History: 1994 AACS.
R 287.712 Cattle importation lots.
Rule 12. (1) Cattle importation lots shall be registered with the department on an
application form provided by the department.
(2) A cattle importation lot may be a designated lot, parcel, pasture, premises,
facility, or confined area.
(3) Registration shall not be issued unless the importation lot has been inspected by
the director and found to meet all of the following requirements:
(a) A cattle importation lot shall be constructed and operated to prohibit cattle in
the importation lot from making contact with, or disseminating a contagious or
infectious disease to, livestock other than cattle in the importation lot.
(b) Livestock other than cattle in the importation lot shall not have access to manure
or other waste material from the cattle importation lot.
(c) Drainage from a cattle importation lot shall not be permitted to flow into areas
accessible to livestock other than cattle in the importation lot.
(d) A cattle importation lot shall be maintained in
excessive accumulation of manure or waste material.
a
condition free from the
(4) Cattle which are capable of reproduction, which originate directly from states that
are not declared free of bovine brucellosis for the last 6 years by the USDA or which
originate directly from states that are not declared free of bovine tuberculosis by the
USDA, and which do not go directly to slaughter shall be placed in an importation
lot.
(5) Cattle which are capable of reproduction and which are imported into this state
shall be accompanied by both of the following:
(a) An official interstate health certificate or official interstate certificate of
veterinary inspection, which shall be given to the consignee at the point of
destination.
(b) A prior entry permit.
(6) Nonnative cattle which are capable of reproduction and which enter this state
shall be individually uniquely identified on the official interstate health certificate
or official interstate certificate of veterinary inspection. The individual unique
identification shall be either of the following:
(a) A USDA, APHIS, VS official ear tag.
(b) A USDA, APHIS, VS-approved backtag.
(7) Within 10 working days after importation into this state, cattle which are
capable of reproduction and which have been individually uniquely identified with
a USDA, APHIS, VS-approved backtag shall be permanently identified with an
official ear tag.
(8) The official ear tag shall be recorded by the consignee at the point of destination on
the official interstate health certificate or official certificate of veterinary inspection.
The recording shall be done in a manner so that cattle which are imported into this
state and which are identified by a USDA, APHIS, VS-approved backtag will
correspond to the USDA, APHIS, VS official ear tag.
(9) The consignee shall forward to the department, within 10 working days after the
importation into this state of cattle that are capable of reproduction, a copy of the
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