Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 32 - LIVESTOCK
Chapter 32.3 - DISEASE CONTROL
Subchapter 32.3.13 - Scrapie
Rule 32.3.1303 - IDENTIFICATION
Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 32.3.1303
Current through Register Vol. 6, March 22, 2024
(1) Official identification is required for qualifying animals involved in the following:
(a) importation;
(b) entry into interstate marketing
channels;
(c) change of ownership;
or
(d)
exhibition.
(2) Official identification must be made to the flock of birth or the flock of origin.
(3) The following groups of animals are required to be officially identified:
(a) sexually intact sheep and goats,
regardless of age;
(b) all sheep
and goats over 18 months of age;
(c) all scrapie-suspect and test-positive
animals;
(d) all scrapie-exposed or
scrapie high-risk animals; and
(e)
all animals in scrapie-source, scrapie-infected, scrapie-exposed, or
scrapie-non-compliant flocks.
(4) Animals that are exempt from the individual official identification requirement are:
(a) sheep and goats under 18 months of age in
recognized slaughter channels;
(b)
wethers for exhibition;
(c) sheep
and goats moved for grazing purposes with no change of ownership; and
(d) animals from a registered
premises and moved as a group lot directly to an approved slaughter facility or
to an approved market and accompanied by an owner's statement as defined in the
Scrapie Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules.
AUTH: 81-2-102, 81-2-104, MCA; IMP: 81-2-103, MCA
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