The Germanic Model of Liability for Diseases of Animals in Sale Transactions: Historical Heritage or the Dead Weight of Past Generations? Factors Affecting the Form of Legal Standards for Warranty
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. General Features of the Germanic Model
3.2. Regulations in Selected European Countries
3.2.1. Austria
3.2.2. Switzerland
3.2.3. France
3.2.4. Belgium
3.2.5. Luxembourg
3.2.6. Germany
3.2.7. Poland
3.3. Genesis
4. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Species | Major Defects | Period for Disclosure of Defect |
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horses, asses, mules and hinnies | recurrent airway obstruction/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 14 days |
behavioural syndrome correlated with hydrocephalus | ||
cribbing and chewing the manger | ||
cribbing | 7 days | |
laryngeal paralysis | ||
blindness due to diseases of the inner parts of the eye | ||
cattle | enzootic bovine leukosis | 150 days |
bovine tuberculosis | 21 days | |
presence of Cysticercus and pulmonary parasites | ||
vaginal and uterine prolapse | 14 days | |
the stereotypy of tongue rolling | ||
sheep | generalised dropsy with oedematous muscle, with parasite aetiology | 21 days |
scabies | 7 days | |
goats | tuberculosis | 21 days |
pigs | leukaemia | 60 days |
cysticercosis | 21 days | |
trichinosis | 7 days | |
scabies (including disease caused by Sarcoptes) | ||
rabbits | myxomatosis | 10 days |
ear mites | 7 days | |
poultry | Marek’s disease | 28 days |
lymphoid leukosis | 21 days | |
avian encephalomyelitis | 10 days | |
avian pox | 7 days | |
Newcastle disease | 5 days |
Species | Major Defects | Period for Disclosure of Defect | Time Limit for Bringing an Action and for the Appointment of Veterinary Experts * | Additional Requirements |
---|---|---|---|---|
horses, donkeys, mules | catalepsy | 10 days | ||
emphysema | ||||
chronic laryngeal paralysis | ||||
stereotypy, tics with or without the involvement of teeth | ||||
chronic lameness | ||||
isolated equine recurrent uveitis | 30 days | |||
equine infectious anaemia | established as official procedures stipulate | |||
cattle | bovine tuberculosis in animals which have clinical signs and are reactive in tuberculin test | 15 days | ||
infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvovaginitis | 30 days | |||
enzootic bovine leukosis | ||||
brucellosis | ||||
goats | ||||
sheep | 10 days | |||
pigs | trichinosis | 10 days | ||
cats | feline infectious peritonitis | 21 days | 30 days | |
FeLV infection | 15 days | |||
feline panleukopaenia | 5 days | |||
FIV infection | ||||
dogs | canine distemper | 8 days | 10 days | |
infectious canine hepatitis (Rubarth’s disease) | 6 days | 10 days | ||
canine parvovirus | 5 days | 30 days | ||
hip dysplasia in dogs less than 1 year of age | confirmed by radiology | |||
testicular ectopia in dogs over 6 months of age | ||||
retinal atrophy |
Species | Major Defects | Period for Disclosure of Defect | Additional Obligations |
---|---|---|---|
horses, asses, mules and hinnies | glanders | 9 days | |
equine infectious anaemia | 30 days | officially confirmed | |
cattle | rinderpest | 9 days | must be the fault of the seller |
preterm calving | |||
white heifer disease in breeding animals | |||
bovine tuberculosis | 15 days | officially confirmed | |
brucellosis | 30 days | ||
infection with BoHV-1 | officially confirmed and obtained a non-negative result in a besnoitiosis ELISA test | ||
enzootic bovine leukaemia | officially confirmed | ||
paratuberculosis | |||
bovine viral diarrhoea (both immunotolerance and persistent infection) | |||
neosporosis | |||
contagious bovine pleuropneumonia | |||
IBR/IPV infection | |||
sheep | ovine smallpox | 9 days |
Species | Major Defects | Period for Disclosure of Defect | Additional Obligations |
---|---|---|---|
parissodactyls | glanders and strangles, understood as one defect | 15 days | |
chronic, incurable diseases manifested by an impairment of the animal’s consciousness | |||
difficulty breathing due to chronic, incurable lung and heart disease | |||
chronic, incurable stenosis of the upper vocal folds | |||
cribbing | |||
chronic, incurable inflammation of the inner parts of the eye with internal causes | 29 days | ||
animals of the Bovidae family | paratuberculosis | 30 days | identified clinically and confirmed by official bacteriological tests |
bovine tuberculosis | 15 days | confirmed (cumulatively) clinically and as a result of official tuberculin tests | |
haematuria due to damage to the bladder mucosa | |||
neosporosis | |||
contagious bovine pleuropneumonia | |||
infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvovaginitis infection | |||
sheep | scabies caused by Psoroptes spp. and Sarcoptes spp. parasites | 15 days | |
pigs | pneumoenteritis with acute or subacute septicaemia, as well as (possibly) pneumonia, laryngitis, acute colitis and subcutaneous inflammatory oedema, caused by Bacillus bipolaris suis | 5 days |
Species | Major Defects | Period for Disclosure of Defect | Additional Obligations | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Animals Not Destined for Immediate Slaughter | Slaughter Animals | |||
horses (literally, but the interpretation of the term’s purpose here indicates all Equidae) | glanders | 14 days */21 days ** | 14 days * | determined by visual inspection on the basis of external indications or official tests ** |
heaves—difficulty breathing due to chronic and incurable lung or heart disease (and therefore more widespread than recurrent airway obstruction/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) | 14 days | |||
wheezing (difficulty breathing due to chronic and incurable diseases of the larynx or trachea, manifested by characteristic roaring noises during breathing and of a chronic nature) | ||||
various cases of stereotypy | ||||
equine recurrent uveitis—a disease of the inner parts of the eye | ||||
a behavioural syndrome correlated with a gradual or progressive, incurable brain disease due to hydrocephalus, manifested by impaired consciousness of the animal | ||||
cattle | bovine pulmonary disease | 28 days | ||
open tuberculosis of the udder ** | 21 days | |||
tuberculosis causing general emaciation of the animal | 14 days */21 days ** | |||
bovine tuberculosis in which more than half of the carcasses were unfit for consumption or were only conditionally fit * | 14 days * | |||
sheep | scabies | 14 days | ||
generalised dropsy and oedematous muscle due to internal diseases or inadequate nutrition | 14 days * | |||
pigs | trichinosis | |||
cysticercosis | ||||
swine fevers, classical swine fever | 10 days | |||
tuberculosis resulting in cachexia * | 14 days * | |||
Erysipelas * | 3 days |
Species | Major Defects | Period for Disclosure of Defect * | Additional Obligations |
---|---|---|---|
horses | cribbing | 15 days | |
wheezing | official examination in a state medical institution or university veterinary clinic | ||
a behavioural syndrome correlated with hydrocephalus—a chronic disease of the brain or meninges with impairment of the consciousness of the animal | |||
chronic disease of the inner parts of the eye without traumatic cause | 30 days | ||
minks | tuberculosis | ||
sheep | scabies | 15 days | official examination in a state medical institution or university veterinary clinic; the buyer is obligated to notify the state veterinary administration within 24 h |
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Dzikowski, A. The Germanic Model of Liability for Diseases of Animals in Sale Transactions: Historical Heritage or the Dead Weight of Past Generations? Factors Affecting the Form of Legal Standards for Warranty. Animals 2024, 14, 1669. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14111669
Dzikowski A. The Germanic Model of Liability for Diseases of Animals in Sale Transactions: Historical Heritage or the Dead Weight of Past Generations? Factors Affecting the Form of Legal Standards for Warranty. Animals. 2024; 14(11):1669. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14111669
Chicago/Turabian StyleDzikowski, Andrzej. 2024. "The Germanic Model of Liability for Diseases of Animals in Sale Transactions: Historical Heritage or the Dead Weight of Past Generations? Factors Affecting the Form of Legal Standards for Warranty" Animals 14, no. 11: 1669. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14111669
APA StyleDzikowski, A. (2024). The Germanic Model of Liability for Diseases of Animals in Sale Transactions: Historical Heritage or the Dead Weight of Past Generations? Factors Affecting the Form of Legal Standards for Warranty. Animals, 14(11), 1669. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14111669