209.01.11 Ark. Code R. 001
TB risk: Timed event cattle that are long lived (steer roping, team roping, and dogging: and bucking bulls) have become a risk for the introduction of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in the state of Arkansas because of continued use of Mexican cattle in rodeos.
Page 2: The permit exception is stricken because a permit is required in the tuberculosis section.
Page 4: Other states (i.e. Oklahoma) require individual ID's so this puts our regulations in line with the surrounding states. We were already requiring a yearly brucellosis test and a permit on rodeo bulls.
Page 5: The test date for tuberculosis was changed from 30 days to 60 days because that is the current national standard.
Page 6: The annual tuberculosis requirement for twelve month old and older bulls and all roping and dogging steers and heifers was added because of the tuberculosis risk for this class of cattle. Tie-down roping calves are exempt because they do not pose a risk. The M branded regulations are already in the entry regulations on another page, but are also being placed in this section for clarification. The test date for tuberculosis was changed from 30 days to 60 days because that is the current national standard (see page 5).
Page 8: The word area was added because the USDA is changing from state to area status in some cases.
Page 12: This section was stricken because new federal regulations make this obsolete.
Page 13: The exemption age for rabies vaccinations in dogs and cats was changed from three months to four months of age, which is the national standard. The section recognizing the three (3) year rabies vaccine was added because the Health Department rabies rules now recognize the three year vaccine in Arkansas.
Page 15: The cervidae regulation was stricken because of confusion from other states. The regulations for importing cervidae lies with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
ARKANSAS HEALTH REQUIREMENTS
GOVERNING THE ENTRY OF
LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, AND EXOTIC ANIMALS
General Requirements
No animal, including poultry or birds of any species, that is affected with or that has been recently exposed to any infectious, contagious or communicable disease or that originates from a quarantined area, or area of lesser disease status, shall be shipped or in any manner transported or moved into Arkansas until written permission for such entry is first obtained from the State Veterinarian, except those animals affected with such diseases or conditions which are approved for interstate shipment by USD A-APHIS, Veterinary Services for immediate slaughter.
Livestock and poultry moving into Arkansas found to be in non-compliance with Arkansas laws and regulations shall be quarantined to nearest facility until all requirements are met on said animals to meet specifications. Expenses for all costs, including feed, hauling, rent, death loss, etc. shall be born by the owner, shipper or responsible person involved, before animals may be released.
All classes of livestock entering the State of Arkansas must be shipped in accordance with the requirements outlined in the Code of Federal Regulations, (those sections relating to interstate movement).
Specific requirements for exhibition livestock and poultry are covered in the Arkansas Livestock Exhibition Regulations.
Permits
Certificate of Veterinary Inspection
Duties of Carriers
SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS:
CATTLE :
All cattle entering Arkansas must be accompanied by a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection showing individual identification by ear tag, fire brand, or ear tattoo number, except for those cattle moving directly to a recognized slaughtering establishment or to an approved livestock market which can be moved on a waybill (or, owner-shipper permit) if such waybill shows: the name and address of shipper, point of origin, destination, number and type of animals covered by the waybill, and purpose of movement.
Exception To Individual Identification: For the purpose of feeding, grazing, roping (large truck loads) no test requirements with a certificate of veterinary inspection within 30 days. No individual identification required for spayed heifers, steers, or heifers less than 18 months of age.
Brucellosis
HORSES & OTHER EQUIDAE:
SWINE:
All swine, not under the authority of a commuter swine agreement, must have an official premise identification, be individually identified, and be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection and permit number obtained from the State Veterinarian's office, except those consigned to federally inspected stockyards, specifically approved markets, or approved slaughtering establishments for immediate slaughter.
All swine not going direct to slaughter will be quarantined upon arrival.
Pseudorabies vaccinates may not enter.
Testing requirements of all breeding swine not under the authority of a commuter swine agreement are as follows:
Brucellosis
Breeding swine six (6) months of age and older shall be negative for brucellosis within thirty (30) days prior to importation unless from a validated brucellosis free herd or a swine brucellosis free state.
Pseudorabies
Breeding swine of any age, except from pseudorabies qualified herds or from areas designated as pseudorabies free, shall be tested and found negative for pseudorabies by a USDA approved test within thirty (30) days prior to movement. Tests for gene-deleted vaccines are not acceptable.
Retest Provisions: All breeding swine will be quarantined and must be retested thirty to sixty (30-60) days after arrival at owner's expense for brucellosis and pseudorabies.
All feeder pigs, not under the authority of a commuter swine agreement, being imported into the state must have an official premise identification, be individually identified, and be accompanied by a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection and permit number. Pseudorabies vaccinates may not enter. Testing requirements and allowable movements of all feeder pigs not under the authority of a commuter swine agreement are as follows:
OR
OR
Sampling rate for 95/10 is:
Less than 1001 lead - | test 25 |
100-200 head - | test 27 |
201-999 head - | test 28 |
1,000 and over- | test 29 |
FERAL SWINE:
Definition: Swine that have lived part of their lives free-roaming. Feral swine may be reclassified as domestic swine by a negative official brucellosis and pseudorabies test conducted after at least sixty (60) days' confinement separate and apart from any infected or free-roaming swine. Feral swine may not be moved into Arkansas until they have become domesticated.
MARKET SWINE:
Entry for sale at Arkansas market:
SHEEP AND GOATS:
No sheep or goats may be imported into Arkansas that does not originate from a consistent state, unless originating from a complete monitored Scrapie flock or enrolled in the Voluntary Scrapie Flock Certification Program (VSFCP). All sheep and goats imported or exhibited within the state of Arkansas must be identified by official USDA tag, legible official goat registry tattoo if accompanied by a registration certificate, or other approved device that contains a premise identification issued by the state of origin in combination with a unique animal number.
No sheep or goats may be imported into Arkansas that have commingled (as defined by the Arkansas Scrapie Regulations) with sheep or goats that are not officially identified in compliance with the Arkansas Scrapie Regulations prior to importation. Commingling of sheep or goats of different flock status as defined by the Voluntary Flock Certification Program (VFCP) must be reported to the VFCP state official and State Veterinarian.
No sheep or goats that are infected with or exposed to Scrapie, and no progeny of sheep or goat infected with or exposed to Scrapie, may be moved into Arkansas without the permission of the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission and an official permit granted. All sheep and goats imported into Arkansas shall be accompanied by a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection and shall meet the scrapie record requirement, which must be documented in addition to the certificate of veterinary inspection.
Any sheep or goats in violation of these entry requirements shall be quarantined in isolation and be required to undergo any approved diagnostic tests for Scrapie and shall then be sold for slaughter with tissues submitted for Scrapie diagnosis at the expense of the owner.
All sheep must be from a State-Federal approved scabies free area. If not from a scabies free area, must be dipped in an USD A approved dip within ten (10) days of importation; and will be held in quarantine at destination one hundred eighty (180) days.
Any sheep or goats with evidence of abscesses or other infectious diseases shall not be allowed to enter Arkansas.
Dairy goats over six (6) months of age that have been imported into the United States must be tested negative for Brucellosis within 30 days prior to movement into Arkansas.
DOGS AND CATS:
Dogs and Cats: All dogs and cats transported or moved into Arkansas for any purpose must be accompanied by an official Certificate of Veterinary Inspection and have been vaccinated against rabies not more than twelve (12) months prior to entry. Dogs and cats under four (4) months of age are exempt. Arkansas will accept a three (3) year rabies vaccination if the dog or cat has had at least one previous rabies vaccine.
PSITTACINE BIRDS, PASSERINE BIRDS, AND ALL OTHER NON-POULTRY AVIAN SPECIES:
Certificate of veterinary inspection issued within thirty (30) days, and entry permit required.
POULTRY, WATERFOWL, HATCHING EGGS:
All poultry, which includes game birds, quail, pheasants, peafowl, turkeys, and waterfowl shall have originated from a US Pullorum clean flock or have had a negative pullorum test within ninety (90) days of entry. All turkeys shall also have originated from a US MG clean flock or have had a negative MG test within thirty (30) days of entry. All the preceding information must be documented on a valid Certificate of Veterinary Inspection, NPIP
Federal Form VS 9-3, 90-Day certificate, NPIP Flock Certification Form or similar certificate. These forms must indicate that the flocks from which the eggs or chicks or poults originated have been produced under the supervision of the National Poultry Improvement Plan will be deemed to have met with the requirements of these regulations, provided all of the requirements of NPIP are complied with and applicable NPIP forms accompany birds. All non-certified poultry must be individually identified, either by a permanent leg or wing band or tattoo. Wrap-around plastic bands are not acceptable. NPIP certified flocks of turkeys, chickens, and domesticated fowl entering on a VS 9-3 or NPIP flock certification form or similar certificate or those covered by a commuter flock agreement are exempt from the requirement of a certificate of veterinary inspection unless a state of emergency has been declared.
Slaughter
Healthy poultry may be shipped into Arkansas without a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection when shipped direct to an approved slaughtering establishment.
Diseased birds can be shipped into Arkansas for slaughter upon approval by the Arkansas State Veterinarian.
No poultry can be imported into Arkansas from flocks where infectious Laryngotracheitis has been active or been diagnosed during the last thirty (30) days. Inter-company flocks will be exempt when consigned for slaughter.
RATITES (OSTRICHES, EMUS, RHEAS, ETC.)
All ratites must have a negative test for avian influenza within thirty (30) days prior to entry unless a state of emergency has been declared. They must be individually identified with a form of permanent identification, and listed on a certificate of veterinary of inspection with an entry permit number.
CERVIDAE (ELK, BEER, CARIBOU, MOOSE, ETC.)
The regulations for the importation of Cervidae lies with the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission.
BISON:
Same as cattle.
CAMELIDS: (LLamas, Alpaca, Guanacos, Vicunas, etc.)
All camelids shall be individually identified, and have a certificate of veterinary inspection within thirty (30) days of entry. Registration papers when accompanied by registry photographs of the animal are acceptable identification.
EXOTIC RUMINANTS:
Most required to have negative brucellosis and tuberculosis test within thirty (30) days prior to entry.
ZOO, FUR-BEARING, & OTHER WILD ANIMALS:
See General Requirements. Tests pertinent to the species and permit are also required.
SEMEN & FROZEN EMBRYOS:
See General Requirements.
BIOLOGICS, MICROORGANISMS, & PARASITES:
See General Requirements.
EMERGENCY PROVISIONS:
See General Requirements.
209.01.11 Ark. Code R. 001