§ 47-6-40 — Notification; investigation; public notice; elimination of disease from herd.

(A) Whenever a veterinarian or other person in this State performing disease diagnostic services has knowledge or reason to suspect a swine or herd of swine has pseudorabies, he shall notify, within forty-eight hours, the state veterinarian of this fact. (B) Upon receipt of a report of pseudorabies, the state veterinarian shall conduct an immediate investigation to determine the origin and avenue of transmission of the infection. Assistants to the state veterinarian may enter the place or premise for the investigation and inspection as may be necessary for these determinations provided they follow any reasonable request of the owner in regard to protective clothing, sanitized boots, etc. (C) Whenever the state veterinarian has reason to believe that the pseudorabies may spread within a county or the geographical area, the state veterinarian may serve public notice by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or geographical areas requiring the owners of swine to confine their animals for any period necessary to prevent the spread of pseudorabies. (D) Herds that are infected with pseudorabies must be quarantined by the state veterinarian. Quarantined herds must not be removed from the premise where the infection was detected except with the written authorization of the state veterinarian or an assistant. (E) An approved herd plan for the elimination of the disease from the infected herd must be developed within ninety days.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 563, eff May 29, 1988.