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Ch. 15 - Reportable Diseases

100 The Mississippi Board of Animal Health elects to participate in the National Animal Health Reporting System (NAHRS) which is designed to report, on a state by state basis, diseases which have an impact on the ability of the United States to export animals and meat products to other countries. Participating in the NAHRS program certifies to other countries that the State of Mississippi has the ability to monitor and control diseases that have an impact on the livestock and poultry industry in Mississippi .

(Adopted June 9, 1999.)

Source: Miss. Code Ann . §69-15-3.

101 Therefore, the Mississippi Board of Animal Health hereby adopts the “Office International des Epizooties (OIE) List A and B Diseases”, and Chronic Wasting Disease, Tularemia, Plague and West Nile Virus & Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, as reportable to the State Veterinarian by licensed veterinarians and diagnostic laboratories.

(Adopted June 9, 1999. Amended September 5, 2002.)

Source: Miss. Code Ann . §69-15-3.