Ohio Administrative Code
Title 901:1 - Animal Industry
Chapter 901:1-17 - Importation and Health of Animals
Section 901:1-17-13 - Fish
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 901:1-17-13
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) No person shall import into Ohio fish, viable eggs, or sperm of the family salmonidae or salmonidae hybrids unless, all of the following requirements are met:
(1) The shipment is accompanied by a permit
issued by the chief
of the division of animal health or
the
chief's designee in accordance with paragraph (S) of rule
901:1-17-02 of the
Administrative Code.
(2)
The fish,
viable eggs, or sperm of the family salmonidae or salmonidae hybrids are
accompanied by a fish health inspection and testing report signed by a
certified fish health inspector or veterinarian verifying that the facility has
been inspected by either a licensed accredited veterinarian or a certified fish
health inspector and tested by an accredited laboratory in accordance with the
requirements of rule
901:1-17-14 of the
Administrative Code within twelve months of the date of import and found
negative to the following dangerously contagious or infectious diseases:
(a) Ceratomyxosis (Ceratomyxa shasta), when
originating from a state or zone where ceratomyxosis has
been reported;
(b) Infectious
hematopoietic necrosis;
(c)
Infectious pancreatic necrosis;
(d)
Infectious salmon anemia, when originating from a state or zone where
infectious salmon
anemia has been reported;
(e)
Proliferative kidney disease, when originating from a state or zone where
proliferative
kidney disease has been reported;
(f) Viral hemorrhagic septicemia;
and
(g) Whirling disease (Myxobolus
cerebralis).
(3)
The fish,
viable eggs, or sperm of the family salmonidae or salmonidae hybrids are
free of any evidence of any of the dangerously contagious or infectious disease
listed in paragraphs (A)(1)(a) to (A)(1)(g) of this rule at the time
of
import.
(4) No fish, viable
eggs, or sperm from any source have been introduced into the facility
subsequent to the inspection and testing required under paragraph (A) (2) of
this rule that have not been inspected and tested in accordance with the
requirements of paragraph (A)(2) of this rule within twelve months prior to
entry into the facility and found to be negative to the diseases listed in
paragraphs (A)(2)(a) to (A)(2)(g) of this rule.
(5) Viable fish eggs will be exempt from
paragraphs (A)(2)(a) and (A)(2)(e) of this rule, provided the eggs undergo
proper disinfections prior to shipment in accordance with paragraph (B)(1) of
this rule.
(B) No person shall import fish eggs of the family salmonidae from either a facility or a water source where whirling disease has been found unless:
(1) The fish eggs are surface disinfected
when shipped and disinfected again when received with a one hundred milligram
per liter solution of active iodine for ten minutes; and
(2) The fish eggs are transported in new
containers and water free of the causative agent for whirling
disease.
(C) No person shall import into Ohio fish, viable eggs, or sperm of the species or hybrids of the species listed in appendix A to this rule unless the following requirements are met:
(1) The
shipment is accompanied by a permit issued by the chief
of the division of
animal health or the chief's designee in accordance with paragraph (S)
of rule
901:1-17-02 of the
Administrative Code.
(2)
The fish,
viable eggs, or sperm of the species or hybrids of the species are
accompanied by a fish health inspection and testing report signed by a
certified fish health inspector or veterinarian verifying that the facility has
been inspected by either a licensed accredited veterinarian or a certified fish
health inspector and tested by an accredited laboratory in accordance with the
requirements of rule
901:1-17-14 of the
Administrative Code within twelve months of the date of import and found
negative for viral hemorrhagic septicemia.
(3)
The fish, viable eggs,
or sperm of the species or hybrids of the species are free of any
evidence of viral hemorrhagic septicemia.
(4) No fish, viable eggs, or sperm from any
source have been introduced into the facility subsequent to the inspection and
testing required under paragraph (C) (2) of this rule that have not been
inspected and tested in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (C)(2) of
this rule within twelve months prior to entry into the facility and found to be
negative to viral hemorrhagic septicemia.
(5) Viable fish eggs will be exempt from
paragraph (C)(2) of this rule, provided the fish eggs are surface disinfected
when shipped and disinfected again when received with a one hundred milligram
per liter solution of active iodine for ten minutes.
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