Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part XXI - Animals and Animal Health › Chapter 7 - Cattle, Bison, and other Bovine (Formerly Chapter 3) › Subchapter B - Brucellosis Regulations › Section XXI-713 - Governing the Sale of Cattle in Louisiana by Livestock Dealers (Formerly Section 309)

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All cattle which
				  are sold or offered for sale by livestock dealers must meet the general
				  requirements of
				  §305 and the following specific
				  requirements.
1.
Brucellosis
a. No cattle may be sold or purchased from
Brucellosis
quarantined herds, except as provided for in
				  §729
b.
i. All cattle 12 months of age are to be
Brucellosis
test negative 30 days prior to sale. Exceptions
				  are:
(a). steers and spayed
				  heifers;
(b). individually
				  identified official
Brucellosis
calfhood vaccinated heifers
				  under 20 months of age for dairy breeds and under 24 months of age for beef
				  breeds, which are not parturient or post-parturient, that originate in and move
				  directly from, a herd known not to be infected. The vaccination tattoo must be
				  recorded on the health certificate;
(c). individually identified cattle
				  originating in and moving directly from a
Brucellosis
certified free herd. The certified herd number must be recorded on the health
				  certificate;
(d). bulls less than
				  18 months of age.
(e). those
				  consigned to slaughter. An official back tag shall be applied prior to sale.
ii. In instances where
Brucellosis
reactors are found, the reactor animals must be
				  branded with a 3-inch hot brand on the left jaw with the letter "B" and a
Brucellosis
reactor tag must be placed in the left ear. The
				  branding of reactors and placement of reactor tags must be accomplished
				  immediately after the animals are found to be
Brucellosis
reactors. All other cattle that have been commingled with the reactor animals
				  for more than 24 hours are considered exposed and must be branded on the left
				  jaw or high on the tail head by a 3-inch hot brand with the letter "S." The
				  reactor and exposed cattle shall be separated from all other cattle immediately
				  and placed in quarantine pens, identified as such by conspicuously placed
				  signs. The movement of such cattle shall be restricted to:
(a). the reactor cattle must be sold directly
				  to an approved slaughter establishment or to an approved livestock auction
				  market for sale to an approved slaughter establishment. These animals must be
				  accompanied by a VS Form 1-27;
(b).
				  the exposed cattle may be moved to an approved slaughter establishment or to a
				  state-federal approved quarantine feedlot, or to an approved livestock auction
				  market to be sold to an approved slaughter establishment or to an approved
				  quarantine feedlot. These animals must move on a VS Form 1-27. The exceptions
				  to these restrictions are steers and spayed heifers.
c.
i. All heifer calves between 4 and 12 months
				  of age must be vaccinated with USDA approved
Brucellosis
vaccine prior to being sold or at the first point of sale but in no case shall
				  any heifer calf 4 to 12 months of age remain unvaccinated for
Brucellosis
more that 15 days after the date of sale.
				  Exceptions to this paragraph are heifer calves 4 to 12 months of age which are
				  transported out of the state within 15 days of the date of their
				  sale.
ii. Until Louisiana is
				  officially classified as
Brucellosis
class A in the
Code of Federal Regulations
by the USDA Animal and Plant
				  Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services, all heifers and cows over 12
				  months of age, must be official
Brucellosis
vaccinates,
				  (calfhood or adult), or be from a producer's herd, (not a herd owned by the
				  dealer), that has had a complete negative
Brucellosis
herd
				  test conducted in the past 12 months, be negative to a
Brucellosis
test within 30 days prior to, or at the time of
				  purchase by the dealer and the animals do not come in contact with animals
				  other than those from the herd of origin. The dealer must keep a copy of the
				  complete negative
Brucellosis
herd test with his records, to
				  show that the animals have met the above requirements.
iii. All livestock dealers must do the
				  following with all of their cattle herds in order for them to be in compliance
				  with this regulation and before they can sell any heifers and cows over 12
				  months of age from cattle herds owned by them.
(a). All livestock dealers must identify and
				  record with the Livestock Sanitary Board all of their cattle herds.
(b). All livestock dealers must test all of
				  their cattle herds annually.
(c).
				  All permitted livestock dealers must maintain records and appropriate documents
				  to show that purchased heifers and cows added to their herds met the
Brucellosis
testing requirements in effect at the time of
				  purchase.
d.
				  Cattle over 6 months of age originating in
Brucellosis
quarantined areas must originate from a qualified herd (known not to be
				  infected), and must be
Brucellosis
test negative not less than
				  30 days from the date of herd qualification and within 30 days of the date of
				  sale. The date and results of the test and individual identification of each
				  animal must be recorded on the official health certificate.
e. All cattle over 12 months of age must be
Brucellosis
test negative within 30 days prior to purchase
				  from herds not under quarantine for
Brucellosis
. The official
				  test chart, health certificate, or a certificate of veterinary inspection, or
				  an individual
Brucellosis
test record, must be kept for a
				  period of 24 months following the purchase of any
Brucellosis
tested cattle. Exceptions to this Paragraph are:
i. steers and spayed heifers;
ii. individually identified official
Brucellosis
calfhood vaccinated heifers under 20 months of age
				  for dairy breeds and under 24 months of age for beef breeds;
iii. individually identified cattle
				  originating in and moving directly from a certified
Brucellosis
free herd;
iv. test eligible cattle may be moved from a
				  producer's premises to a dealer's premises en route to an approved stockyard or
				  approved slaughter establishment without being tested for
Brucellosis
, provided the test is completed within 72 hours of
				  movement from the producer's premises and records are maintained to identify
				  the animals and identify the herd of origin. Contact with other cattle is not
				  permitted.
v. those consigned to
				  slaughter. An official back tag shall be applied prior to sale.