Animal Diseases Regulations (Newcastle Disease), 1970

ANIMAL DISEASES REGULATIONS (NEWCASTLE DISEASE), 5730-19701 By virtue of the power vested in me by Sections 18 and 20 of the Animal Diseases Ordinance, 1945, I hereby enact these Regulations: 1. Definitions: In these Regulations "Carcass" - carcass of poultry, that has been slaughtered, or part of it; "Approved disinfectant substance" - a solution at a concentration of not less that 2% of caustic soda or at a concentration of not less than 5% of phenol or of other substance that acts in the same way; "Cadaver" - the carcass of poultry that has died, including part thereof; "Disease" - Newcastle disease in poultry; "Infected" - infected with the Disease, including being suspected of such infection; "Inspector" - a person appointed by the Director of Veterinary Services to be an inspector of poultry diseases; "Local Authority" - a municipality, local council, village council, village, settlement, encampment, moshava, moshav, moshav shittufi, kibbutz, kvutza and any other settled area. "Place" - including a structure, installation, equipment, poultry-house or cage; "Poultry" - hens, cockerels, turkeys, pigeons and pheasants; "Poultry farm" - a place used for the raising of poultry, including poultry-houses and ancillary structures; "Veterinary Officer" - State poultry diseases officer. 1As revised in Kovetz Hatakanot 6043, 5.7.2000 1a. Duty to vaccinate: (a) The owner of poultry is obliged to see to the vaccination of his or her fowls against Newcastle Disease in accordance with the directions of the Veterinary Officer. (b) No person shall introduce poultry into a poultry farm, nor shall keep the same unless he or she has received from the Veterinary Officer instructions in writing for vaccination against Newcastle Disease. 1b. Duty to record: (a) A vaccinator shall record particulars of the vaccination, including date of the hatching of the poultry, number of batch, date of vaccination, method of vaccination, his or her name and ID number and he or she shall sign at the side thereof. (b) The owner of the poultry shall keep the record in his or her possession. 1c. Examination: A Veterinary Officer will carry out examinations in poultry, to assess the antibody level for Disease in poultry, during every year. 1d. Annual fees: (a) The owner of the poultry, and if the poultry is chicks - the owner of the hatchery, will pay an annual fee for the said examinations; the payment will be made prior to the first examination each year. (b) The fees are calculated in line with the size of the poultry flock, grown by the owner (details and the relevant schedule are omitted in this translation). 2. Duty of notification of Disease: Every person having knowledge of an infected carcass or cadaver shall give immediate notice thereof to the Veterinary Officer. 3. Transfer of infected poultry: No person shall transfer infected poultry, carcass or cadaver from the place where it is, nor shall he or she cause, permit or assist such transfer, except in accordance with a written permit from a Veterinary Officer in accordance with its instructions. 4. Directions of Veterinary Officer or Inspector: A Veterinary Officer or Inspector may direct the vaccination, isolation, transfer, slaughter, destruction or burial of poultry, carcass or cadaver, the cleaning and disinfection of a place, the destruction of fodder, dung and bedding, and any other action required, in the opinion of the Veterinary Officer or Inspector, to combat the Disease, in such manner or way as they shall instruct. 5. Notice of infected place: (a) A Veterinary Officer shall give notice in Form A in the Schedule to the owner or person in possession of the place declared infected because there is, or was within a month before the date of the notice, therein poultry, carcasses or cadavers which, in his or her opinion, were infected. (b) If a notice under Subregulation (a) is given, the following provisions shall apply to the place: (1) Any poultry which is in the place on the date of the notice shall be isolated, slaughtered or destroyed in accordance with the directions of the Veterinary Officer; (2) The owner, or person in possession, of the place shall provide troughs containing an approved disinfectant, for the disinfecting of footwear, as the Veterinary Officer shall direct; (3) No person shall leave the infected place after changing his or her clothes and footwear, or disinfecting them with the instructions of the Veterinary Officer; (4) There shall not be removed from the place poultry, eggs, sacks, dung, bedding, except according to the approval of the Veterinary Officer; (5) No equipment, vehicle or trailer shall be removed from the place except after being disinfected in accordance with the instructions of the Veterinary Officer; (6) The cleansing and disinfection of the place will be carried out by the owner or person in possession of the place, at the time, and in such a manner which is in accordance with the directions of the Veterinary Officer; (7) No poultry shall be introduced into the place except with a permit from a Veterinary Officer; (8) A Veterinary Officer may direct the installation of a decomposition pit or incinerator for the destruction of cadavers, installation of sewerage, registration of buildings and means for rodents extermination. THE SCHEDULE FORM A (Regulation 5) STATE OF ISRAEL MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE Veterinary Services and Animal Health Animal Diseases Ordinance, 1945 Animal Diseases Regulations (Newcastle Disease) 5730-1970 To You are herewith notified that for Days prior to the date of this notice there has been an outbreak of Newcastle Disease at the place in your possession at (name of place), which has been declared an infected place, and that by virtue of this notice the provisions of Animal Diseases Regulations (Newcastle Disease) 5730-1970 shall apply to the place and to the land and buildings in your possession and adjacent to the place, commencing from the time of the delivery of this notice. Given today, of 20 Veterinary Officer FORM B [Regulation 5(c)] STATE OF ISRAEL MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE Veterinary Services and Animal Health Animal Diseases Ordinance, 1945 Animal Diseases Regulations (Newcastle Disease) 5730-1970 To The notice signed by and given to you on of 20 is hereby cancelled. Given today, of 20 Veterinary Officer