South Carolina Code 47-13-1380. Preventive measures for race tracks, horse shows, rodeos, horse owners, and veterinarians
(1) see that sanitary and other protective measures prescribed by the state veterinarian are carried out;
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 47-13-1380
- Equine infectious anemia: means a widely spread, virus-caused disease of the horse, commonly known as swamp fever, which is infectious in nature and spreads by improper use of hypodermic needles, other instruments, and insects. See South Carolina Code 47-13-1310
- Horse: means a member of the equine family over six months of age including horses, mules, asses, zebras, or other equidae. See South Carolina Code 47-13-1310
- Isolation: means confinement of a reactor horse to an area not less than two hundred yards from another unaffected horse until a blood sample submitted from the reactor horse provides a negative Coggins test from a laboratory approved within the State or death. See South Carolina Code 47-13-1310
- State veterinarian: means the state veterinarian as defined by § 47-13-20. See South Carolina Code 47-13-1310
(2) ensure that tattoo instruments and saliva collecting equipment are adequately sterilized before being used on any horse;
(3) enforce rules preventing the use of hypodermic syringes and needles on horses by other than accredited veterinarians;
(4) require provision for and operation of adequate isolation facilities.
(B) Horse owners and practicing veterinarians are requested to:
(1) report immediately any suspect horse to the state veterinarian;
(2) use disposable hypodermic needles and syringes (one needle – one horse);
(3) institute and carry out proper sanitary and preventive measures, including control of biting insects.
(C) Organizations representing particular breeds of horses should recommend to individual farms and owners that the test for equine infectious anemia be administered to all animals and preventive measures as set forth in this article be instituted.