§ 2-40-826. Equine infectious anemia services
(a) In order to fund or partially fund the Equine Infectious Anemia Control and Eradication Program, the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission may, by appropriately adopted administrative rules, design and maintain a fee structure for the purpose of defraying the cost of services performed. (b) The fees collected shall be deposited into the State Treasury […]
§ 2-40-829. Research facility certification required
Any research facility in this state which contains equidae infected with equine infectious anemia or any reactor equidae shall be certified by the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission and shall be so maintained as to prevent the infection of any other equidae, whether at or outside the research facility.
§ 2-40-1201. Fees — Disposition of funds
(a) In order to fund or partially fund the pseudorabies control and eradication program there is hereby levied a fee of one dollar ($1.00) per head on all spent sows and boars sold at livestock markets. (b) (1) Each livestock market operator shall collect fees and remit monthly to the Secretary of the Department of […]
§ 2-40-813. Quarantining reactors
(a) (1) (A) With the exception of the equine stabled at a racetrack regulated by the Arkansas Racing Commission, all reactors shall be quarantined to the owner’s premises or an approved quarantine holding facility and shall be destroyed or sold for immediate slaughter or permitted to a research facility within twenty (20) days after the […]
§ 2-40-1301. Definitions
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Commission” means the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission created by § 2-33-101; (2) “Large animal” means cattle, horses, hogs, sheep, goats, cervidae, bison, llamas, alpacas, ostriches, emus, rheas, and other native or nonnative animals, excluding dogs and cats; and (3) “Large animal carcasses” means […]
§ 2-40-814. Positive reactors at official racetracks
(a) All equines stabled at a racetrack regulated by the Arkansas Racing Commission which test positive to the official equine infectious anemia test shall be immediately removed from the racetrack, shall be quarantined to the premises to which they are moved, and shall be destroyed, branded by authorized commission personnel, sold for immediate slaughter, or […]
§ 2-40-1302. Disposal
(a) (1) All large animal carcasses and all parts of large animal carcasses shall be disposed of in a manner prescribed by rules of the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission. (2) However, no large animal carcass shall be buried or otherwise disposed of in any landfill operated under a permit issued by the Division of […]
§ 2-40-815. Testing requirements in affected herds
(a) All equidae determined to have been on the same premises as a reactor at the time the reactor was bled shall be tested by an accredited veterinarian or an authorized agent of the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission at the owner’s expense sixty to eighty (60-80) days after the reactor’s last positive test result. […]
§ 2-40-1303. Violation
A person who violates this subchapter shall be subject to an administrative penalty.
§ 2-40-816. Movement of reactors and exposed animals
(a) All reactors and exposed equidae must be accompanied by a permit for movement when moved from their quarantined premises. (b) All reactors must be branded before moving interstate. (c) Movement of a reactor and exposed equidae must be direct to an approved slaughter facility or a quarantined holding facility for movement to an approved […]