La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LXXXV-707

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section LXXXV-707 - Accepted Livestock Management Practices

A. The following are hereby declared to be accepted livestock management practices as provided by R.S. 37:1514(3):

1. the practice of artificial insemination (A.I.) and the non-surgical impregnation (with frozen embryo) of livestock to include that performed for a customer service fee or that performed on individually-owned livestock;

2. the procedure involving the collection, processing, and freezing of semen from privately owned livestock carried out by NAAB-CSS approved artificial insemination business organizations;

3. the carrying out of schools and short courses, teaching A.I. Techniques to cattlemen, prospective A.I. technicians, and university agricultural students by qualified university faculty, cooperative extension service specialists, and qualified employees of NAAB-CSS approved A.I. organizations;

4. performing the operation of male castration, docking, or earmarking of livestock raised for human consumption;

5. performing the normal procedure of dehorning livestock, with the exception of surgical cosmetic dehorning, which is defined as the practice of veterinary medicine;

6. aiding in the nonsurgical birth process in livestock management;

7. treating livestock for disease prevention with a non-prescription medicine or vaccine;

8. branding and/or tattooing for identification of livestock;

9. reciprocal aid of neighbors in performing accepted livestock management practices without compensation;

10. shoeing horses.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LXXXV-707

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Board of Veterinary Medicine, LR 9:213 (April 1983), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Veterinary Medicine, LR 23:969 (August 1997), LR 24:1933 (October 1998).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1518 et seq.