				positive at that time shall be subject to permanent identification and
				continued quarantine.
E.
				Quarantine. A horse found to be infected with equine infectious anemia shall be
				quarantined on its home farm or such other premises as may be approved by the
				Secretary until death. However, the Secretary may authorize the movement of
				infected animals to approved facilities for research purposes or for slaughter
				to approved facilities. The infected animal shall be segregated from all other
				horses in approved isolation facilities or, at the alternative of the owner,
				destroyed without indemnity. Isolated quarantine facilities and animals located
				in them shall be treated with an approved pesticide at such intervals as
				directed by an authorized representative of the Department.
F. Movements into Quarantined Facilities.
				Horses shall be moved into quarantined isolation facilities under special
				permit under such conditions as may be approved by the Secretary. These animals
				assume the same status as animals under quarantine.
G. Movement from Quarantined Facility. Foals
				born in quarantined facilities and found negative before reaching nine months
				of age, and other animals negative on tests before entry into the quarantined
				facility and found still negative on test before removal may be moved to new
				non-infected premises but will remain under quarantine in the new location
				until a second negative test is made, not sooner than 30 days after removal
				from the original infected, quarantined facility.
H. Unaffected Horses on Quarantined Premises.
				Horses not infected which are located on premises where infected animals are
				properly quarantined in isolation are not considered to be under quarantine and
				may be moved from the premises intrastate.