Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 52, December 27, 2024
A. The Arizona official test for EIA is
either the agar-gel immunodiffusion test, known as the Coggins Test, or the
Competitive Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay test, known as the CELISA test.
The test shall be performed in a laboratory approved by APHIS, and required
samples shall be drawn by an accredited veterinarian, the State Veterinarian,
the State Veterinarian's designee, or an APHIS veterinarian.
B. Disposal of equine testing positive.
1. When an Arizona equine tests positive to
EIA, the testing laboratory shall notify the State Veterinarian by telephone at
(602) 542-4293 and email at diseasereporting@azda.gov, within four
hours.
2. The EIA-positive equine
shall be quarantined at its current location, segregated from other equine, and
shall not be moved unless authorized by the State Veterinarian. The equine
shall be retested by the State Veterinarian, the State Veterinarian's designee,
or an APHIS veterinarian within two weeks of the notification.
3. Within 14 days of being notified by the
testing laboratory of a positive test conducted under subsection (B)(2), the
State Veterinarian or the State Veterinarian's designee shall brand the equine
on the left side of its neck with "86A" not less than two inches in
height.
4. Within 10 days after
being branded, the EIA-positive equine shall be:
a. Humanely destroyed,
b. Confined to a screened stall marked "EIA
Quarantine" that is at least 200 yards from other equine, or
c. Consigned to slaughter at a slaughtering
establishment. If consigned to slaughter, the equine shall be accompanied by a
Permit for Movement of Restricted Animals, VS 1-27, issued by the State
Veterinarian, the State Veterinarian's designee, or an APHIS
veterinarian.
5.
Offspring of mares testing EIA-positive shall be quarantined, segregated from
other equine, and tested for EIA at six months of age. Offspring testing
positive shall be handled as prescribed in subsections (B) (3) and (B)
(4).
6. If an EIA-positive equine
is located on premises other than those of the owner at the time a quarantine
under this Section, the State Veterinarian may authorize movement of the
EIA-positive equine to the owner's premises if requested by the owner. Movement
shall be under the direct supervision of the State Veterinarian or the State
Veterinarian's designee. If the owner lives in another state, the owner may
move the equine to that state with the permission of the chief livestock health
official of the state and APHIS.
C. The State Veterinarian shall require
testing of any equine located in the same facility as the EIA-positive equine
or any equine considered exposed to the EIA-positive equine. The owner of the
equine tested shall pay the expenses for the testing.
D. The owner of any equine found to be
EIA-positive shall not be indemnified by the state for any loss caused by the
destruction or loss of value of the equine.
