Ohio Admin. Code 901:1-19-08 - Testing of animal for sale
(A) All horses,
mules, asses, ponies, and other equidae, twelve months of age or
older, within the state of Ohio that are offered for sale, sold, bartered, or
whose ownership transfers, including adoption, shall have been tested and
classed
classified
"negative" to an official test for equine infectious anemia
within a twelve-month period immediately preceding the offer for sale, or barter, the actual
sale, or the ownership transfer of such animals.
(B)
All
Horses, mules, asses, ponies, and other equidae
less than twelve months of age, or
slaughtered within seventy-two hours after transfer of ownership are exempt
from paragraph (A) of this rule.
(C)
All
Horses, mules, asses, ponies, and other equidae
twelve months of age or older, consigned to
a livestock dealer/auction licensed under Chapter 943. of the Revised
Code,
and
sold for purposes other than slaughter within seventy-two hours, are exempt
from paragraph (A) of this rule only under the following conditions:
(1) Prior to release from the premises, the
approved market veterinarian will collect and submit a sample to the department
laboratory for an official test, and
(2) If removed from the market, the bailee of
such an animal shall maintain it at his premises under quarantine of the
department, until receipt of evidence that
the animal is "negative" to the official test.
(D)
The owner or
bailee of any
Any equine animal, found to be in violation of this rule shall
submit to quarantine
be quarantined and placed
in isolation of said animal(s) as
directed by the department, until said owner or bailee can furnish the
department a record of an official test for equine infectious anemia
for the animal in question .
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 941.03
Rule Amplifies: 941.02. 941.03, 941.08, 941.09
Prior Effective Dates: 3/14/77, 1/21/78, 8/15/01, 6/23/11
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