250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-140-15-1.22

Current through October 15, 2024
Section 250-RICR-140-15-1.22 - Highly Communicable Endemic Animal Diseases

Disease

Zoonosis

Carcass Infectious

Special Consideration

Any Species

Anthrax

Yes

Yes

Spores difficult to mitigate/small animals should be dealt with as infectious waste/large animals buried with DEM approval

Brucellosis

Yes

Yes

Routine bagging and burial or incineration of small animals/large

animals buried with DEM approval

Leptospirosis

Yes

Yes, if contaminated

Routine bagging and burial or incineration of small animals/large animals buried with DEM approval

Lymphocytic

Yes

Yes, if contaminated

Routine bagging and burial or incineration of small animals

Choriomeningitis Plague

Yes

No

Flea vectors are required for transmission/routin e disposal bagging and burial or incineration

Q-Fever

Yes

Yes, if contaminated

Routine bagging and burial or incineration of small animals/large animals buried with DEM approval

Rabies

Yes

Yes, if contaminated

Routine bagging and burial or incineration of small animals/large animals buried with DEM approval

Tuberculosis

Yes

Yes

Routine bagging and burial or incineration of small animals/large animals buried with

DEM approval

Tularemia

Yes

Yes

Routine bagging and burial or incineration of small animals

Avian

Avian Influenza

Possible

Yes

Carcasses must be disposed of in a manner consistent with RI's AI response plan

(Low Path) Salmonellosis

Yes

Yes, if contaminated

Routine bagging and burial or incineration

Bovine

Malignant Catarrhal fever

No

No

Disposal by burial is acceptable

Pseudorabies

No

Yes to animals

Disposal by burial is acceptable

Canine

Canine Influenza

No

Possibly

Routine bagging and burial or incineration

Parvovirus

No

Possibly

Routine bagging and burial or incineration

Caprine/Ovine

Bluetongue

No

No

Disposal by burial is acceptable

Caseous Lymphadenitis

Rare

Disposal by burial is acceptable

Scrapie

No

Yes to animals

Prion Disease, high temp or chemical digestion only

Equine

Equine Rhinopneumonitis

No

Yes to horses

Disposal by burial is acceptable

Equine Viral Arteritis

No

Unlikely

Disposal by burial is acceptable

Strangles

No

Yes, if contaminated

Disposal by burial is acceptable

Porcine

Hog Cholera

No

Yes

Disposal by burial is acceptable

Pseudorabies

No

Yes to animals

Disposal by burial is acceptable

250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-140-15-1.22

Amended effective 4/22/2020