New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 21 - AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING
Chapter 30 - ANIMALS AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part 6 - BOVINE TRICHOMONIASIS
Section 21.30.6.8 - IMPORT REQUIREMENTS
Universal Citation: 21 NM Admin Code 21.30.6.8
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Breeding bull.
(1) All
non-virgin bulls entering New Mexico must be accompanied by a certificate of
veterinary inspection (CVI) and an import permit. All non-virgin bulls, except
as noted in Paragraph (7) of this subsection (below), shall be accompanied by a
certificate of veterinary inspection (CVI), import permit and a negative
official T. foetus test within 60 days prior to entry and no
sexual contact between testing and entry.
(2) If the pre-entry test is not an official
T. foetus test and is not conducted at a laboratory approved
by the American association of veterinary laboratory diagnosticians or the New
Mexico state veterinarian, an in-state, post-entry test shall be required
within 10 days of entry into New Mexico.
(3) No bull which has ever previously tested
positive for T. foetus shall enter New Mexico unless the bull
is consigned directly to slaughter and is individually identified for movement
by a NMLB approved method.
(4) Each
CVI issued for bulls covered under this rule shall bear one of the following
statements:
(a) "T. foetus
has not been diagnosed in the herd of origin"; or
(b) "The bull(s) represented on this CVI have
had a negative official T. foetus bull test within 60 days
prior to entry and there has been no female contact since the last qualifying
test."
(5) The
veterinarian issuing the CVI shall forward a copy of all official negative
T. foetus tests for the bull(s) represented on the CVI to the
New Mexico state veterinarian's office.
(6) No bull from a known positive T.
foetus herd shall enter New Mexico unless the bull has three
consecutive negative official T. foetus bull tests at least a
week apart within 60 days prior to entry. The post-entry official test is also
required. Bulls must be isolated from all females until the in-state test
results are known. Identification procedures are listed below.
(7) Exceptions to the importation testing and
slaughter surveillance requirements are:
(a)
transient rodeo or exhibition (show) bulls, which shall have no sexual contact
with a female bovine and are held in a secure facility to prevent such contact
(does not include pasture) while in New Mexico;
(b) bulls consigned direct to slaughter;
or
(c) bulls consigned to confined
feeding; or
(d) bulls originating
from a certified trichomoniasis-free herd, in a state with requirements
equivalent to those New Mexico has in place for such a herd designation, as
determined by the New Mexico state veterinarian. This exemption requires
documentation of current trichomoniasis-free certification in the state of
origin and a copy of the program requirements for certification.
B. Reproductive bovine female.
(1) No female bovine
originating from a known positive T. foetus herd will be
allowed to enter New Mexico. Exceptions include the following:
(a) on the premises of origin, there were
three consecutive official negative T. foetus tests of the
entire bull population and the only allowed females are those which:
(i) have a calf at side and no exposure to
other than known negative bulls since parturition; or
(ii) are at least 120 days pregnant;
or
(iii) are known virgin heifers;
or
(iv) are heifers exposed only to
known negative bulls and not yet 120 days pregnant; or
(v) are documented to have had at least 120
days of sexual isolation; and
(vi)
no other female will be allowed entry into New Mexico for breeding purposes
from such herds;
(b)
consigned directly to slaughter or to a quarantined feedlot.
(2) Bovine breeding
females must have the following statement placed on the CVI and signed by the
owner/manager of the herd of origin:
(a) "the
cows listed on this CVI did not originate from a known positive T.
foetus herd"; or
(b) "the
cows listed on this CVI are at least 120 days pregnant"; or
(c) "the cows listed on this CVI originated
from a positive T. foetus herd and are consigned for
slaughter"; or
(d) "the heifers
listed on this CVI were exposed for their first breeding only to a known
negative T. foetus bull or artificially inseminated and are
not yet 120 days pregnant"; or
(e)
"the females listed on this CVI have had at least 120 days of sexual isolation
immediately preceding the date of their movement into New Mexico."
C. Commuter permitted cattle.
(1) All bulls must be
negative to an official T. foetus test within 60 days prior to
entry. There shall be no commingling between testing and entry. All purchased
bulls added to herd shall comply with test provisions.
(2) In any herd, should a bull be a positive
T. foetus bull, he shall be identified and sold to slaughter
only.
(a) All remaining bulls must test
negative on three consecutive official tests at least one week apart.
(b) Only females which have a calf at side
and no exposure to other than known negative T. foetus bulls
since parturition, are at least 120 days pregnant, are known virgin heifers or
are heifers exposed only to known negative bulls and not yet 120 days pregnant
shall be allowed to accompany the commuting herd. Other open cows shall be sold
to slaughter, moved under quarantine to be fed for slaughter or artificial
insemination or held in sexual isolation for a 120 day period.
D. Import permit.
(1) All cattle must obtain an
import permit, which will be recorded on the CVI.
(2) All cows originating from a premises
where T. foetus has been diagnosed within the last year must
obtain an import permit, and prior approval for entry from the New Mexico state
veterinarian, which will be recorded on the CVI.
E. Public livestock sales (auctions).
(1) All out-of-state bulls
must be accompanied by an import permit.
(2) All non-virgin bulls (imported) shall be
accompanied by an official laboratory negative T. foetus test,
conducted within 60 days prior to sale with no exposure to bovine females from
the time of sample collection until sold. Any bull without a test will be
placed under quarantine and tested at the livestock sale premises within 10
days of sale or will be sold for slaughter purposes only. Bulls shall be
isolated from all females until the in-state test results are known.
Identification procedures are listed below.
(3) All bulls not qualifying as above will be
announced in the sale ring as having "unknown T. foetus
status" and shall be so designated on the buyer's documents. Such bulls shall
be identified with a back tag designating them as having no T.
foetus test prior to being offered for sale.
(4) Untested bulls may be sold for confined
feeding. To be removed from confined feeding, bulls must go directly to
slaughter or have a negative official T. foetus bull test or
have been castrated.
(5) Bovine
breeding females shall be accompanied by one of the following statements signed
by the owner/manager of the herd of origin on the CVI or other suitable
document. In the absence of one of these statements, any female bovine over the
age of 12 months shall be consigned and sold to slaughter (or quarantined feed
for slaughter) only:
(a) "The cows listed on
this document did not originate from a known positive T.
foetus herd."
(b) "The
heifers on this document have been exposed to only known negative T.
foetus bulls and are not yet 120 days pregnant."
(c) "The cows listed on this document are at
least 120 days pregnant." or
(d)
"The cows listed on this document originate from a positive T.
foetus herd and are consigned for slaughter."
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