Mont. Admin. r. 32.3.1303

Current through Register Vol. 23, December 6, 2024

Rule 32.3.1303 - IDENTIFICATION

(1) Official identification is required for qualifying animals involved in the following:

(a) importation;

(b) entry into interstate marketing channels;

(c) change of ownership; or

(d) exhibition.

(2) Official identification must be made to the flock of birth or the flock of origin.

(3) The following groups of animals are required to be officially identified:

(a) sexually intact sheep and goats, regardless of age;

(b) all sheep and goats over 18 months of age;

(c) all scrapie-suspect and test-positive animals;

(d) all scrapie-exposed or scrapie high-risk animals; and

(e) all animals in scrapie-source, scrapie-infected, scrapie-exposed, or scrapie-non-compliant flocks.

(4) Animals that are exempt from the individual official identification requirement are:

(a) sheep and goats under 18 months of age in recognized slaughter channels;

(b) wethers for exhibition;

(c) sheep and goats moved for grazing purposes with no change of ownership; and

(d) animals from a registered premises and moved as a group lot directly to an approved slaughter facility or to an approved market and accompanied by an owner's statement as defined in the Scrapie Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules.

Mont. Admin. r. 32.3.1303

NEW, 1998 MAR p. 2756, Eff. 10/9/98; AMD, 2013 MAR p. 538, Eff. 4/12/13; AMD, 2019 MAR p. 2380, Eff. 12/28/2019

AUTH: 81-2-102, 81-2-104, MCA; IMP: 81-2-103, MCA