Haw. Code R. § 4-23-8 - Post-shipment requirements

(a) Horses for entry shall be inspected by the state veterinarian or an agent on arrival and treated for external parasites by the owner under the supervision of an inspector.

(b) Any indication of transmissible disease at the time of inspection shall be sufficient reason to quarantine any or all of the animals in the shipment at premises approved by the state veterinarian.

(c) All expenses in connection with the segregation, treatment, destruction, and disposal of the quarantined animals shall be borne by the owner, importer, or consignee.

(d) All horses arriving in the State shall be held in isolation on the owner's premises until retested for equine infectious anemia by the Coggins or other USDA-approved test conducted at the veterinary laboratory of the division forty-five to sixty days following entry. Any positive reactor revealed by this test shall:

(1) Within fifteen days following notification of the reaction, be freeze-branded on the left neck by the state veterinarian or an agent with a design consisting of "95A" followed by a number assigned to the particular reactor by the division; and

(2) Be automatically quarantined on premises indefinitely, except that it may be moved for slaughter under written permit issued by the state veterinarian.

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Haw. Code R. § 4-23-8

[Eff. 10/5/81] (Auth: HRS § 142-2) (Imp: HRS §§ 142-3, 142-5 and 142-6)