Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department
Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases
Rule 21-64.35 - Health Requirements for Exhibition of Livestock, Poultry and Birds at Exhibitions
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 6, September 18, 2024
Each county fair shall have an official veterinarian who will inspect all livestock, poultry and birds when they are unloaded or shortly thereafter No Certificate of Veterinary Inspection will be required on livestock, poultry and birds exhibited at a county 4-H or FFA show. Quarantined animals or animals from quarantined herds cannot be exhibited. Evidence of warts, ringworm, footrot, pinkeye, draining abscesses or any other contagious or infectious condition will eliminate the animal from the show.
(1) Swine exhibition requirements. "Swine exhibition" means an exhibit, demonstration, show, or Cornpetition involving an event on the state fairgrounds, a county fair, or other exhibition event. The sponsor of the exhibition must retain an Iowa licensed veterinarian to supervise the health of the swine at the exhibition location. The sponsor must electronically file the approved registration form and obtain approval from the state veterinarian at least 30 days before the event. The registration form includes the name of the exhibition and the address and telephone number of its location; the name, address and telephone number of the veterinarian; and the date of the planned exhibition. Sales of swine will not be allowed unless the event has been registered and received approval from the state veterinarian 30 days prior to the event.
(2) Swine exhibition report required. The sponsor of the swine exhibition shall electronically submit to the department the approved report form within five business days after the conclusion of the exhibition. The form includes the name of the exhibition and the address and telephone number of its location; the name, address and telephone number of the veterinarian; the date that the exhibition occurred; the name, address and telephone number of the owner of the swine; and the address and telephone number of the premises from which the swine was moved after the exhibition if such premises is a different premises.
(3) Dogs and cats. All dogs and cats exhibited in county exhibitions must have a current, official rabies certification.
(4) Poultry and birds. Except as provided in this subrule, all poultry exhibited must Corne from U.S. pullorum-typhoid clean or equivalent flocks; or have had a negative pullorum-typhoid test performed within 90 days of exhibition by an authorized tester An approved certificate verifying this status shall acCornpany the exhibit.
However, no testing for salmonella pullorum-typhoid shall be required for "market classes" of poultry, if the poultry are consigned to a slaughter establishment directly from the exhibition. Poultry exhibited in these "market classes" shall be maintained separate and apart from poultry not exempted from the testing requirements. Separate and apart shall include both of the following: holding poultry so that neither poultry nor organic material originating from the poultry has physical contact with other poultry; and poultry exhibited in "market classes" shall be maintained in enclosures at least ten feet apart or separated by an eight-foot high solid partition from all other poultry. Poultry exhibited in "market classes" shall be so declared at the time of entry into this exhibition or before. All enclosures maintaining poultry shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.
(5) Sheep and goats. All sexually intact sheep must have an individual scrapie flock of origin identification tag. All sexually intact goats must have an individual scrapie flock of origin identification tag or an official registered tattoo.
(6) Cervidae. Native Iowa Cervidae from a herd not under quarantine may be exhibited without additional testing for brucellosis or tuberculosis. CWD susceptible Cervidae intended for exhibition must originate from a herd that has Cornpleted at least one year in the CWD monitoring program. Native Iowa Cervidae may be exhibited without other testing requirements when the Cervidae are acCornpanied by a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection that lists individual official identification and the monitored CWD cervid herd number or certified CWD herd number for CWD susceptible Cervidae, including the status level and anniversary date, and contains the following statement:
"All Cervidae listed on this certificate have been part of the herd of origin for at least one year or were natural additions to the herd. There has been no diagnosis, sign, or epidemiological evidence of chronic wasting disease in this herd for the past year"
(7) Show veterinarian. The decision of the show veterinarian shall be final. This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 163.1 and 163.14.
