Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 02 - Agriculture, Department of › Rule 02.08.01 - SHEEP AND GOAT RULES OF THE IDAHO SHEEP AND GOAT HEALTH BOARD › Section 02.08.01.201 - IDENTIFICATION OF BREEDING SHEEP

Current through August 31, 2023
01.
Assignment of APHIS Approved Idaho Premises/Flock Identification
			 Numbers
. The Board or its designee will assign APHIS-approved Idaho
			 premises/flock identification numbers with unique individual animal
			 identification numbers to Idaho sheep and goat flocks/herds.
			 (3-23-23)
02.
Responsibility
			 for Identification
. Owners and possessors of breeding sheep and goats
			 bear the cost and responsibility of obtaining the identification devices and
			 placing the device in or on the animal. (3-23-23)
03.
Time of Identification
. All
			 owners or possessors of breeding sheep and goats in Idaho will identify all
			 breeding stock in the flock of any age with a premises/flock identification
			 number before transfer of ownership or possession, show, sale, or other
			 movement unless the animals are under eighteen (18) months of age and are in
			 slaughter channels. (3-23-23)
04.
Importation Identification
. Breeding sheep or goats imported into
			 the state must be identified with a premises/flock identification number before
			 entry into the state. (3-23-23)
05.
Loss of Identification
. Breeding sheep or goats sold within the
			 state retain the original premises/flock identification number. In the event an
			 animal loses a premises/flock identification device, the owner of the animal
			 will re-identify the animal with his or her flock identification number and
			 maintain records to document the original and new flock identification numbers.
			 (3-23-23)
06.
Acceptable
			 Identification
. Acceptable devices for application of the premises/flock
			 identification number to breeding sheep and goats include: APHIS-approved ear
			 tags bearing the premises/flock identification number, legible tattoos bearing
			 the premises/flock identification number, approved Scrapie Flock Certification
			 Program identification devices, except electronic identification, and other
			 identification devices approved by APHIS except electronic identification.
			 (3-23-23)
07.
Identification
			 Exemption
. Animals exempt from the requirement for identification with a
			 premises/flock identification number include: (3-23-23)
a. Neutered animals under eighteen (18)
			 months of age. (3-23-23)
b.
			 Sexually intact market lambs under eighteen (18) months of age shipped directly
			 to an approved slaughter establishment or shipped directly to a feedlot for
			 finish feeding for slaughter only. (3-23-23)
c. Animals which have not been removed from
			 their premises of origin and/or transferred ownership with the exception of
			 white-face low-risk range sheep as defined in the 9 CFR Part 79 which are moved
			 for grazing or other management purposes and do not change ownership.
			 (3-23-23)
d. Castrated or low-risk
			 commercial goats. (3-23-23)
e.
			 Registered sheep and goats accompanied by registration papers or a certificate
			 of veterinary inspection with legible unique registration tattoos.
			 (3-23-23)
f. Goats registered with
			 a National Goat Registry that allows for electronic implant identification, as
			 recorded on a registration certificate, may be identified with an electronic
			 implant. (3-23-23)