pa-56-26-897: Interstate and international quarantine order; new world screwworm movement prohibition and import requirements

Summary

Recitals : The following recitals describe the dangerous transmissible disease for which this ''Interstate and International Quarantine Order; New World Screwworm Movement Prohibitions and Import Requirements'' (Quarantine Order) is instituted, specify the species of domestic animals affected by this dangerous transmissible disease and subject to this Quarantine Order, and provide the authority under which this Quarantine Order is established. A. New World Screwworm (NWS), a parasitic disease caused by Cochliomyia hominivorax , is a Dangerous Transmissible Disease under the authority of the Domestic Animal Law (3 Pa.C.S. §§ 2301 2389) (DAL) specifically at 3 Pa.C.S. §§ 2321(a)(37). B. NWS affects all warm-blooded domestic animals, including livestock species, birds, dogs and cats and other companion animals, and has zoonotic potential. C. NWS was previously eradicated from the United States in 1966 but reemerged in Texas in June 2026. D. Prior to its eradication, NWS historically caused severe economic damage to livestock industries and has the potential for severe economic damage to livestock industries if the parasite becomes reestablished in the United States. E. The DAL at 3 Pa.C.S. §§ 2329(a) provides that ''Whenever a dangerous transmissible disease . . . exists anywhere within or outside of this Commonwealth, or whenever it is deemed advisable to test or treat any domestic animal upon the reasonable suspicion that it has contracted or been exposed to a dangerous...

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