Rules and Regulations Governing the Identification of Sheep and Goats


250-RICR-40-05-7 INACTIVE RULE

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Title 250 Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Chapter 40 Agriculture and Resource Marketing
Subchapter 05 Animal Health
Part 7 Rules and Regulations Governing the Identification of Sheep and Goats
Type of Filing Adoption
Regulation Status Inactive
Effective 06/01/2008 to 06/01/2008

Regulation Authority:

RIGL Chapter 42-17.1; Chapter 42-17.6; Chapter 4-4; and Chapter 42-35 in addition to Code of Federal Regulations Title 9 part 79.6

Purpose and Reason:

The rules are necessary to remain consistent with federal regulations regarding the disease of sheep and goats known as scrapie. There is no reliable test for this fatal disease, and it has a very long incubation period. The only means of control is through monitoring herds and testing animals at slaughter. To trace potentially infected animals, there needs to be a unique means of ID for each animal.