The board shall adopt rules prohibiting the driving or transporting into this state of any horses or other equidae that have not tested negative to the AGID, or Coggins, test or a United States department of agriculture-approved equivalent test for equine infectious anemia within twelve months prior to the date of entry, the evidence of which test result shall be shown on a health certificate; excepting from regulation only those foals accompanied in shipment by a negative-tested dam, those horses or other equidae consigned directly to slaughter.
History: 1978 Comp., § 77-3-14.1, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 248, § 28; 1999, ch. 282, § 30.
The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, substituted "adopt rules" for "adopt regulations" near the beginning of the section, and deleted "or cattle or sheep" at the end.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 77 - Animals and Livestock
Article 3 - Control of Contagious Diseases
Section 77-3-1 - Diseases; inspection; quarantine.
Section 77-3-4 - Dead animals; disposal.
Section 77-3-5 - Infected pastures and buildings; notices.
Section 77-3-8 - Destruction of diseased livestock; payment to the owner; appraisal.
Section 77-3-9 - Acceptance of federal rules and regulations; cooperation.
Section 77-3-10 - Federal officers; powers.
Section 77-3-13 - Dangerous epidemics; emergency rules; imports prohibited; penalty.
Section 77-3-14 - Health certificate; inspection; permit; penalty.
Section 77-3-14.1 - AGID tests required.
Section 77-3-16 - Rules and regulations.
Section 77-3-17 - Quarantine; seizure of cattle.
Section 77-3-18 - Liens for expenses and for damages for communicating disease.