(1) Any person capturing wild rodents with the intent to sell shall, in the locality of capture, disinfest each rodent of ectoparasites using the 1977 “Specifications for disinfestation of wild rodents captured and held for sale” issued by the vector management unit.

(2) Upon release from quarantine and prior to shipment, each rodent shall again be disinfected using the 1977 “Specifications for disinfestation of wild rodents captured and held for sale” issued by the vector management unit.

(1) The rodents shall be segregated and confined in cages by species, and date and locality of capture, with the date and specific locality of capture clearly designated on the cages.

(2) The rodents shall be held in quarantine for a period of two weeks prior to the date of shipment.

(3) If a rodent dies, the quarantine of all remaining rodents in that cage shall be extended two weeks from the date of that death or any later death.

(4) Each rodent death shall be reported to the local health officer within two working days of the rodent's death.

(5) Rodent carcasses shall be promptly frozen pending collection by the local health officer.

(1) A statement shall accompany the shipment and shall bear the names and addresses of the shipper and receiver, the date of shipment, the location and dates of capture, and certification that the rodents have been quarantined and disinfested of ectoparasites.

(2) Such statement shall be retained by the receiver for a period of one year.

(3) On the date of shipment, the shipper shall submit two copies of the shipment statement to the local health officer, who shall forward, within seven days, one copy to the vector management unit.