Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF
Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY
Chapter 12 - LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET REGULATIONS
Section 23-12-010 - Inspection and Handling of Livestock

Universal Citation: 23 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 12 ยง 010

Current through September 17, 2024

010.01 Approved Veterinarian.

The release of livestock from an auction market shall be handled by the approved veterinarian who shall insure all such livestock conform to the requirements of the animal disease control laws and regulations of this state. The certified veterinarian shall inspect all such livestock prior to sale, and shall reject or detain at the owner's expense, all such livestock found or suspected by him to be diseased or exposed to disease. In addition, he shall:

010.01A Perform the collection of blood samples from all market test animals;

010.01B Perform the official market test on all blood samples prior to the release of any animal;

010.01C Complete the application and recording of all eartag numbers, backtag numbers, and test results on the official test chart;

010.01D Promptly mail all blood samples and test charts to the State-Federal Brucellosis Laboratory;

010.01E Issue the following release forms and distribute copies as required thereon:
010.01E1 VS Form 1-27;

010.01E2 Form A-237;

010.01E3 Form A-276B; and

010.01E4 Form A-276A; and

010.01F Furnish the purchaser upon request with documentation of completed official tests.

010.02 Release of Cattle.

010.02A All market test cattle offered for sale, bartered, or sold through a market shall at the time received be identified by a backtag affixed a few inches from midline and just behind either shoulder, All market test cattle shall be tested as provided below except for the following situations:
010.02A1 Cattle consigned or sold directly from certified brucellosis free herds and accompanied by written proof of such herd status; Provided, such cattle may be yarded separately to maintain their identity and status; and Provided further, that the identity and status shall be maintained until release;

010.02A2 Cattle found to be negative by an official brucellosis test conducted within thirty (30) days prior to sale; Provided, that such animals shall have been individually identified by approved eartag or tattoo and accompanied by an official test record or health certificate showing the identification and test results of each animal, or shall have been identified by an approved eartag and backtag within thirty (30) days prior to sale; and Provided further, that the identity and negative status of such animals shall be maintained until release; and

010.02B All untested market test cattle, except as excluded above, shall move from the market to immediate slaughter. Backtagged market test cattle sold for shipment to immediate slaughter shall be released on a Shipper's Declaration (Form NSD-12).

010.02C Backtagged market test cattle sold for other than immediate slaughter shall be tested negative for brucellosis by the certified veterinarian prior to release, except as provided in 23 NAC 12-010.02D, below.

010.02D Market test cattle (1) not having a negative brucellosis test within thirty (30) days prior to being sold and shipped for other than immediate slaughter or (2) sold directly from certified brucellosis free herds for other than immediate slaughter shall not be released or removed from the market until officially tested negative.

010.02E All market test cattle from Class Band C states shall be brucellosis tested prior to sale. A negative test within the previous thirty (30) days is acceptable if the test information is on the health certificate or test chart accompanying the animals. Cattle released to a farm or ranch shall be quarantined by the market veterinarian to the farm or ranch. The quarantine shall be released following a negative test conducted within 45 to 120 days following issuance of the quarantine. Cattle released to a dealer or another market shall be accompanied by a health certificate. The health certificate shall state that the cattle will be quarantined for a retest upon being resold by the market or dealer. Cattle released to slaughter shall be released on a NSD-12 (Shippers Declaration).

010.02E Official Market Testing release requirements are as follows:
010.02E1a Animals tested at the market at private expense prior to sale;

010.02E1b All tests prior to sale shall be made in the name of the seller or consignor. Each tested animal shall be identified by official eartag and backtag. Negative animals from tested consignments wherein reactors are disclosed shall be either sent to immediate slaughter with VS Form 1-27 or returned to the farm of origin with quarantine for official program testing. If reactors are disclosed in consignments from other states, the entire consignment shall be sold for immediate slaughter provided, the negative animals may be returned to state of origin with permission from said state of origin in accordance with Title 9, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 78.

010.02E2a Tests conducted after sale at private expense on backtagged cattle not sold for immediate slaughter:

010.02E2b The lot of each purchaser shall be tested in his name; and tested animals shall be individually identified by official eartag and backtag. Reactors shall be tagged, branded, and shipped to immediate slaughter. Exposed animals tested negative from the lot of a seller where any reactor has been disclosed by test shall be sent to immediate slaughter with VS Form 1-27, and be either "S" branded or moved in sealed trucks.

010.02E3 All reactors disclosed at the market shall be tagged and branded prior to removal from the market.

010.02F Reactors, suspects or exposed animals consigned for sale shall move in commerce accompanied by a VS Form 1-27. Such animals shall be released only for immediate slaughter.

010.03 Release of Swine.

010.03A Feeding and breeding swine may move through a market, subject to the following requirements:
010.03A1 Such swine, originating in Nebraska, shall have been confined on the premises of origin for not less than thirty (30) continuous days preceding the movement through the market.

010.03A2 Swine infected with, exposed to, or suspected of having been exposed to any dangerous, infectious, contagious, communicable or otherwise transmissible disease shall be returned to the premises of the owner or moved to immediate slaughter. Swine affected with atrophic rhinitis or chronic arthritis and all swine originating in the same consignment, shall be identified by a yellow water resistant marking over or along the back.

010.03A3 Swine released from an auction market shall be confined on the premises of the purchaser for thirty (30) days separate from all other swine, except when moved directly out of Nebraska pursuant to the import requirements of the state of destination.

010.03B Slaughter swine, except garbage-fed swine, may move through a market, subject to the following requirements:
010.03B1 Native swine shall be moved directly to slaughter establishment, market, or dealer concentration point providing for state or federal inspection.

010.03B2 Swine originating in other states shall follow the import laws and regulations of this state.

010.03C Garbage-fed slaughter swine shall move to immediate slaughter.

010.04 Requirements for Release of Sheep.

010.04A Scabies. Sheep may move from a market, Provided:
010.04A1 They are consigned for immediate slaughter; or

010.04A2 They originate from a scabies free area, show no evidence of scabies, and have not been exposed thereto; or

010.04A3 They are from a non-quarantined flock or band in a federally designated scabies infected or eradication area, and treated within ten (10) days of movement with an approved pesticide under supervision of an approved veterinarian.

010.04B Ram Epididymitis. Breeding bucks shall be individually examined prior to sale, and shall be free of gross lesions of ram epididymitis.

010.04C Contagious Ecthyma (Sore Mouth). All sheep affected with, or exposed to, contagious ecthyma shall be immediately removed from the market and returned under quarantine to the premises of the seller or consignor.

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