Health of Animals Regulations (C.R.C., c. 296)

96. No person shall offer an animal for sale at a public sale, auction or market of livestock unless the animal is identified by tag or brand or is one of a lot confined to a pen.

97. [Repealed, SOR/93-159, s. 15]

98. Where a person administers a test for a reportable disease to a bovine, equine, goat, pig or sheep and the animal reacts positively to the test, the person shall permanently mark the animal with a red tag bearing the word “reactor” placed in its left ear or in such other manner as the Minister may direct.

• 99. (1) An inspector may mark or cause an animal inspected by him to be marked with a tag or in such other manner as the Minister may direct so as to

  • (a) identify the animal preparatory to a test for disease; or

  • (b) indicate that the animal

    • (i) reacted positively to a test, or

    • (ii) is suspected of being affected with a communicable disease.

• (2) An accredited veterinarian may mark or cause an animal inspected by him to be marked with a tag or in such other manner as the Minister may direct so as to identify the animal.

100. Subject to section 99, no person shall, unless authorized by an inspector, place or affix a tag or other mark referred to in section 98, 99 or 201 on an animal.

101. No person shall, unless authorized by an inspector, remove or deface a tag or other mark placed on an animal pursuant to section 98, 99 or 201.

102. An inspector may affix seals or other devices to a conveyance, container or other thing, for the purposes of the Act and these Regulations.

103. No person shall, without the authorization of an inspector, break, alter, tamper with, or remove any seal or other device affixed to a conveyance, container or other thing pursuant to section 102.

• 104. (1) When a veterinary inspector finds or suspects that an animal is affected with or died from a communicable disease he may

  • (a) order

    • (i) the owner or occupier of any outhouse, stable, yard or other place affected or suspected of being affected with a communicable disease, or

    • (ii) the owner or operator of any aircraft, railway car, vehicle or vessel affected or suspected of being affected with a communicable disease,

    to clean and disinfect such outhouse, stable, yard or other place or such aircraft, railway car, vehicle or vessel; or

  • (b) order any person entering or leaving any outhouse, stable, yard or other place affected or suspected of being affected with a communicable disease to clean and disinfect any footwear, clothing or other thing worn or carried by him.

• (2) Where an animal is required to be destroyed pursuant to section 37 or 48 of the Act, every person in charge of a conveyance in which the animal is thereafter carried shall, immediately after the animal is unloaded from the conveyance, clean and disinfect the conveyance under the supervision of an inspector, at the nearest place where facilities for that purpose are available.