(a) Carcasses of poultry affected with or showing lesions of any of the following-named diseases or conditions shall be condemned: (3) Erysipelothrix septicemia.(4) Salmonellosis septicemia.(7) Hemorrhage septicemia.(12) Necro-bacillosis (Smorl's disease).(13) Emaciation in rabbits.(b) The lesions of septicemia, viremia and toxemia include cyanosis, hyperemia, anemia, edema, dehydration, hypertrophy, atrophy, and hemorrhagic or necrotic manifestations in any of the body structures. It must be understood that many of these processes may be reactions to local injury and do not alone necessitate condemnation of the carcasses. However, systemic reactions that result in dark dehydrated musculature, doughy skin and flesh, or markedly anemic (pale) musculature shall be condemned, even though other lesions are not apparent at the time of post-mortem examination.(c) Fowl and rabbits from pathological laboratories shall not be brought onto any official establishment premise.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 3, § 1250
1. Amendment of subsections (b) and (c) and new NOTE filed 3-19-2009; operative 4-18-2009 (Register 2009, No. 12). Note: Authority cited: Sections 407, 24561, 24562, 24681 and 24991, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 24651, 24652, 24653, 24654, 24655, 24656, 24657, 24658, 24659, 24660 and 24661, Food and Agricultural Code.
1. Amendment of subsections (b) and (c) and new Note filed 3-19-2009; operative 4-18-2009 (Register 2009, No. 12).