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Environmental Health - Domestic Animals (Chapter 16 of Title 25).

Country/Territory
American Samoa (USA)
Document type
Legislation
Date
1963 (1988)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Animal production Grazing Pests/diseases International trade Animal health
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Oceania, Polynesia, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific
Abstract

These provisions of Title 25 make provision for the keeping of domestic animals such as pigs, goats, sheep, horses, cattle, dogs, etc. Pigs, goats, sheep, horses, cattle must be kept at a given distance from human habitats and those that run loose may be destructed. No pigs, chickens or other animals may be kept in the space between the highway and the sea and confinement of animals near bodies of fresh or salt water prohibited. Animal carcasses and organs infected with disease transmissible or possibly transmissible to man or animals shall be destroyed and not used for animal or human consumption. Importation of vicious animals is prohibited.

Full text
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Website
www.asbar.org