Kan. Admin. Regs. § 9-2-35

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 9-2-35 - Movement of sexually intact catle and bison from designated surveillance areas

(a) Each of the following terms, as used in this regulation, shall have the meaning specified in this subsection:

(1) "Designated surveillance area" and "DSA" mean any area identified by the USDA with an elevated risk for brucellosis infection due to serological evidence of brucella exposure in wild elk sampled in that area.

(2) "Official identification" means a unique and permanent form of individual animal identification approved by the USDA's animal and plant health inspection service or the animal health commissioner. This term shall not include breed registration tatoos, brands, or any registered brand even if the registered brand is accompanied by a brand inspection certificate.

(3) "Official test" means a USDA-approved test for brucellosis conducted at a USDA-approved lab pursuant to "brucellosis eradication: uniform methods and rules," which is adopted by reference in K.A.R. 9-2-32.

(4) "USDA" means United States department of agriculture.

(b) All sexually intact catle or bison, regardless of age and sex, moving from a DSA into Kansas shall have official identification for each animal, shall obtain a movement permit number from the Kansas animal health commissioner, and shall be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection issued by a state-licensed and federally accredited veterinarian in the state of origin. The certificate of veterinary inspection shall include the movement permit number and a statement verifying that each animal has official identification.

(c) In addition to the requirements of subsection (b), the certificate of veterinary inspection for all sexually intact cattle and bison aged 12 months or older moving from a DSA into Kansas and all sexually intact cattle and bison moving from a DSA into Kansas for breeding or exhibition purposes, regardless of age, shall also include official identification for each animal and a statement that each animal being moved meets one of the following requirements:

(1) Originates and moves directly from a USDA-certified brucellosis-free herd in the state of origin;

(2) originates and moves directly from a herd that has had a negative whole-herd test for brucellosis conducted within the previous 12 months, including the date of the last qualifying whole-herd test; or

(3) has tested negative in response to an official test for brucellosis within the 30 days before movement to Kansas, including the date of the last qualifying test for the animal.

(d) One copy of the certificate of veterinary inspection shall accompany the cattle or bison shipment, one copy shall be retained by the official state agency in the state of origin, and one copy shall be sent by the inspecting veterinarian in the state of origin to the office of the Kansas animal health commissioner.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 9-2-35

Authorized by K.S.A. 2019 Supp. 47-610 and 47-657; implementing K.S.A. 2019 Supp. 47-607, K.S.A. 2019 Supp. 47-608, K.S.A. 2019 Supp. 47-610, K.S.A. 2019 Supp. 47-657, K.S.A. 47-661, K.S.A. 47-663 and K.S.A. 47-664; adopted by Kansas Register Volume 39, No. 44; effective 11/13/2020.