§ 2-40-812 — Quarantines

(a) (1) All reactors shall be quarantined by an authorized agent of the commission to the premises of origin or other premises designated by the owner and approved by the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission. (2) The quarantine shall restrict the reactors, all other equidae on the premises, and all equidae epidemiologically determined by the commission to have been exposed to a reactor. (3) All equidae on affected premises shall be isolated at least four hundred forty yards (440 yds.) away from all equidae on adjacent premises and at least four hundred forty yards (440 yds.) from any public road. (4) It is the responsibility of the owner of reactors to maintain those animals in isolation at least four hundred forty yards (440 yds.) away from any public road and all other equidae. (5) The quarantine may be released by an authorized agent of the commission after all quarantined equidae in the affected herd test negative to an official equine infectious anemia test not less than sixty (60) days nor more than eighty (80) days following the identification and removal of the last reactor, or as determined by the designated epidemiologist. (b) No equidae held under quarantine may be moved or released until a written permit or quarantine release, signed by an authorized agent, has been executed. (c) All adjacent herds, neighboring herds, and other exposed equine, so deemed by epidemiological investigation, will be quarantined by written report by an authorized agent. (d) A deviation in testing requirements for a quarantine is acceptable when made by the designated epidemiologist.

Legislative History

Acts 1997, No. 1306, § 10.