Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department
Chapter 66 - Livestock Movement
Rule 21-66.11 - Movement of Livestock Within the State
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 6, September 18, 2024
With the exception of nonquarantined livestock consigned for immediate slaughter, all livestock transported within Iowa, where a change of ownership is involved, must be acCornpanied by a standard transportation certificate or one of the following documents:
1. Certificate of Veterinary Inspection
2. Form M-Certificate of Inspection or Postmovement Quarantine Form
3. Form Q-LSM-Swine Quarantine
4. Form 1-27-Quarantined Livestock Consigned for Slaughter
5. Affidavit of Slaughter
All of the foregoing documents shall be properly executed by a licensed, accredited veterinarian of Iowa and shall indicate the following: destination of the livestock, purpose of the movement, number and description of the animals, point of origin, and name and address of the consignor
Exception: Livestock classes that do not require individual identification may move intrastate on a bill of sale containing a stamped certification of veterinary inspection. The stamped certification shall contain the following statement:
"I certify as a licensed, accredited veterinarian, that these animals have been inspected by me and that they are not showing signs of infectious, contagious, or Cornmimicable diseases (except where noted)."
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Signature
The stamped certification must be signed by the veterinarian or contain the veterinarian's stamped signature, applied and initialed by someone authorized by the veterinarian.
Market consignment records must be signed or initialed by the inspecting veterinarian as proof of inspection before the stamped certification can be applied to the bill of sale by an authorized person. Inspection records must be maintained by the market for at least two years.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code chapters 163, 163A, 164, and I72B and Iowa Code section 163.12.
