N.J. Admin. Code § 2:8-6.6 - Care and treatment

(a) Sick or injured small ruminants must be promptly treated or humanely euthanized.

1. The NJDA adopts and incorporates by reference the acceptable methods of euthanasia as set forth in the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Guidelines on Euthanasia (June 2007), available at http://www.avma.org/issues/animal_welfare/euthanasia.pdf.

2. Non-ambulatory disabled small ruminants and other animals unable to move, as defined in 9 C.F.R. § 313.1(c) and § 313.2(d):

i. Shall be separated from normal ambulatory small ruminants, both while being held and during transport, so that the normal ambulatory small ruminants do not injure the disabled small ruminants;

ii. Shall not be dragged while conscious, except when necessary to provide life-saving treatment, although a small ruminant in a state equivalent with one of surgical anesthesia may be dragged;

iii. A disabled small ruminant must be moved as safely as possible, in order to minimize injury to the animal and handler;

iv. Shall be provided with appropriate medical care, if they can reasonably be expected to survive and the owner chooses to attempt treatment; and

v. Shall be handled humanely at all times even if they are to be slaughtered or euthanized, so as not to cause unnecessary pain and injury, and disposed of properly.

(b) Dead small ruminants must be promptly removed from contact with live small ruminants or other livestock within 24 hours and disposed of in a manner consistent with all applicable Federal, State and local regulations governing disposal.

(c) Proper medical care for the diagnosis or management of injury or disease must be provided to sick or injured animals and non-ambulatory disabled small ruminants.

1. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit owners from providing medical care and treatment to their own animals provided it is performed in compliance with all local, State and Federal laws.

(d) Tail docking may be performed by a knowledgeable individual as recommended in the Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching, Federation of Animal Science Societies, third edition, 2010 and described in the Handbook of Livestock Management, Battaglia, fourth edition, 2007.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 2:8-6.6

Amended by R.2012 d.026, effective 2/6/2012.
See: 43 N.J.R. 3(a), 44 N.J.R. 219(a).
In (a)1, substituted "Guidelines on Euthanasia (June 2007), available at http://www.avma.org/issues/animal_welfare/euthanasia.pdf" for "2000 Report of the AVMA Panel on Euthanasia (JAVMA, Vol. 218, No. 5, March 1, 2001) as amended and supplemented"; deleted former (a)2 and (a)4; recodified former (a)3 as (a)2; in (b), inserted "or other livestock"; and in (c)1, substituted "this chapter" for "these rules" and deleted "in a sanitary manner, in such a way to minimize pain, and" following "performed"; and rewrote (d).