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