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5-404(a)(4), which requires equestrian facilities to be licensed and inspected by the Animal Services Division. T is county licensing is in addition to what the state of Maryland requires for stable licenses. An equestrian facility is defi ned by the coun-
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ty under Montgomery County Code, Chapter 59-3.2.4A as “Any structure, or land that is used primarily for the care, breeding, boarding, rental, riding, or training of horses or the teach- ing of equestrian skills. Equestrian Facility in- cludes events such as competitions, exhibitions, or other displays of equestrian skills.” After speaking with Tom Koenig, director of Animal Services Division, he explained that the language regarding the diff erence between a riding school or camp and an equestrian fa- cility was re-written in 2014 and the county is “playing catch up.” With these letters of compliance landing in the mailboxes of sev- eral Montgomery County equine farms last month, Koenig’s offi ce has been busy fi elding calls and answering questions. “Our inspections are a little diff erent than what the state does and we are doing them ev- ery other year, not yearly,” he explained, add- ing, “We do a visual scoring of the horses on the property as well as check for basic care.” Owners of equestrian facilities in Mont-
gomery County can call 240-773-5928 with additional questions. In addition, equestrian facility owners in Bal- timore and Prince George’s Counties should contact their county offi cials about county stable licenses as well. Montgomery, Balti- more and Prince George’s all require county licenses in addition to the state licenses.
EHV-1 Holds in Maryland Ended
Equiery reader and contributor Adrian Ford posted this fairly accurate cartoon on his In- stagram account the morning of March 21, day two of Maryland’s spring snow storm!
On March 12, The Equiery reported on- line that the Maryland Department of Ag- riculture had placed three Maryland farms on quarantine due to exposure to equine herpesvirus-1. Horses from three farms, lo- cated in St. Mary’s County, Calvert County and Montgomery County, attended a show
in Virginia the weekend of February 24-25 and were exposed to EHV-1. According to the Maryland State Veterinar-
ian Dr. Michael Radebaugh, “as of this morn- ing [March 12] no horses at the Calvert and St. Mary’s County locations have shown any signs of EHV-1.” Dr. Radebaugh went on to state that, “as long as everything continues in the right direction, both farms will have their hold orders removed this weekend.” T e hold orders on those two farms were lifted on March 17. T e Montgomery County farm had one horse come down with a fever. T at horse tested posi- tive for the wild strain of EHV-1, but accord- ing to Dr. Radebaugh, did not show any neuro- logical symptoms. However, the hold order on the Montgomery County farm was extended until March 24.
ELD Mandate Ag Exemption Ex- tended Again
On March 13, the U.S. Department of Trans-
portation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Ad- ministration announced an additional 90-day extension of the agriculture exemption from the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) man- date that aff ects the transportation of livestock, including horses. United States Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue stated that Trans- portation Secretary Elaine Chao made the ex- tension because “agricultural compliance with the mandate would have been problematic for the agriculture industry because the devices do not accurately account for the agricultural ex- emptions currently provided by law.” T e ELD rule went into eff ect in Decem- ber 2017 with the DOT granting the initial exemption right away. T at exemption was set to expire on March 18. With the granting of continued...
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