Md. Code Regs. 15.11.12.03 - Test Requirements
A. For
Shipment into Maryland. All equines over 9 months old entering the State shall
have been found negative to an official test for equine infectious anemia made
within 12 months before entry, and shall be accompanied by a copy of the
official negative test result or be consigned directly to a market or auction
licensed by the Department.
B. For
Exhibition. All equines over 9 months old assembled for supervised exhibition
in the State shall have been found negative to an official test for equine
infectious anemia made within 12 months before the date of the event. The
supervisor of the event shall ascertain that a copy of the official negative
test results accompanies each equine to the event and shall make a list of the
entries and their test status available for inspection by a representative of
the Secretary upon request.
C.
Change of Ownership.
(1) A person may not
change ownership of an equine over 9 months old unless it has been found
negative to an official test for equine infectious anemia made within 12 months
before the date of the change of ownership. A copy of the negative test shall
accompany the equine at the time of ownership transfer and becomes the property
of the new owner.
(2) Equines
consigned for slaughter to an establishment approved by the Secretary shall be
exempt from testing requirements.
D. For Markets or Auctions. Horses may be
assembled at a market or auction without a negative test for equine infectious
anemia, only if:
(1) Upon entering the market
or auction, the operator shall be responsible for:
(a) Applying an identification approved by
the Department on each equine; and
(b) Obtaining the complete name and address
of each owner who either delivers, or has another individual deliver, a horse
to the market or auction for sale.
(2) All horses, while assembled at the market
or auction, have blood samples drawn for equine infectious anemia
testing.
(3) The operator of the
market or auction employs a licensed accredited veterinarian to draw blood
samples from all horses delivered for sale, and records all visible markings,
including sex, age, color, and other permanent identifiers of each horse bled;
and
(4) The operator announces,
prior to the market or auction, that all horses will be tested for equine
infectious anemia.
E.
Each buyer of a horse or horses at the market or auction shall be required to
sign a release form indicating agreement to maintain such horse or horses at a
specified location until notified of the results of the test. Horses with
negative at a specified location until notified of the results of the test.
Horses with negative test results may move in normal trade channels. Owners of
horses that react to the test shall comply with Regulation .02 of this chapter,
pertaining to quarantine. Maryland licensed equine slaughter buyers may move
horses tested with pending results directly to an approved equine slaughter
facility immediately after the sale.
F. The State Veterinarian may grant
exceptions to the requirements under §§D and E of this regulation as
the circumstances warrant, if they are not in variance with other rules and
regulations governing the State.
G.
Exemptions. Slaughter equines purchased in Maryland or in another state by
Maryland licensed livestock dealers and assembled in Maryland before shipment
to an approved market or slaughter establishment are exempt from testing
requirements. This exemption shall apply only to properly identified equines
that are kept separate and apart from other equines on a premises previously
approved by the Secretary and are not held over 15 days before shipment. The
type identification used shall be approved or specified by the
Secretary.
H. Retest of Reactors. A
horse reported as a reactor on an initial test may be retested one time by a
State or federal veterinarian before affixing a permanent identification on the
animal.
I. Quarantine of Exposed
Animals. If the reactor shows clinical evidence of equine infectious anemia or
an epidemiological investigation so indicates, all horses on the premises where
the clinical reactor is found will be quarantined and movement allowed only
after a negative test. During the period when biting insects are present, a
second negative test will be required in not less than 60 days from the date of
the removal of the reactor from the quarantined premises.
J. Cost of Tests. As to tests made in
Department laboratories, a charge of $5 will be paid to the Department for each
official test sample received. Samples will be run only when submitted by an
accredited veterinarian. The accredited veterinarian shall be responsible for
the laboratory fee.
Notes
Regulation .03H amended effective March 9, 1979 (6:5 Md. R. 446)
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