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Quarantine & Health Laws |
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Agricultural
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Every state has laws relating to communicable diseases among livestock and other animals and the use of legal tools, such as quarantines and health certificate requirements, to control those diseases. This segment contains those laws. Usually the power to quarantine is given to a department of agriculture or to a livestock commission or board. The power to declare a quarantine includes the power to go onto private land and buildings to inspect for diseased animals and, if necessary, to seize them. Also, if required, the quarantine-declaring authority is empowered following proper procedures to destroy diseased animals. Legal provision frequently exists for paying the owner a portion of the assessed value of the destroyed animal. In addition to a quarantine, almost all states have laws requiring health certificates on animals imported into the state showing them to be free of communicable diseases. The laws included in this segment are related to those dealing specifically with Equine Infectious Anemia (swamp fever) which require current Coggins tests. There is a separate segment on this web site dealing specifically with Equine Infectious Anemia. Those laws are omitted from this segment. |
Law Cases for Horsemen |
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Only those laws that could apply to horses are included here. Omitted are
health-related provisions dealing specifically with other livestock, such as cattle,
swine, sheep and goats, birds or companion animals, such as dogs and cats. This page was initially posted on September 1, 1997.
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