Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 125 - Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission
Rule 125.00.05-003 - Arkansas Tuberculosis Regulations
Universal Citation: AR Admin Rules 125.00.05-003
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 2024
1. All sexually intact dairy cattle six months of age and older for interstate entry into Arkansas will be required to have a negative tuberculosis (TB) test within 30 days prior to entry.
a. These same dairy cattle will also be
required to have an entry permit and a certificate of veterinary inspection
prior to entry, as well as the negative test and must be officially
identified.
b. Sexually intact
dairy cattle under six months of age can be permitted under a hold order direct
to a premise or designated facility and held there until they are tested
negative at six months of age, at owner's expense.
c. The new regulation exempts dairy cattle
that originate from accredited free TB herds (but not free states). Neutered
dairy feeder cattle, and dairy cattle delivered direct to slaughter, or
delivered to a market for sale direct to slaughter.
2. All breeding beef cattle 12 months of age and older entering Arkansas must meet one (1) of the following requirements:
a. Originate from a tuberculosis-free
state;
b. Originate from a
tuberculosis-free herd. The herd number and current herd test date must be
shown on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection;
c. Test negative within thirty (30) days of
shipment;
(1) These same beef cattle will also
be required to have a certificate of veterinary inspection and will be required
to have a permit if entering from a state that has lost its tuberculosis-free
status.
d. Originate
from a state having a reciprocal agreement with Arkansas;
e. All sexually intact cattle and bison, from
any foreign country or part thereof with no recognized tuberculosis status
comparable to the Uniform Methods and Rules standards of the U.S. Bovine
Tuberculosis Eradication Program, imported for reasons other than immediate
slaughter or feeding for slaughter must meet the following criteria:
1. Obtain a permit issued by the Arkansas
Livestock and Poultry Commission prior to entry; and
2. Be quarantined to the Arkansas premises
approved in the entry permit pending two (2) consecutive negative tuberculosis
tests. The first test to be conducted not less than ninety (90) nor more than
one hundred twenty (120) days after arrival and the second test to be not less
than two hundred ten (210) days nor more than two hundred forty (240) days
after arrival in Arkansas; or
f. Importation of steers and spayed heifers
from Mexico,
1. Steers and spayed heifers from
Mexican states that have been determined by the State Veterinarian of Arkansas,
based on the recommendations of the Bi-National Committee, to have fully
implemented the Control/Preparatory Phase of the Mexican Tuberculosis
Eradication Program may enter Arkansas provided they have been tested negative
for tuberculosis in accordance with the Norma Official Mexicana (NOM) within
sixty (60) days prior to entry into the United States and obtain an entry
permit prior to entering Arkansas.
2. Steers and spayed heifers from Mexican
states that have been determined by the State Veterinarian of Arkansas, based
on the recommendations of the Bi-National Committee, to have fully implemented
the Eradication Phase of the Mexican Tuberculosis Eradication Program by March
1, 1997, may enter Arkansas provided they have been tested negative for
tuberculosis in accordance with the Norma Official Mexicana (NOM) within sixty
(60) days prior to entry into the United States. Steers and spayed heifers from
herds equal to U.S. Accredited TB-Free herds may enter Arkansas without testing
provided they are moved directly from the herd of origin across the border as a
single group and not commingled with other cattle prior to arriving at the
border and obtain an entry permit prior to entering Arkansas.
3. Steers and spayed heifers from Mexican
states that have been determined by the State Veterinarian of Arkansas, based
on the recommendation of the Bi-National Committee, to have achieved Accredited
Free status may enter Arkansas without testing provided they are moved as a
single group and not commingled with cattle of a different status prior to
arriving at the border and obtain an entry permit prior to entering
Arkansas.
4. Holstein and
Holstein-cross steers and spayed heifers from Mexico are prohibited from
entering Arkansas regardless of test history.
5. Rodeo stock from Mexico must be tested
negative for tuberculosis within sixty (60) days prior to their utilization as
rodeo or roping stock under the supervision of a USDA/APHIS port veterinarian
or a U.S. accredited veterinarian, retested for tuberculosis every twelve (12)
months thereafter, and obtain an entry permit prior to entering Arkansas. No
sexually intact rodeo stock from Mexico will be permitted into
Arkansas.
6. Rodeo stock from any
state that has lost its tuberculosis (TB) accreditation must be tested negative
for tuberculosis within sixty (60) days prior to their utilization as rodeo or
roping stock and retested for tuberculosis every twelve (12) months
thereafter.
3. The State Veterinarian may designate high incidence areas within certain states that must meet additional import restrictions and retest requirements.
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