New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 7 - HEALTH
Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY)
Part 2 - ANIMAL CONTROL REQUIREMENTS
Section 7.4.2.11 - ANIMALS EXPOSED TO RABIES
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
When circumstances indicate an animal has been bitten by a known rabid animal, the following procedures shall apply:
A. Dogs, cats or ferrets bitten by a known rabid animal should be destroyed immediately. If the owner is unwilling to have this done, the animal should be vaccinated and quarantined according to the recommendations of the latest edition of the "compendium of animal rabies control (CARC)," published by thenational association of public health veterinarians, Inc., at the owner's expense in a manner directed by the animal control officer and approved by the district health officer.
B. Domestic livestock known to have been bitten by a rabid animal shall be destroyed immediately. If the owner is unwilling to have this done, the animal should be vaccinated and quarantined according to the recommendations of the latest edition of the "compendium of animal rabies control(CARC)," published by the national association of public health veterinarians, Inc., in a manner approved by the district health officer. The exposed animal may be killed and its tissues eaten if the animal is slaughtered within seven (7) days after being bitten. Persons who slaughter an exposed domestic animal shall wear gloves. No animal tissue shall be retained for consumption from areas proximate to the bite. Neither tissues nor milk from a rabid animal should be used for human or animal consumption.
C. Other animals susceptible to rabies known to have been bitten by a rabid animal shall be destroyed immediately as directed by the district health officer.
