Pennsylvania Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services
Chapter 3a - TEMPORARY GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPORTATION AND INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF CERVIDS AND CAMELIDS-STATEMENT OF POLICY
Section 3a.4 - Intrastate transportation of cervids

(a) Identification required. A cervid that is transported from one location within this Commonwealth to another location within this Commonwealth for sale, exhibition or commingling with other domestic animals shall be individually identified by a unique ear tag issued or approved by the Department, or by a permanent tattoo or unique mark approved by the Department, or by some other device or means of identification used with the advance written approval of the Department.

(b) Health requirements. As a condition of intrastate transportation of cervids for sale, exhibition or commingling with other domestic animals, each cervid that is 12 months of age or older shall be accompanied by the written certification of a USDA-accredited veterinarian that the animal identified in that document is brucellosis test-negative and tuberculin test-negative, according to USDA recommended protocols, no more than 180 days prior to movement.

(c) Exemptions. A cervid shall be exempt from the identification and health requirements of subsections (a) and (b) if the cervid is moved intrastate directly to slaughter, a hunting preserve for purposes of being shot or to an exhibition where there are no other hoof stock.