New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS
Chapter II - Animal Industry
Subchapter A - Diseases of Domestic Animals; Garbage Feeding
Part 60 - Intrastate Movement Of Deer
Section 60.6 - Necropsy procedures
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
When any suspect or reactor deer is slaughtered pursuant to this Part, the following procedures apply:
(a) the owner must contact the department at the address listed in section 60.2 of this Part and give a minimum of 72 hours notice prior to slaughter;
(b) a necropsy must be performed on the carcass under the supervision of an accredited veterinarian or certified lay inspector and any visible lesions immediately reported to the department by the supervising veterinarian or inspector; and
(c) the retropharyngeal, mandibular, parotid, mediastinal, tracheobronchial, hepatic and mesenteric lymph nodes must be collected under the supervision of an accredited veterinarian or certified lay inspector and submitted to the National Veterinary Services Laboratory, Ames, Iowa, in shipping containers which may be obtained from the department upon request.
