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Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 06 - Chronic Wasting Disease › Section 2-101-2-06-111

Current through June 25, 2024
Any person, persons, firm or corporation violating any of
					 the above regulations shall be guilty of the violation of the laws, rules and
					 regulations of the Mississippi Board of Animal Health. Sections
					 69-15-51
					 through
					 69-15-69
					 established an administrative hearing procedure under the Board of Animal
					 Health to enforce the rules and regulations of the Board of Animal Health and
					 the statutes and laws of the State of Mississippi pertaining to the control and
					 eradication of animal disease.
Miss. Code Ann.
					 §
											69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 07 - Disposition of Dead Animals › Section 2-101-2-07-100

Current through June 25, 2024
Proper disposal of one (1) or more carcasses and offal of
					 all livestock except poultry and swine reared in confined swine
					 operations.
1. Carcass(es) must be
				  properly disposed of at a depth sufficient to prevent offensive odors, fly
				  breeding, and unearthing by other animals, and shall be covered under at least
				  two (2) feet of compacted earth and after each settles, more dirt shall be
				  placed over surface to prevent ponding effect.
2. Carcass(es) shall be properly disposed of
				  on the owner's property, or on another's property with specific approval of the
				  owner, or in permitted landfills. The carcass(es) shall be properly disposed of
				  at least 150 feet from adjoining landowners property, at least 300 feet from an
				  inhabited dwelling, or on land not in cultivation. All carcasses shall be
				  properly disposed of before the end of the work day unless weather or
				  environmental conditions absolutely prohibit.
3. Information regarding proper disposal
				  techniques is available on the Board of Animal Health Website or may be
				  obtained by calling the State Veterinarian's office at 601-359-1170.
4. In case of the disposal of large numbers
				  of animal carcasses due to catastrophe or disease, it will be necessary to
				  contact the Board of Animal Health for approval of the disposal site. A trench
				  or pit shall be constructed in such a manner not to allow rainwater to drain
				  and must be approved by the state veterinarian.
5. Offal from processing facilities need a
				  disposal permit from the State Veterinarians Office. Amended: November 15,
				  2021
Miss. Code
					 Ann. §
											69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 07 - Disposition of Dead Animals › Section 2-101-2-07-101

Current through June 25, 2024
No dead swine, carcasses, offal or any parts of any dead
					 swine shall be disposed of by throwing or leaving along public roads, in fields
					 or woods or in any place; but must be properly disposed of in an approved
					 incinerator or compost system within 24 hours of death, or by transportation to
					 an approved rendering facility or permitted land fill.
1. The premises of each person growing swine
				  for himself or others, is hereby quarantined upon the placing of any dead swine
				  carcass in other than a, incinerator, compost unit approved by the Mississippi
				  Board of Animal Health, or properly transported to a rendering facility or
				  properly permitted landfill. Such quarantine shall not be applicable to any
				  person growing swine who provides and maintains a method of disposal of dead
				  swine carcasses that has been approved by the Mississippi Board of Animal
				  Health as satisfactory to him to prevent the spread of disease.
2. To aid in the enforcement of the laws of
				  this State, and these regulations, the Mississippi Board of Animal Health shall
				  issue to each person growing swine, for himself or others, a certificate of
				  compliance with the provisions of the laws relating to disease prevention and
				  these Regulations.
3. The
				  Mississippi Board of Animal Health shall determine the form and contents of the
				  certificate issued to the producer. The certificate shall be numbered and shall
				  be valid until cancelled or revoked by the Mississippi Board of Animal Health.
				  The violation of any of these Regulations shall be sufficient grounds for the
				  revocation, cancellation, or suspension of the certificate provided therein,
				  after notice and hearing.
4.
				  Incinerators, or compost units shall be designed constructed and maintained in
				  a manner capable of providing a method of disposal of dead swine carcasses in a
				  manner to prevent the spread of disease. Each such unit shall be utilized in
				  such a manner as to dispose of the contents thereof effectively. Disposal units
				  shall be of a design, and constructed in a manner, approved by the Mississippi
				  Board of Animal Health. Further that the composter or incinerator unit be
				  located at least 150 feet from the property line or 600 feet from the nearest
				  dwelling.
5. In cases of
				  catastrophic loss, emergency permits for disposal can be granted by contacting
				  the Mississippi Board of Animal Health.
Miss. Code Ann.
					 §
											69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 07 - Disposition of Dead Animals › Section 2-101-2-07-102

Current through June 25, 2024
Disposal of Poultry is covered in sections 105 and 106 of
					 Chapter 13 of this Subpart.
Miss. Code Ann.
					 §
											69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 08 - Livestock Dealers › Section 2-101-2-08-100

Current through June 25, 2024
A regulation to require any dealer who purchases, deals
					 in, or sells livestock, or who acts as commission representative or broker, or
					 who operates and conducts an auction where livestock are sold, to be registered
					 with the Mississippi Board of Animal Health and maintain required
					 records.
Miss. Code Ann.
					 §
											69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 08 - Livestock Dealers › Section 2-101-2-08-101

Current through June 25, 2024
By virtue of authority granted the Mississippi Board of
					 Animal Health under the provisions of the State Laws governing the Mississippi
					 Board of Animal Health, and particularly
Miss Code Ann.
Sections
					 69-15-9,
					 69-15-107,
					 69-15-115,
					 the following regulation is adopted governing dealer registration and record
					 keeping.
Miss. Code Ann.
					 §
											69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 08 - Livestock Dealers › Section 2-101-2-08-102

Current through June 25, 2024
The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to
					 them herein unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
1. "Dealer" or "Livestock Dealer" means any
				  person or agent who buys, sells or offers to sell, exchange, barter or
				  negotiate the sale of livestock in this state.
2. "Dealer" or "Livestock Dealer" does not
				  mean:
a. A person who offers to sell or trade
				  livestock which he has produced and raised;
b. a person who offers for sale or trade
				  livestock which he has owned or had in his possession for a period of 90 days
				  or longer and is not engaged in business of buying, selling, trading or
				  negotiating the transfer of livestock;
c. a person who purchases livestock for
				  breeding purposes and retains them in his possession for 90 days or
				  longer;
d. a person engaged in the
				  business of buying and slaughtering livestock for food and in marketing the
				  meat products therefrom, provided that all animals purchased are
				  slaughtered.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 08 - Livestock Dealers › Section 2-101-2-08-103

Current through June 25, 2024
All persons doing business as a dealer or livestock dealer
					 shall register annually with the Mississippi Board of Animal Health.
					 Application for such annual registration shall be made on forms provided by the
					 Mississippi Board of Animal Health or from one of its representatives, prior to
					 June 30th each year. The application shall state the
					 complete name and address of the person who is doing business as a dealer, and
					 all names, numbers or identification used by the person in doing business. The
					 initial application must be recommended by a representative of the Mississippi
					 Board of Animal Health and ratified or given final approval by the Board at a
					 regular meeting. All initial applications for dealer registration must be
					 submitted to Mississippi Board of Animal Health by November 1,
					 1982.
Miss. Code Ann.
					 §
											69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 08 - Livestock Dealers › Section 2-101-2-08-104.01

Current through June 25, 2024
Each registered person or agent shall keep a record of all
					 livestock. Slaughter buyers are excluded from the record keeping requirement
					 when the identification of each animal is a matter of record as required by
					 other regulations and all livestock in the shipment are consigned directly to
					 slaughter. The records shall include the following:
1. All permanent identification such a metal
				  ear tags, ear tattoos or Individual heat brands; and
2. Tag numbers or other identifying numbers
				  carried by or assigned to the livestock at the time of purchase by, or
				  consignment to, and at the time of sale by a dealer, broker, auctioneer,
				  auction market operator, or other intermediary or agent.
3. Official back tags will be acceptable
				  individual identification for beef breeds purchased in the country for
				  immediate sale at regular scheduled auction sales, stockyards or slaughtering
				  establishments. Dairy cattle must be identified with an ear tag or tattoo,
				  other than a back tag; except when they are consigned direct to slaughter, then
				  a back tag is acceptable.
4. The
				  name and address of the person who consigned the animal for sale or from where
				  the animal was purchased. If such animal was purchased at an auction, the name
				  and address of the auction market and the date of such consignment and
				  purchase.
5. The name and address
				  of the person or firm to whom the animal was sold and the date of such sale or
				  consignment.
6. The breed, sex, and
				  approximate age of each animal.
7.
				  the date and result of all Brucellosis (Bang's) test required for sale or
				  movement of each animal, or a copy of the official test record.
8. The date and result of EIA Test or a copy
				  of the official test record.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 08 - Livestock Dealers › Section 2-101-2-08-104.02

Current through June 25, 2024
The required information relating to the sale or purchase
					 of livestock shall be recorded immediately upon completion of the transaction
					 involved.
Miss. Code Ann.
					 §
											69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 08 - Livestock Dealers › Section 2-101-2-08-105

Current through June 25, 2024
The record of any livestock sale, or purchase, or other
					 transaction required as stated in this regulation shall be kept and retained in
					 the possession of the dealer, auctioneer, commission company, or auction market
					 for a period of at least two (2) years after each purchase or sale of any
					 livestock. All records, together with the entries therein, shall be available
					 for examination at all reasonable times by any agent or representative of the
					 Mississippi Board of Animal Health or U. S. Department of
					 Agriculture.
Miss. Code Ann.
					 §
											69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 08 - Livestock Dealers › Section 2-101-2-08-106

Current through June 25, 2024
The Mississippi Board of Animal Health may refuse to issue
					 or renew registration, or suspend or revoke a registration on any of the
					 following grounds:
1. Mis-statement in
				  the original application or renewal.
2. Disregard or violation of this regulation
				  or any regulation or rule pursuant thereto.
3. Aiding or abetting another in violation of
				  this act or of any regulation or rule pursuant thereto.
4. Allowing one's registration under this
				  regulation to be used by a non-registered person.
5. Pursuing a continued course of
				  misrepresentation of or making false promises through advertising, salesman,
				  agents or otherwise in connection with the business of a livestock
				  dealer.
Miss. Code Ann.
					 §
											69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 08 - Livestock Dealers › Section 2-101-2-08-107

Current through June 25, 2024
Hearing when the Mississippi Board of Animal Health
					 refuses to issue, renew, suspend or revoke a registration:
1. The Board at its discretion may:
a.refuse to issue a registration.
b. refuse to re-issue a
				  registration.
c. Permanently revoke
				  a registration.
d. temporarily
				  revoke a registration.
e. Suspend
				  the registration for a definite period of time.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 08 - Livestock Dealers › Section 2-101-2-08-108

Current through June 25, 2024
Any dealer failing to comply with any of the provisions of
					 this regulation, or interfering with any duly appointed representative of the
					 Mississippi Board of Animal Health or U.S.D.A. in the discharge of his duty, or
					 for having discharged his duties, shall be punished as authorized in Section
					 69-15-115 of
					 the Mississippi Code of 1972.
1. Any
				  registered dealer who shall receive more than one (1) letter of warning shall
				  have his registration suspended for a period of 60 days from the date of the
				  second or subsequent letter of warning.
2. Any dealer who is not registered or any
				  registered dealer whose registration is suspended who shall receive any letter
				  of warning shall have any registration revoked and may not apply for
				  registration revoked and may not apply for registration for a period of 30 days
				  from the date of the letter of warning.
3. These penalties and requirements are
				  cumulative and an addition to and not in place of any and all other
				  requirements, penalties, sanctions, prosecutions, or such which may be made,
				  assessed or had under any applicable statutes, rules, or regulations.
Miss. Code Ann.
					 §
											69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 09 - Livestock Sales › Section 2-101-2-09-100.01

Current through June 25, 2024
By virtue of authority granted the Mississippi Board of
					 Animal Health under the provisions of the State Laws governing the Mississippi
					 Board of Animal Health, and particularly
Miss. Ann. Code
69-15-9, 69-15-107, 69-15-115, the following regulation is adopted governing
					 the movement of cattle through livestock markets, commission markets,
					 stockyards, public auctions, or other places of livestock trading located and
					 operated within the State of Mississippi. For purposes of this regulation, a
					 livestock trading place is defined as any place, public or private, where
					 cattle are assembled for the purpose of sale or resale based upon the purchase
					 price of such cattle in an approved livestock market on the sale-day listed in
					 the livestock market facility agreement.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 09 - Livestock Sales › Section 2-101-2-09-100.03

Current through June 25, 2024
It shall be the duty of the operator or manager of each
					 livestock barn, commission barn, or auction sale or place of livestock trading
					 to notify the State Veterinarian by writing 30 days prior to holding such
					 sales.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 09 - Livestock Sales › Section 2-101-2-09-100.04

Current through June 25, 2024
Any cattle which are showing any signs of sickness or
					 symptoms of contagious and infectious diseases will not be allowed to be
					 offered for sale and shall be quarantined to the original shipper's premises or
					 original owner's premises.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 09 - Livestock Sales › Section 2-101-2-09-100.05

Current through June 25, 2024
This regulation shall apply to all animals so classified,
					 which are brought to or taken from all livestock sales wheresoever located,
					 whether said animals are sold, traded, or offered from sale or not, and whether
					 said animals are sold by the pound, head, or otherwise.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 09 - Livestock Sales › Section 2-101-2-09-100.06

Current through June 25, 2024
The operator or manager of each livestock barn, commission
					 barn, or auction sale or place of livestock trading shall select and have
					 employed during sales an accredited veterinarian who shall be specially
					 approved by the Mississippi Board of Animal Health to render professional
					 veterinary services and advice necessary to comply with this regulation. The
					 veterinarian employed shall have the authority to represent the Mississippi
					 Board of Animal Health in supervising the full compliance with this regulation.
					 He shall keep any and all records required by the Mississippi Board of Animal
					 Health to properly identify the movement of cattle going through each place of
					 business.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 09 - Livestock Sales › Section 2-101-2-09-100.07

Current through June 25, 2024
Any operator or manager of a livestock barn, commission
					 barn, auction sale, or other place livestock trading shall be guilty of a
					 violation of this regulation upon failure to select and employ an accredited
					 veterinarian or who shall, in any way, interfere with, obstruct, or fail to
					 fully cooperate with such veterinarian or representative of the Mississippi
					 Board of Animal Health in the performance of duties under this regulation and
					 shall be the performance of duties under this regulation and shall be subject
					 to prosecution as provided by law for any such failure.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 09 - Livestock Sales › Section 2-101-2-09-100.08

Current through June 25, 2024
The above regulation supplements all previous livestock
					 sales regulations pertaining to cattle.
Miss. Code Ann.
					 §
											69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 10 - Equine Infectious Anemia › Section 2-101-2-10-100 - E.I. A. Test Required

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Equines, except
				  nursing foals, entering Mississippi for any purpose must be accompanied by:
a. An official certificate of veterinary
				  inspection (OCVI) issued by a licensed accredited veterinarian, or state or
				  federal veterinarian showing the name, breed, registration number, if any,
				  tattoo or brand, if any, sex, age, color and markings of each horse listed on
				  the certificate. Name of laboratory, laboratory number, date of test, and test
				  results for each horse must be recorded on the health certificate.
b. Officially Approved Equine Passport in
				  place of OCVI.
c. Record of
				  physical examination of each animal, verifying animal to be free of symptoms of
				  any infectious, contagious, or communicable disease.
d. An official copy of the official
				  laboratory test for Equine Infectious.
(Coggins test), certifying the animal to be negative to
					 test within the past 12 months.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 10 - Equine Infectious Anemia › Section 2-101-2-10-101 - Testing For E.I.A

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Horses or other
				  equidae to be tested for equine infectious anemia (E.I.A.) must be completely
				  and properly identified by USDA Accredited, licensed, graduate
				  Veterinarians(s), using the official test forms provided by the office of the
				  State Veterinarian.
2. Only one
				  chart for each horse or other equidae to be tested shall be utilized by the
				  testing veterinarian. If the animal is registered, it's registration number
				  shall be entered on the chart. Further, any distinctive markings and their
				  location on the animal such as brands, tattoos, stars, snips, stockings, or
				  other markings shall also be noted on the official chart.
3. No person shall change, alter or forge the
				  names, dates, description, signature or other information on an official
				  certificate of veterinary inspection or equine infectious anemia test chart The
				  veterinarian who originally drew the blood for an equine infectious anemia test
				  may submit a corrected copy to the laboratory that conducted the test with that
				  laboratory reissuing the official test report. This corrected copy must be
				  clearly marked as a corrected copy.
4. A horse or other equidae receiving a
				  premises test shall not be sold or title otherwise transferred until the
				  results of the equine infectious anemia test performed on the animal is
				  returned. Positive test results shall automatically result in the quarantine of
				  the animal without further notice at the premises of the owner or where the
				  test was conducted.
5. The test
				  must be conducted at an approved laboratory and the name of the laboratory and
				  the case number must appear on the test chart. The test chart shall be
				  completely filled out and signed by the veterinarian and the owner or legal
				  representative of the owner.
6. All
				  tests for equine infectious anemia by laboratories other than the Veterinary
				  Diagnostic Laboratory of Mississippi shall be reported to the Board of Animal
				  Health. Any E.I.A. test on equine located in Mississippi shall be reported on
				  official forms furnished by the office of the State Veterinarian.
Miss. Code Ann.
					 §
											69-15-3
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 10 - Equine Infectious Anemia › Section 2-101-2-10-102

Current through June 25, 2024
Horse(s) or other equidae found positive to an official
					 test for equine infectious anemia shall have a confirmatory retest by State
					 Regulatory personnel, within fifteen (15) days of the initial
					 test.
Miss. Code Ann.
					 §
											69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 10 - Equine Infectious Anemia › Section 2-101-2-10-103

Current through June 25, 2024
Animals positive on the retest must be freeze branded on
					 the left side of the neck or left shoulder at the discretion of the state
					 equine inspector with the characters "65-A" and the official reactor number
					 assigned by the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. The owner of this reactor(s)
					 must submit the animal for branding by the regulatory personnel within fifteen
					 (15) days of the confirmatory test.
Miss. Code Ann.
					 §
											69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 10 - Equine Infectious Anemia › Section 2-101-2-10-104

Current through June 25, 2024
Any horse or other equidae found to be infected with
					 equine infectious anemia shall be isolated or sold for slaughter within seven
					 days of branding. Positive animals shall be subject to the following
					 disposition, at the option of the owner:
1. With approval of the State Veterinarian or
				  his designated inspector, the animal may be sold for slaughter to bona fide
				  slaughter buyers. E.I.A. reactors must be permitted on Form 1-27 provided by
				  the inspector for movement from farm to sale and/or from sale to slaughter
				  establishment, or
2. Quarantine of
				  the infected, branded, horse until death in an isolation facility on the
				  owner's premises or elsewhere, and said isolation facility to be approved by an
				  authorized representative of the Board of Animal Health. A written quarantine
				  will be issued for each case. Minimum standards for an approved isolation
				  facility shall be a plot or pasture located a minimum of 200 yards from any
				  other horse enclosure, or horse, or other equidae, except another know E.I.A.
				  Reactor. Owners of infected, branded horses shall not sell, barter, trade or
				  give away these horses except as provided in this regulation.
Miss. Code Ann.
					 §
											69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 10 - Equine Infectious Anemia › Section 2-101-2-10-105

Current through June 25, 2024
When a horse, mule, jack, or burro is found positive by an
					 official E.I.A. test and an E.I.A. retest by state personnel, all horses,
					 mules, jacks, and burros on the same premises (farm, pasture or stable), and
					 all other horses, mules, jacks, and burros located on adjacent farms, pastures,
					 or stables within 200 yards or other horses or equidae which shall have been so
					 located within 60 days prior to the positive testing of a horse or other
					 equidae officially tested by state regulatory personnel 30 to 45 days after the
					 isolation or removal of the positive reactor. All horses, mules, jacks and
					 burros on the same farm, pasture or stable of the E.I.A. positive animal, shall
					 be quarantined until officially tested after 30 to 45 days and found negative
					 to the E.I.A. test.
Miss. Code Ann.
					 §
											69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 10 - Equine Infectious Anemia › Section 2-101-2-10-106

Current through June 25, 2024
The owner of a positive horse is required to keep his
					 reactor isolated from all negative horses. The owner of a positive horse shall
					 relocate his horse in order to maintain the proscribed isolation distance from
					 any negative horses that move adjacent to the reactor. The owner of an isolated
					 equine shall notify the State Veterinarian when it becomes necessary to
					 relocate an isolated equine.
Miss. Code Ann.
					 §
											69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 10 - Equine Infectious Anemia › Section 2-101-2-10-107

Current through June 25, 2024
Positive animals moving interstate must meet applicable
					 regulations of the state of destination as well as Federal regulations. The
					 State Veterinarian may authorize the movement of infected animals to approved
					 facilities for research purposes. In the event of the development of an
					 approved treatment for E.I.A. the State Veterinarian may authorize the release
					 from quarantine animals successfully cleansed of the disease.
Miss. Code Ann.
					 §
											69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 10 - Equine Infectious Anemia › Section 2-101-2-10-108

Current through June 25, 2024
Any person, firm, or corporation which violates these
					 rules and regulations governing the control and eradication of equine
					 infectious anemia or the provisions of quarantine and movement of animals is
					 subject to prosecution for each such offense and penalties in accordance with
					 applicable sections of the
Mississippi Code
					 Annotated
.
Miss. Code Ann.
					 §
											69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 10 - Equine Infectious Anemia › Section 2-101-2-10-109.01 - E.I.A. Test Exceptions

Current through June 25, 2024
All equine offered for sale, or sold at regularly scheduled
					 horse sales, livestock markets, or by private treaty shall be tested for Equine
					 Infectious Anemia (E.I.A.) except:
1.
				  Equine being offered for sale that have a negative E.I.A. test within the past
				  twelve months. The equine must be properly identified on the test chart. The
				  negative test chart must be presented at the time of check-in.
2. Any E.I.A. positive horse or other equine
				  presented at a stockyard shall be placed in a designated pen in an area of the
				  market 300 yards away from all other equine. Said pen shall be clearly
				  identified as an E.I.A. pen.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 10 - Equine Infectious Anemia › Section 2-101-2-10-109.02

Current through June 25, 2024
Tests by approved stockyards Livestock markets or sales
					 that have previously approved permanent facilities and staff, including an
					 approved licensed graduate veterinarian, may handle Mississippi equine that do
					 not have a negative test provided each such Mississippi animal is tested as
					 provided in these regulations.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 10 - Equine Infectious Anemia › Section 2-101-2-10-109.03 - Veterinarian required

Current through June 25, 2024
Veterinarian required. Livestock markets or equine sales
					 offering to provide an E.I.A. test for Mississippi equine must employ a
					 licensed graduate veterinarian, approved by the Mississippi Board of Animal
					 Health.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 10 - Equine Infectious Anemia › Section 2-101-2-10-109.04 - Market and sale responsibility

Current through June 25, 2024
Livestock markets and all others conducting sales of
					 equine shall:
1. Send notices of all
				  sales to the Mississippi Board of Animal Health.
2. Obtain prior written approval from the
				  Mississippi Board of Animal Health at 30 days prior to the sale.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 10 - Equine Infectious Anemia › Section 2-101-2-10-109.05 - Check-ins

Current through June 25, 2024
Livestock markets and all others conducting sales of
					 equine shall have check-in procedures and:
1. See that the correct name and mailing
				  address of the owner is on the "check-in" form, along with the tag number of
				  the vehicle that transported the animal(s).
2. Apply a backtag or paint number at
				  "check-in" and note it on the "check-in" form.
3. See that all E.I.A. test records are
				  collected and presented to the market veterinarian and/or the state livestock
				  inspector for verification prior to the sale.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 10 - Equine Infectious Anemia › Section 2-101-2-10-109.06 - E.I.A. testing

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Equine must be
				  presented to the market or sale Veterinarian if testing is required, and
				  assistance must be provided to the veterinarian for drawing blood samples for
				  the E.I.A. test.
2. The market
				  veterinarian will be paid by the market or sales management. The veterinarian
				  will be charged by the approved lab. The market or sales management will be
				  responsible for collecting a fee from the seller.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 10 - Equine Infectious Anemia › Section 2-101-2-10-109.07 - Records

Current through June 25, 2024
The market or sales management must maintain records of
					 sales for a minimum of two (2) years, so that animals that react positively to
					 the E.I.A. test may be traced.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 10 - Equine Infectious Anemia › Section 2-101-2-10-109.08 - No private sales

Current through June 25, 2024
Those managing the sale shall prevent the sale of horses on
					 the premises that are not being offered for sale through the market or
					 sale.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 10 - Equine Infectious Anemia › Section 2-101-2-10-109.09 - Market or sale veterinarians

Current through June 25, 2024
Stockyard and sale veterinarians shall:
1. collect blood samples (5cc) in correct
				  type tube with identification for correlating to the proper animals from each
				  animal presented for test.
2.
				  Properly identify each animal tested on Mississippi Board of Animal Health
				  forms as to the name or registration number, age, sex, breed, color and
				  markings, brands, tattoos, scars, etc.
3. Promptly mail blood and charts to
				  Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.
4. Each market veterinarian involved in the
				  E.I.A. program shall have a signed approval from the Mississippi Board of
				  Animal Health.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 10 - Equine Infectious Anemia › Section 2-101-2-10-109.10 - E.I.A. approved dry lot

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Anyone desiring
				  to purchase reactor or "S" branded equine shall have an approved buying station
				  or holding area (dry lot) that will house only restricted animals. Others must
				  haul restricted equine directly to slaughter establishments or approved lots
				  pursuant to a VS 1-27 shipping permit.
2. Anyone desiring to participate in the
				  foregoing program must obtain prior approval from the Board of Animal Health
				  and sign an agreement to comply with the terms of this regulation and any
				  additional conditions that the Board may require.
Miss. Code Ann.
					 §
											69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 10 - Equine Infectious Anemia › Section 2-101-2-10-110

Current through June 25, 2024
Mississippi Board of Animal Health livestock inspectors
					 shall have the authority to:
1.
				  Monitor the "check-in" personnel of the market or sale to see that the sellers
				  are submitting the necessary E.I.A. test charts, and that they match the
				  description of the equine admitted.
2. Review the "check-in" records to see that
				  vehicle tags of sellers are recorded.
3. Check for the proper placement of
				  backtags.
4. Monitor for the safe
				  keeping of records.
5. Monitor to
				  prevent unauthorized sales of horses, that do not meet requirements, on the
				  premises other than through the auction.
6. Inspect for compliance with the rules and
				  regulations of the Mississippi Board of Animal Health.
Miss. Code Ann.
					 §
											69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 11 - Exotic Livestock › Definitions › Section 2-101-2-11-100.01 - Exotic Livestock

Current through June 25, 2024
Exotic Livestock- includes all exotic hooved or
						cloven-footed animals, to include all non-native cervids, exotic ruminants,
						non-domestic camelids, non-domestic swine, raised or maintained in captivity
						for the production of meat and other products, for sport, or for
						exhibition.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 11 - Exotic Livestock › Definitions › Section 2-101-2-11-100.02 - Exotic Livestock Facility

Current through June 25, 2024
Exotic Livestock Facility - is a premise where one or
						more exotic livestock are kept or reared for any purpose, or two or more
						premises under common ownership or supervision
Miss. Code Ann .
						§
												69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 11 - Exotic Livestock › Definitions › Section 2-101-2-11-101.01 - Exotic Livestock

Current through June 25, 2024
An Exotic Livestock Facility Permit shall be required by
						any person or entity owning exotic livestock. Applications for an Exotic
						Livestock Facility Permit shall be provided by the Board of Animal Health. Only
						fully completed applications will be considered. After application for a permit
						has been made, an inspection of the premise will be made. A permit shall be
						issued when the conditions for application for a permit have been met. This
						permit shall expire 12 months from date of issuance. Movement of all exotic
						livestock within the state shall require a permit prior to movement. Escapes of
						all exotic livestock must be reported to the State Veterinarian within 24 hours
						of discovery of such escape.
Miss. Code Ann .
						§
												69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 11 - Exotic Livestock › Definitions › Section 2-101-2-11-102.01

Current through June 25, 2024
Any person owning a wildebeest residing within the State
						of Mississippi must register such animal with the Board of Animal Health. No
						wildebeest may be moved within the State of Mississippi without a permit from
						the State Veterinarian. The owner of any wildebeest residing within this State
						may not allow his animal to have nose-to-nose contact with any cattle or
						bison.
Miss. Code Ann .
						§
												69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 12 - Entry Requirement › General › Section 2-101-2-12-100 - Certificates of Veterinary Inspection (CVI) Requirements

Current through June 25, 2024
Certificates of Veterinary Inspection (CVI) Requirements
						- Valid Certificates of Veterinary Inspection (CVI) are required on all animals
						except livestock and poultry moving directly to slaughter, moving directly to a
						licensed stockyard, approved tagging site or veterinary clinic for treatment.
						In addition certain classes of pets do not need a CVI. Only licensed graduate
						Accredited Veterinarians, or Veterinarians regularly employed by the state of
						origin, or Veterinary Services division of APHIS, USDA are authorized to
						inspect and issue official health certificates on livestock entering
						Mississippi.
Miss. Code
						Ann., §
												69-15-3
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 12 - Entry Requirement › General › Section 2-101-2-12-101 - Relation to Federal Requirements

Current through June 25, 2024
Livestock imports are to meet Mississippi and Federal
						interstate requirements, a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection, permit and/or
						waybill shall accompany the shipment as stipulated. No animal, including
						poultry, exotic or pet birds, or any species affected with, or recently exposed
						to any infectious, contagious or communicable disease, or that originated from
						a quarantined herd or area, shall be shipped or in any manner transported or
						moved into the State of Mississippi, except those animals affected with such
						diseases which are approved for interstate shipment by United States Department
						of Agriculture, APHIS, Veterinary Services, except for immediate slaughter.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 12 - Entry Requirement › General › Section 2-101-2-12-102 - Permits

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Requests for permits permits-shall be
					 directed to the Mississippi State Veterinarian. All international imports
					 require prior entry permit. The following information is required to secure the
					 permit:
a. Complete name and mailing
					 addresses of consignor and consignee;
b. Number, breed and sex of animals;
c. Purpose of shipment;
d. Brucellosis and Tuberculosis status of
					 test eligible cattle, swine and exotics: Pseudorabies status of swine;
e. Origin and destination if
					 different from item a..
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 12 - Entry Requirement › General › Section 2-101-2-12-103 - Duties of Carriers

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Owners and
					 operators of private and common carriers, trucks and other conveyances are
					 forbidden to move any livestock or poultry into, or through this state except
					 in compliance with provisions set forth in these regulations.
2. All railway cars, trucks, and other
					 conveyances used for the transportation of livestock and poultry shall be
					 maintained in a sanitary condition.
3. Any carrier failing to comply with any of
					 the provisions of this regulation, or interfering with any duly appointed
					 representative of the Mississippi Board of Animal Health or USDA in the
					 discharge of his duty, or having discharged of his duties, shall be deemed
					 guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as authorized in Sections
					 69-15-9,
					 69-15-111,
					 and
					 69-15-331
					 of the Mississippi Code, Annotated. (et. seq. 1972)
Miss. Code Ann .
						§
												69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 12 - Entry Requirement › General › Section 2-101-2-12-104

Current through June 25, 2024
All livestock entering Mississippi must be in compliance
						with the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal Disease Traceability
						Rule.
Miss. Code Ann .
						§
												69-15-3.
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 12 - Entry Requirement › Cattle › Section 2-101-2-12-105.01 - Identification

Current through June 25, 2024
Official individual identification is an approved
						identification device under federal requirements that is tamper-proof and
						uniquely identifies the animal to the premises on which it was identified.
						Examples include:
1. Official
					 alphanumeric U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) metal ear tags (National
					 Uniform Ear Tagging System Brite tags)
2. Official alphanumeric USDA metal
					 vaccination tags (Orange tags)
3.
					 Official 840 tags (radio-frequency identification [RFID] tags or
					 visual)
4. For Exhibition Purposes
					 Only
1. Official individual animal
					 registration identification accompanied by registration papers Official
					 individual identification is required and shall be listed on the Certificate of
					 Veterinary Inspection for the following classes of cattle and bison:
1. Breeding Beef Cattle
2. All Dairy Cattle
3. All Exhibition Cattle
a. Exhibition Cattle may use animal
					 registration number if accompanied by registration papers unless
b. Entered into a sale, in which case
					 Official Identification Tags must be used Official Individual Identification is
					 exempted for the following classes of cattle and bison
1. Animals Moving Directly to
					 Slaughter
2. Animals Moving to an
					 Approved Tagging Site
3. Animals
					 Moving to an Approved Stockyard
Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 2 - Administrative Rules › Chapter 12 - Entry Requirement › Cattle › Section 2-101-2-12-105.02 - Brucellosis

Current through June 25, 2024
The following requirements must be met for cattle to be
						eligible to enter Mississippi.
Cattle originating from states classified as:
1. Free States/Accredited Free Herds There
					 are no test requirements. No permit is required.
2. Non Free State or Area
a. Test eligible cattle from non-quarantined
					 herds (excluding certified brucellosis free herds) may enter Mississippi
					 provided the cattle have been tested and are negative to the official
					 brucellosis test within 30 days prior to entry, and are individually officially
					 identified on an official health certificate. Permit needed
b. Steers and spayed heifers from any herd
					 and official calfhood vaccinates of the dairy breeds under 20 months of age,
					 and official vaccinates of the beef breeds under 24 months of age, which are
					 not parturient or post parturient, from non-quarantined herds, can enter
					 without test restrictions.