Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 2 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Division 30 - Animal Health
Chapter 3 - Brucellosis
Section 2 CSR 30-3.010 - Qualifications and Eligibility Requirements on Brucellosis Indemnity Payments
Universal Citation: 2 MO Code of State Regs 30-3.010
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule explains in detail the conditions under which a cattle herd owner may collect indemnity payments for animals slaughtered because of brucellosis.
(1) Section 267.490, RSMo states that "no indemnity shall be paid if, in the judgment of the state veterinarian, the animal does not qualify for indemnity or the owner is ineligible for payments." Furthermore, the owner must be carrying on an approved brucellosis control program in his/her herd to be eligible for indemnity payments. The regulations clarify these statements as follows:
(A) Indemnity payments will not be paid on
the following classes of livestock:
1. Any
test-eligible animal that moved into Missouri without a negative blood test for
brucellosis, or without an approved health certificate, permit, or both, when
applicable, or in violation of any other health requirement for
admission;
2. Any non-Missouri
animal imported into the state that originated from a known infected or
quarantined herd, or determined otherwise to be an exposed animal;
and
3. Cattle owned by dealers and
traders moving in trade channels within Missouri;
(B) In order to be eligible, any animal on
which indemnity is requested must have been in Missouri for at least ninety
(90) days and negative to an approved brucellosis test upon entry;
(C) Any animal on which an indemnity claim is
made must be properly tagged and branded within fifteen (15) days of
disclosure, sold for slaughter within fifteen (15) days of branding and proof
of slaughter obtained from meat inspection. Home slaughter by the original
owner for home consumption is allowed, but proof of slaughter must be
supplied;
(D) Section
267.490, RSMo states
that "an owner must be carrying on an approved brucellosis control program in
the herd." The herd requirement would exclude dealers, traders, as any group of
assembled cows would not constitute a herd. Also, an approved brucellosis
control program would include complete herd test as opposed to partial herd
tests, regular herd retest intervals and also cooperation in adopting proven
disease control and eradication procedures by the owner. In herd depopulations,
the owner accepts additional responsibilities including a requirement for
complete herd depopulations, including all heifers, a cleaning and disinfecting
(C&D) requirement of the premises and a requirement to test all herd
replacements including valid test papers on all animals purchased in order to
be eligible for indemnity; and
(E)
In herd depopulations, a written agreement outlining the requirements shall be
signed by the owner and the chief regulatory official (state or federal) in the
district in which the depopulation occurs. Authorization for the depopulation
is to be approved by the state veterinarian and the amount of indemnity to be
mutually agreed to prior to signing of the agreement.
*Original authority: 267.475, RSMo 1955.
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