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Animal Improvement Act, 1998 (Act No. 62 of 1998)

Regulations

Annexure

Table 3 : Prohibited Hereditary Defects

 

Table 3

 

Prohibited Hereditary Defects

 

[Reg. 5(4)]

 

Kinds of animal

Hereditary defect

1.

Cattle

Bad temperament

Dwarfism

Abnormal skull (nasal openings fued)

Skew face

Eye defects

Abnormalities of the lower jaw

Smooth tongue

 

Diffuse hyperkeratosis of the skin

Spactic paresis

Deformed limbs or hooves

No dewclaws

Laminitis

 

Hermaphroditism

Hypoplasia of the testes or ovaries

Any defects of the penis

Poor sheath conformation

 

All hernias

 

Deformed tails

Double muscling

 

Blad

Dumps

2.

Goats

Dwarfism

Conformational defects

Abnormal skull (nasal openings fused)

Eye defects

Skew face

Mouse ears

Abnormalities of the lower jaw

Impacted molars

 

Diffuse hyperkeratosis of the skin

Viable hypotrichosis

 

Deformed limbs

Flexed pastems

Digital anomalies

 

Hermaphrodism

Hypoplasia of the testes or ovaries

Cryptorchidism

All defects of the penis

 

Double muscling

 

Deformed tail

3.

Horses

Bad temperament

Any congenital limb or hoof abnormalities

Abnormal gait

Hypoplasia of the testes or ovaries

Cryptorchidism

Umbilical or inguinal hernia

4.

Sheep

Dwarfism

Conformational defects

 

Abnormal skull (nasal opening fused)

Abnormalities of the lower jaw

Impacted molars

Skew face

Mouse ears

Eye defects

 

Diffuse hyperkeratoris of the skin

 

Deformed limbs

Deformed pasterns

Digital abnormalities

 

Hermaphroditism

Hypoplasia of the testes or ovaries

Cryptorchidism

Abnormalities of the penis

Deformed tail

Double muscling

 

All hernias

5.

Pigs

Bad temperament

Split ears

Eye defects

Limb deformities

Stringhault

All hernias

Diverticulosis or ileitis

Melanotic skin tumors

 

Hermaphrodism

Hypoplasia of the testes or ovaries

Cryptochidism

 

Kinky tail