South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 27 - CLEMSON UNIVERSITY STATE LIVESTOCK-POULTRY HEALTH COMMISSION
Article 15 - CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
Section 27-1020 - Intrastate Movement of Certain Animals
Universal Citation: SC Code Regs 27-1020
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024
A. Sheep and Goats
1. Definitions
a. Commercial hair sheep. Any commercial
sheep with hair rather than wool that is either a full-blooded hair sheep or
that resulted from the cross of a hair sheep with a white-faced wool
sheep.
b. Commercial sheep or goat.
Any animal from a flock from which animals are moved only either directly to
slaughter or through slaughter channels to slaughter or any animal that is
raised only for meat or fiber production and that is not registered with a
sheep or goat registry or used for exhibition.
c. Exposed animal:
i. Any animal that has been in the same flock
at the same time as a scrapie-positive female animal, excluding limited
contacts; or
ii. Any animal born in
a flock after a scrapie-positive animal was born into that flock or lambed in
that flock, if born before that flock completes the requirements of a flock
plan; or
iii. Any animal that was
commingled with a scrapie-positive female animal during or up to 30 days after
she lambed, kidded, or aborted, or while a visible vaginal discharge was
present, or that was commingled with any other scrapie-positive female animal
for 24 hours or more, including during activities such as shows and sales or
while in marketing channels; or
iv.
Any animal in a noncompliant flock.
d. Exposed flock. Any flock in which a
scrapie-positive animal was born or lambed. Any flock that currently contains a
female high-risk, exposed, or suspect animal that lambed in the flock and from
which tissues were not submitted for official testing and found negative. A
flock that has completed a post-exposure management and monitoring plan
following the exposure will no longer be an exposed flock.
e. Official ear tag. An identification eartag
approved by APHIS as being sufficiently tamper-resistant for the intended us
and providing unique identification for each animal. An official eartag may
conform to the alphanumeric National Uniform Eartagging system of another
system approved by APHIS, or it may bear a premises identification number that
either contains or is used in conjunction with the producer's livestock
production numbering system to provide a unique identification
number.
f. Official identification.
Identification mark or device approved by APHIS for use in the Scrapie
Eradication Program. Examples are listed in
9 CFR
79.2(a)(2).
g. Official identification device or method.
A means of officially identifying an animal or group of animals using devices
or methods approved by the AHPHIS Administrator, including, but not limited to,
official tags, tattoos, and registered brands when accompanied by a certificate
of inspection from a recognized brand inspection authority.
2. Official identification is
required upon change of ownership of all sheep and goats of any age not in
slaughter channels and any sheep over 18 months of age as evidenced by eruption
of the second incisor such that the animal may be traced to its flock of birth;
provided however:
a. Commercial goats in
intrastate commerce that have not been in contact with sheep are exempt from
this identification requirement. If there is a case of scrapie in a commercial
goat in South Carolina that originated in South Carolina and cannot be
attributed to exposure to infected sheep, or if there is an exposed commercial
goat herd in South Carolina, then this exemption is automatically revoked upon
publication in the State Register that such disease has been detected. The
Director shall proceed expeditiously to publish such notice, but in no case
shall such notice be published more than 90 days after detection of such
disease.
b. Commercial whitefaced
sheep or commercial hair sheep under 18 months of age in intrastate commerce
are exempt from this identification requirement. If there is a case of scrapie
in the exempted class that originated in South Carolina, then this exemption is
automatically revoked upon publication in the State Register that such disease
has been detected. The Director shall proceed expeditiously to publish such
notice, but in no case shall such notice be published more than 90 days after
detection of such disease.
B. [Reserved]
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