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§ 2-40-508. Legislative intent

It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission will continue to vaccinate heifers on the farm and at the sale barns for brucellosis and will carry out all the practices of the commission which have brought the state to its current near brucellosis-free status.

§ 2-40-801. Definitions

As used in this subchapter: (1) “Accredited veterinarian” means a veterinarian licensed by the Veterinary Medical Examining Board and approved by the United States Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to perform functions required for state or cooperative state and federal animal disease control and eradication programs; (2) “Adjacent herds” means a group or groups […]

§ 2-40-804. Testing requirements for domiciled equidae

(a) (1) All equidae domiciled within the State of Arkansas shall be subjected to an official equine infectious anemia test every twelve (12) months. (2) An equidae is domiciled within the state when the equidae has been pastured, stabled, housed, or kept in any fashion in the state more than thirty (30) consecutive or unconsecutive […]

§ 2-40-805. Equidae identification requirements

All equidae domiciled within Arkansas and over the age of six (6) months or weaned from a mare shall be positively identified on the official equine infectious anemia test form by an accredited veterinarian or an agent of the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission by means of distinctive markings, color patterns, previous brand, previous tattoo, […]

§ 2-40-806. Authority to require test

Any equidae which have been within four hundred forty yards (440 yds.) of a reactor shall be subject to testing by the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission, the State Veterinarian, or their agents if the exposure to the reactor occurred no more than thirty (30) days before the testing of the reactor.

§ 2-40-808. Submission of sample and test charts

(a) All blood samples submitted for official equine infectious anemia tests must be accompanied by a properly completed VS Form 10-11 (Equine Infectious Anemia Laboratory Test Form) or other form prescribed by the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission. (b) Proof of a negative equine infectious anemia test may be demonstrated through presentation of: (1) The […]