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NVAP Reference Guide - Interstate

Movement of Cattle, Horses, Swine,

Sheep and Goats

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Preface

Introduction

Control and Eradication

Brucellosis

Johne’s Disease

Pseudorabies (PRV)

Tuberculosis

Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies

Scrapie

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)
Poultry

National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP)

Avian Influenza (AI)

Exotic Newcastle disease (END)

Equine Disease

Aquatic Animal

Aquatic Animal National Health Plan

Aquatic Animal Health Activities

Animal Health Emergency Management

Animal Health Emergency Management

Emergency Response Structure

National Response Framework (NRF)

National Incident Management System (NIMS)

National Animal Health Emergency Management System (NAHEMS)

Foreign Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Plan (FAD PReP)

FAD Recognition and Initial Response

National Animal Health Emergency Response Corps (NAHERC)

Notifiable Diseases and Conditions

WOAH and International Standards

Cleaning and Disinfection

Importance of Cleaning & Disinfection

Cleaning

Disinfection

Regulation of Disinfectants

Safety

Disease Surveillance

Laboratory Submissions

Animal Movement

Interstate Regulations

Interstate Movement of Cattle, Horses, Swine, Sheep and Goats

Issuing Interstate Animal Movement Documents

International Animal Movement
Issuing International Health Certificates (IHCs) for Live Animal Movement

Common Problems Observed on Certificates for Live Animal Movement

Animal Identification 

Animal Identification

Cattle Identification

Swine Identification

Equine Identification

Sheep and Goat Identification

Fowl Identification

Compliance and Regulations

Appendix

A: 9 CFR PARTS 160, 161, and 162

B: APHIS VS District Offices

C: State Animal Health Officials

D: Forms

E: Other Organizational Information with Contact Points

F: Web Sites

G: Equine Teeth and Aging

Cattle

Feeder cattle and those cattle and bison that move directly to slaughter do not

require individual official identification; i.e., may move on backtags. 

With some exemptions in described in  86.4, these are required:

Beef cattle and bison:

sexually intact and 18 months or older

used for rodeo or recreational events (regardless of age)

used for shows or exhibitions

Dairy cattle:
all female dairy cattle

all male dairy cattle born after March 11, 2013

(see the section entitled “Current Animal Identification”) and accompanied by a

Certificate of Veterinary Inspection or other document. Exceptions apply to certain

movements, such as when there is no change of ownership or movements to certain

stockyards or slaughtering establishments. Check with your APHIS –VS Area Offices

or your State animal health official. Contact information for them is contained in

Appendixes 2 and 3.

Horses

For interstate movements, most States require that horses be individually identified

and accompanied by a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection. Specific requirements,

such as proof of negative EIA testing, or other restrictions of movement based on

regional or national disease conditions such as neurological Equine Herpes Virus,

equine piroplasmosis, or Contagious Equine Metritis, are dictated by each importing

state.

Swine

For interstate movements, all swine must be individually identified with official

identification unless the swine are kept as a group. The CFR part 71.19 explains the

requirements for group shipment of swine. Additionally, swine moving within a

production system do not need to be individually identified if there is a swine

production health plan agreement, as defined in 9 CFR Part 71.1, in place. Producers

who are moving swine via interstate commerce within their production system may

qualify if all the necessary agreements are implemented. To qualify for within

production system movements the producer would need to develop a swine

production health plan. The plans have to be approved by both the sending and

receiving swine State animal health officials.  There are also additional requirements

on moving swine within a production system.  These requirements are explained in 9

CFR 71.19(g) 

Sheep and Goats
For interstate movement, CVIs are required, as specified by 9 CFR 79.3, for certain

interstate movements of sheep and goats. CVIs may be required for other classes of

animals by some States. For sheep and goats, CVIs are required for:

Breeding sheep and goats (any sexually intact animal that is not moving

directly to slaughter, through slaughter channels to slaughter, or to a feedlot to

enhance its condition for movement to slaughter) except

Sheep and goats being moved to a federally approve market;

Sheep and goats being moved for grazing without change of ownership;

Low-risk commercial sheep that require an owner and veterinary

statement instead of a CVI;

Low-risk commercial breeding goats (Note: an owner and veterinary

statement is not required, unlike the practice for low-risk commercial

sheep. Goats that have been commingled with sheep or that are in CO, MI,

or IL do not qualify for the low-risk commercial goat exemption);

Sexually intact sheep or goats for exhibition (some states or shows may

require CVIs for wethers).

Please note that scrapie-positive, suspect, and high-risk animals, some exposed

animals, and animals that originated in an infected or source flock require permits

rather than CVIs. Contact the VS District Office for further information on these

permits. 

A certificate must show

Individual animal identification numbers including: the official eartag number(s),

breed association registration tattoo or brand numbers, breed association

registration number and any other official individual identification on each animal to

be moved. Except that in the case of animals identified flock ID that is assigned to

the flock of origin and that meets the requirements for individual animal

identification, the flock ID may be recorded instead of the individual identification

number. (Copies of the registration papers can be attached to the CVI in lieu of

recording all registration information on the certificate. Other attachments may also

be used to list the identification of the animals as permitted in 9 CFR 79.5(b), in lieu

of recording them directly on the certificate.)

Number of animals covered by the certificate.

Purpose for which the animals are to be moved.
Points of origin and destination.

The consignor and the consignee.

A statement by the issuing accredited or State or Federal veterinarian that the

animals were not exhibiting clinical signs associated with scrapie at the time of

examination. 

(State CVIs that have certification statements indicating that “the animals have

no history of clinical signs or exposure to contagious or infectious diseases,” or

words to that effect, will suffice in lieu of the specific scrapie statement). 

For additional information, please refer to the section on “Identification

Requirements” in the Scrapie Eradication— Uniform Methods and Rules (271.72 KB).

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