West Virginia
Equine
Infectious
Anemia Regulations
WEST VIRGINIA
CODE OF STATE RULES
TITLE 61. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
LEGISLATIVE RULE
SERIES 1. ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL
61-1-11. Equine Infectious Anemia.
11.1. The commissioner shall immediately quarantine any equine that
is found to be an E.I.A. reactor. The quarantine shall extend to all
exposed E.I.A. Animals and to any place or location that the
commissioner considers necessary to protect the health of the
equines of this state.
11.1.a. The commissioner may consider all racehorses handled by the
same trainer as exposed E.I.A. Animals.
11.1.b. The commissioner may consider all other equines that have
been housed in the same shed row or stall area as exposed E.I.A.
Animals.
11.1.c. If the E.I.A. reactor has a foal, the foal should be
isolated from the reactor by the owner as soon as possible after
birth and E.I.A. tested. Any foal that is found to be an E.I.A.
reactor shall be placed under quarantine by the commissioner. If the
foal is tested at 12 months of age and found to be an E.I.A. reactor
at that time, then the quarantine remains in effect and the
commissioner shall brand the animal.
11.2. Under terms of the quarantine the commissioner shall require
the E.I.A. reactor to be isolated from all equines by stabling or
pasturing at least 200 yards from all other equines.
11.3. The commissioner shall identify all E.I.A. reactors with a
visible freeze brand under the mane on the left side of the equine.
The brand shall start with "54 A" and end with a number
that the commissioner assigns to the equine.
11.4. The commissioner shall allow the E.I.A. reactor to be removed
from the quarantine area only upon written permission.
11.5. The quarantine remains in effect for all exposed E.I.A.
Animals after the E.I.A. reactor has been removed.
11.6. The commissioner shall not release the quarantine for exposed
E.I.A. Animals until all exposed E.I.A. animals have been determined
to be non-E.I.A. reactors at least 30 days after the E.I.A. reactor
has been removed from the band.
11.7. The commissioner shall perform testing for Equine Infectious
Anemia on any other equine that the E.I.A. reactor has been in
contact with during the past 12 months, within the limits of his or
her resources.
11.8. The commissioner shall not pay an indemnity for any E.I.A.
reactor that must be destroyed.
Reviewed by AAHS in October 2001.
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