Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Part XXI - Animals and Animal Health
Chapter 5 - Entry Requirements to admit Animals into this State and into Events
Subchapter B - Specific Entry Requirements for Cattle, Bison, and other Bovines
Section XXI-511 - Admission of Cattle into Louisiana (Formerly Section 301)
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XXI-511
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A. All cattle entering the state must meet the general requirements of §501 and the following specific requirements.
1. Tuberculosis Requirements.
All cattle over one year of age must show a negative test for tuberculosis
within 30 days prior to entry. The date and results of the test and the
individual identification of each animal must be recorded on the health
certificate. The following are exempt from this requirement:
a. cattle that originate from a tuberculosis
free accredited herd; however, they must be individually identified and the
accredited herd number furnished on the health certificate;
b. beef cattle that originate from a
tuberculosis free state or from a herd, not under quarantine, in a modified
accredited tuberculosis free state or area;
c. cattle consigned to a recognized slaughter
establishment or to an approved livestock auction market to be sold directly
for immediate slaughter only.
2.
Brucellosis
a. In addition to the above requirements,
cattle entering Louisiana must meet the Brucellosis
requirements found in part 78 of the Code of Federal
Regulations.
b. No cattle
from Brucellosis quarantined herds may move into Louisiana
except those cattle moving to an approved livestock auction market or to an
approved slaughter establishment and accompanied by the required federal form
VS 1-27.
c. In addition to the
requirements of §511. A.2.a, cattle must meet the following requirements.
i. Heifers between the ages of 4 and 12
months of age must be official Brucellosis calfhood vaccinates
to be eligible to be brought into Louisiana. Exceptions to this Subparagraph
are:
(a). heifers moving from a farm to an
approved stock-yard or an approved slaughter establishment;
(b). individually identified heifers, less
than 12 months of age, entering the state for exhibition purposes and returning
to the state of origin.
ii. Effective January 1, 1989, all heifers
and cows over 12 months of age, entering Louisiana, must be official
Brucellosis vaccinates or originate from a herd that has had a
complete negative herd test within the previous 12 months. A copy of the herd
test record, which includes the animal(s) entering the state, must accompany
the health certificate. Exceptions to this Subparagraph are:
(a). heifers and cows moving directly from a
farm to an approved stockyard or an approved slaughter establishment;
(b). individually identified heifers and cows
entering the state for exhibition purposes and returning to the state of
origin;
(c). individually
identified heifers and cows originating from a certified
Brucellosis free herd, a Brucellosis class
free state, or a Brucellosis class A state.
d. All intact male and
female cattle over 12 months of age moving into the state of Louisiana from
class B states must have a permit for entry prior to coming into Louisiana.
These test eligible cattle must be quarantined and retested 45 to 120 days
after movement into Louisiana. The following are exempt from this requirement:
i. individually identified, officially
calfhood vaccinated females under 20 months of age for dairy breeds and under
24 months of age for beef breeds which are not preparturient (springers) or
post-parturient, and the herd of origin is not known to be infected with
Brucellosis;
ii.
individually identified cattle originating from a certified
Brucellosis-free herd or certified
Brucellosis-free area, and moving directly to a Louisiana
farm. The certified herd number must be recorded on the health
certificate;
iii. cattle
accompanied by a waybill to a recognized slaughter establishment for immediate
slaughter only or to an approved livestock auction market for sale for
immediate slaughter, for sale to a quarantined feedlot;
iv. steers and spayed heifers;
v. test-eligible cattle moving directly to a
Louisiana auction market must have a permit for entry.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:2093 and R.S. 3:2221.
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