Title 2-DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Division 30-Animal Health

Chapter 6-Livestock Markets

PROPOSED AMENDMENT

2 CSR 30-6.020 Duties and Facilities of the Market/Sale Veterinarian. The director is amending section (3), deleting section (9), amending and renumbering section (10), and renumbering sections (11) and (12).

PURPOSE: This amendment establishes Trichomoniasis requirements for non-virgin bulls or bulls twenty-four (24) months of age or older exchanged, bartered, sold, leased, or relinquished at a licensed livestock market/sale and deletion of duplicate section of poultry.

(3) Cattle, Bison, and Exotic Bovids.

(B) Brucellosis Requirements.

1. [The market/sale veterinarian must obtain required blood samples on all test-eligible animals (bulls, heifers, and cows eighteen (18) months of age and over) for brucellosis and submit those samples to the Cooperative State and Federal Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Jefferson City for testing required by the Animal Health laws and rules pertaining to disease control. This includes animals consigned to slaughter and feedlots as well as those that might return to farms as breeding stock.] An official bangle tag may serve as identification for a health certificate for intrastate movement, provided the following information is shown on the tag:

A. Date of test;

B. Complete official eartag number;

C. Age of the animal; and

D. State code letters of the testing veterinarian.

[2. A market/sale veterinarian may recognize a brucellosis test performed within the last five (5) working days if proper health certificates accompany the animal(s). An official bangle tag may serve as a health certificate for intrastate movement, provided the following information is shown on the tag:

A. Date of test;

B. Complete official eartag number;

C. Age of the animal; and

D. State code letters of the testing veterinarian.]

(D) Trichomoniasis Requirements.

1. All breeding bulls (excluding exotic bovines) prior to entering [to] a licensed market shall be-

A. Virgin bulls not more than twenty-four (24) months of age as determined by the presence of both permanent central incisor teeth in wear or by breed registry papers; or

B. Be tested negative for Trichomoniasis with an official culture test or official Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test by an approved diagnostic laboratory within thirty (30) days prior to entry into the state.

(I) Bulls shall be tested three (3) times not less than one (1) week apart by an official culture test or one (1) time by official PCR test prior to entering Missouri.

(II) Bulls shall be identified by official identification at the time the initial test sample is collected.

(III) Bulls that have had contact with female cattle subsequent to testing must be retested prior to entry.

2. If the breeding bulls are virgin bulls, less than twenty-four (24) months of age, they shall be-

A. Individually identified by official identification; and

B. Be accompanied with a breeder's certification of virgin status signed by the breeder or his representative attesting that they are virgin bulls.

C. The official identification number shall be written on the breeder's certificate.

3. Non-virgin or bulls twenty-four (24) months of age or older must be Trichomoniasis tested with three (3) culture or one (1) PCR test. Bulls may be quarantined at farm pending test results. If test results are positive, the positive animal and cohorts will be place under quarantine.

[3.]4. A Certificate of Veterinary Inspection listing official identification and test performed, date of test, results, and laboratory, if testing is required.

[4.]5. Bulls going directly to slaughter are exempt from Trichomoniasis testing.

[(9) Poultry.

(A) Out-of-state live poultry (except those consigned directly to slaughter) shall be accompanied by an official Certificate of Veterinary Inspection or a VS Form 9-3 (see 2 CSR 30-2.040). If a VS Form 9-3 is used, a signed and dated owner/shipper statement must be included stating that to his/her best knowledge, the birds are healthy. Poultry known to be infected with pullorum or typhoid that are consigned directly to slaughter must be identified as such by the consignor.

(B) Out-of-state live poultry entering Missouri must be tested negative for pullorum-typhoid within the past ninety (90) days or originate from a flock approved by the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) or an equivalent program which has been tested within the past twelve (12) months with no change of ownership.

(C) All hatching eggs must be accompanied by an official Certificate of Veterinary Inspection certifying the eggs to be from pullorum-free flocks or by a VS Form 9-3.

(D) Out-of-state poultry and hatching eggs moving through a Missouri livestock market/sale require an entry permit prior to shipment. Annual entry permits shall be issued by the department to participants in the NPIP or an equivalent program. Producers not approved by NPIP or an equivalent program must request a permit with each shipment.]

[(10)](9) Camelids, Alpacas, Camels, and Llamas. Alpacas, camels, llamas, and others of that group exchanged, bartered, sold, leased, or relinquished at a licensed livestock market/sale in Missouri must be veterinarian inspected, accompanied by a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection showing an individual listing of the common and scientific name(s) of the animal(s) and appropriate description of animal(s) such as sex, age, weight, and coloration, and must be individually identified by an official eartag as defined in Title 9, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 71, published annually in January, herein incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule, as published by the United States Superintendent of Documents, 732 N Capital Street NW, Washington, DC 20402-0001, phone: toll free (866) 512-1800, DC area (202) 512-1800, website http://bookstore.gpo.gov, microchip, or other method approved by the state veterinarian. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.

[(11)](10) Ratites (Including But Not Limited to Ostrich, Rheas, and Emus). All ratites must be veterinarian inspected, individually identified by official identification (leg band, microchip, wing band, legible tattoo, or any other means of permanent identification approved by the state veterinarian), and listed on a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection. In addition, ratites entering Missouri for sale at a licensed livestock/market must obtain an entry permit.

[(12)](11) Miscellaneous and Exotic Animals. All exotic animals presented for exchange, barter, lease, or sale at a licensed livestock market/sale must be veterinarian inspected, individually identified by official identification (official eartag, brand, tattoo, or any other means of permanent identification approved by the state veterinarian), and accompanied by an official Certificate of Veterinary Inspection showing an individual listing of the common and scientific name(s) of the animal(s) and appropriate descriptions of animal(s) such as sex, age, weight, and coloration.

(A) Elephants (Asiatic, African) must be tested negative for tuberculosis within one (1) year prior to movement; test results must be noted on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection.

(B) Importation of skunks and raccoons into Missouri is prohibited by the Missouri Wildlife Code (3 CSR 10-9).

AUTHORITY: section 277.160, RSMo 2000. Original rule filed June 15, 1990, effective Dec. 31, 1990. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed Dec. 23, 2010.

PUBLIC COST: This proposed amendment will not cost state agencies or political subdivisions more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

PRIVATE COST: This proposed amendment may cost private entities an estimated eight thousand seven hundred seventy-five dollars ($8,775) dependent on the number of animals sold.

NOTICE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: Anyone may file a statement in support of or in opposition to this proposed amendment with the Missouri Department of Agriculture, Taylor H. Woods, State Veterinarian, PO Box 630, Jefferson City, MO 65102. To be considered, comments must be received within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the Missouri Register. No public hearing is scheduled.

FISCAL NOTE

PRIVATE COST

I. Department Title: Agriculture

Division Title: Animal Health

Chapter Title Title 2

Rule Number and Title:

2 CSR 30-6.020 Duties and Facilities of the Market/Sale Veterinarian.

Type of Rulemaking:

Proposed

II. SUMMARY OF FISCAL IMPACT

Estimate of the number of entities by class which would likely be affected by the adoption of the rule:

Classification by types of the business entities which would likely be affected:

Estimate in the aggregate as to the cost of compliance with the rule by the affected entities:

117 livestock market/sales and unknown number of producers

Livestock markets

$8,775.00

III. WORKSHEET

$75 an animal x 117 markets = $8,775.00

IV. ASSUMPTIONS

This proposed amendment requires any non-virgin or bulls twenty-four (24) months of age or older to be tested for Trichomoniasis that go through a livestock market/sale in Missouri or be sent to slaughter with no further testing. The number of animals involved is unknown.

For the producer to have the animal tested prior to arriving at the market, it would include (but not limited to): sample collection fee, possibly a trip fee that would vary on the distance from the vet clinic to the farm, postage charges, and a charge to complete a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection. Charges would vary from each veterinarian and the location throughout the state.

At the market, if the animal showed up with no test, the animal could be sent to slaughter with no further testing.

However, if the animal is purchased at the market, the market veterinarian would collect the sample for testing and the buyer would be responsible for (but not limited to) sample collection charge, sample testing, and a charge to complete a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection.