TITLE 345 INDIANA STATE BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH
Emergency Rule
LSA Document #11-49(E)
DIGEST
Temporarily adds provisions to require testing of quarter horses and thoroughbred horses for equine piroplasmosis prior to entering a premises where a horse race meet is being conducted. Statutory authority:
IC 15-17-3-21;
IC 15-17-10-9. Effective March 1, 2011.
SECTION 1. A person moving any equine animal to or keeping any equine animal on a premises where a quarter horse or a thoroughbred horse race meet is being conducted must have the animal tested negative for equine piroplasmosis as follows:
(1) Each animal must be tested for equine piroplasmosis at least once during each twelve (12) month period. To enter the premises, the test must have been conducted within the twelve (12) months immediately prior to entering. Animals on the premises when their twelve (12) month test expires must be retested under this SECTION prior to the twelve (12) month anniversary or leave the premises until such time as the retest is completed.
(2) The blood sample to be used for the equine piroplasmosis test must be drawn by a licensed and accredited veterinarian.
(3) The animal must be tested for both the Theileria equi and Babesia caballi strains of equine piroplasmosis using a C-ELISA assay test.
(4) The equine piroplasmosis testing must be performed and the results reported by a laboratory certified and approved by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to conduct equine piroplasmosis testing.
(5) The test results must indicate the animal is negative for equine piroplasmosis. Animals that test positive for equine piroplasmosis may not enter or remain on the horse race premises.
(6) Each animal must be accompanied by a copy of the official laboratory test results that contains the following:
(A) The identification of the animal.
(B) The date the blood sample was drawn.
(C) The equine piroplasmosis test results.
SECTION 2. SECTION 1 of this document takes effect March 1, 2011.
SECTION 3. SECTION 1 of this document expires May 30, 2011.
Filed with Publisher: January 19, 2011, 2:43 p.m.
Posted: 01/26/2011 by Legislative Services Agency
DIN: 20110126-IR-345110049ERA
Composed: Jan 27,2011 11:10:03AM EST
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