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Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.10 - Preventing Spread of Glanders

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
No person owning or having the care or custody of any animal
				affected with glanders or farcy, or which there is a reason to believe is
				affected with said disease, shall lead, drive or permit such animal to go on or
				over any public grounds, unenclosed lands, street, road, public highway, lane
				or alley; or permit such animal to drink at any public watering trough, pail or
				spring, or keep such diseased animal in any enclosure in or from which such
				diseased animal may Corne in contact with, or in proximity to, any animal not
				affected with such disease.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				163.20.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.11 - Disposal of Diseased Animal

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Whenever any animal affected with glanders dies or is destroyed
				the carcass of such animal shall be disposed of as determined by the
				department.
As glanders is transmissible to human beings great care must be
				exercised in handling diseased animals or carcasses.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				163.1.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.12 - Glanders Quarantine

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
It shall be the duty of the chief of division of animal
				industry to maintain quarantine on all animals affected with glanders until
				such animals have been destroyed by consent of the owner or otherwise, and
				carcasses disposed of in accordance with 64.11(163) and the premises where the
				same have been kept thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				163.2.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.13 - Tests for Glanders and Farcy

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
In suspected cases of glanders and farcy the most efficient
				field test is the intrapalpebral mallein test, and as valuable aids to
				diagnosis the mallein Strass' agglutination and precipitation tests shall be
				recognized.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				163.1.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.15 - Blackleg

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Upon the appearance of an outbreak of blackleg on any premises
				all calves and yearlings on the premises should be promptly immunized. All
				carcasses of animals dead of blackleg must be burned intact without removal of
				the hide. Such carcasses may be disposed of by removal within 24 hours by the
				operator of a regularly licensed rendering plant. In the event that the owner
				of any animal dead from blackleg neglects or refuses to make such disposition
				of the carcass or carcasses as indicated above, then in such cases the disposal
				shall be handled in accordance with 61.33(163).
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections
				167.18
				and
				163.2.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.17 - Notification of Chief of Animal Industry

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
It shall be the duty of any city or local board of health or
				township trustees, whenever notice is given of animals being affected with
				rabies, glanders, scabies, classical swine fever or any contagious or
				infectious disease or having been exposed to the same, to promptly notify the
				state veterinarian.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				163.17.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.23 - Rabies-exposed Animals

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Whenever rabies is known to exist in any Cornmunity it shall be
				the duty of all owners of dogs or other exposed animals to immediately confine
				such dogs or animals securely to prevent them from spreading the infection
				should they develop the disease.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				351.39.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.24 - Rabies Quarantine

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
When quarantine is established in any Cornmunity on account of
				the existence of rabies all dogs not confined or muzzled shall be promptly
				destroyed.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				351.40.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.25 - Control and Prevention of Rabies

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Antirahies vaccine.
a.
			 Vaccines and immunization procedures reCornmended in the Cornpendium of Animal
			 Rabies Vaccines prepared by the National Association of Public Health
			 Veterinarians, Inc. are approved by the Iowa department of agriculture and land
			 stewardship.
b. Reserved.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.30 - Scabies or Mange Quarantine

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Whenever the state veterinarian shall have knowledge of any
				horses, cattle, sheep or swine affected with scabies or mange, owners of any
				horses, cattle, sheep or swine affected shall medicate the animals at intervals
				the state veterinarian deems necessary with a method approved by the state
				veterinarian.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				166A.8.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.32 - State Fairgrounds-disinfection of Livestock Quarters

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
It shall be the duty of the chief of division of animal
				industry to supervise the disinfection of all buildings, stalls and pens at the
				state fairgrounds just prior to the opening of such fair and to supervise the
				disinfecting daily of hog pens and such other enclosures.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				163.1.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.33 - County Fairs-disinfection of Livestock Quarters

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
It shall be the duty of all secretaries of all county fairs or
				exhibitions of livestock in the state of Iowa, excepting the Iowa state fair,
				to supervise the disinfecting of all buildings, stalls and pens prior to the
				opening of such county fair or exhibition of livestock and to disinfect hog
				pens and all such enclosures daily during such fairs and exhibitions.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				163.1.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.34 - Health Requirements for Exhibition of Livestock, Poultry and Birds at the State Fair, District Shows and Exhibitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
General requirements.
All animals, poultry and birds intended for any exhibition will be considered
			 under quarantine and not eligible for showing until the owner or agent presents
			 an official Certificate of Veterinary Inspection. The certificate must be
			 issued by an accredited veterinarian within 30 days (14 days for sheep) prior
			 to the date of entry; and must indicate that the veterinarian has inspected the
			 animals, poultry or birds and any nurse stock that accompany them, and that
			 they are apparently free from symptoms of any infectious disease (including
			 warts, ringworm, footrot, draining abscesses and pinkeye) or any communicable
			 disease. Individual Certificates of Veterinary Inspection will not be required
			 in certain classes, if the division superintendent for the exhibition has made
			 prior arrangements with the official fair veterinarian to have all animals and
			 birds inspected on arrival.
(2)
Breeding cattle.
a.
Tuberculosis.
Cattle originating from a USDA accredited-free state or
			 zone may be exhibited without other testing requirements when accompanied by a
			 Certificate of Veterinary Inspection that lists individual official
			 identification. Cattle from a herd or area under quarantine for tuberculosis
			 may not be exhibited. Cattle from a state or zone which is not a USDA
			 accredited-free state or zone must meet the following requirements:
(1) Have had an individual animal test
			 conducted within 60 days of the exhibition; or
(2) Originate from a tuberculosis
			 accredited-free herd, with the accredited herd number and date of last test
			 listed on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection; and
(3) Have been issued a preentry permit from
			 the state veterinarian's office.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.38 - Transportation Cornpanies-disinfecting Livestock Quarters

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
All railroad and transportation Cornpanies are hereby required
				to provide for proper drainage of all stockyards, pens, alleyways and chutes,
				and to clean and disinfect the same between April 15 and May 15 of each year
				and at such other times as may be deemed necessary. All expense incurred for
				the disinfecting and supervision of same must be paid by the railroad Cornpany.
				The chief of the division of animal industry shall enforce this rule.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				163.1.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.39 - Livestock Vehicles-disinfection

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
It is hereby ordered by the state of Iowa, secretary of
				agriculture, that all cars or vehicles that have been used for conveying any
				animal or animals that have been found to have suffered or are suffering from
				any contagious or infectious diseases must be cleaned and disinfected
				thoroughly before leaving the yards where such animal or animals have been
				unloaded within the state of Iowa.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				163.1.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.41 - General

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
All places where livestock is assembled, either bought or sold
				for purposes other than immediate slaughter, whether by private sale or public
				auction, when not under federal supervision must be under state
				supervision.
(1) The management of all
			 livestock auction markets shall make application for, and obtain a permit from
			 the department to conduct such sales.
(2) Before movement, the livestock shall
			 Cornply with requirements as set forth below.
(3) Livestock imported for resale shall meet
			 all health requirements governing their admission into the state as set forth
			 in 21-Chapter 65.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 163.1,
				163.11, and 163.14.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.42 - Veterinary Inspection

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) All
			 livestock markets shall be under the general supervision of the Chief, Bureau
			 of Animal Industry, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Des
			 Moines, Iowa 50319, and the direct supervision of the approved veterinary
			 inspector Markets shall pay inspection fees directly to the veterinary
			 inspector
(2) The veterinary
			 inspector shall:
a. Examine all livestock
			 moving through the market.
b.
			 Prohibit the sale of any animal deemed to be diseased.
c. Issue quarantines when required,
			 and
d. Supervise the cleaning and
			 disinfection of yards following sales.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				163.1.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.43 - Swine

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Brucellosis.
All breeding swine four months of age or over
			 moving through a livestock market or offered for sale or sold by the owner by
			 private treaty must:
a. Originate from a
			 validated herd, or from a validated brucellosis-free state according to Title 9
			 CFR as amended effective May 23, 1994, and published in the Federal Register,
			 Vol. 59, No. 77, April 21, 1994, or
b. Be proved negative to a brucellosis test
			 conducted within 60 days prior to sale or service and originate from a herd not
			 imder quarantine.
All breeding swine showing a positive reaction to a brucellosis
				test conducted at a livestock market shall be tagged in the left ear with a
				reactor tag and moved direct to slaughter on permit. The herd of origin shall
				be placed under quarantine for immediate test. Such quarantine to remain in
				effect until a Cornplete negative herd test is conducted.
The negative animals from a reactor group disclosed at an
				auction market can return to the farm of origin under strict quarantine to be
				tested no sooner than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date of
				test.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.47 - Definitions as Used in These Rules

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
"Department"
means the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land
			 Stewardship, Wallace State Office Building, Des Moines, Iowa.
(2)
"Federal Office "
means
			 the Animal, Plant and Health Inspection Service, United States Department of
			 Agriculture, Federal Building, Des Moines, Iowa 50309.
(3)
"Brucellosis"
means the
			 disease of brucellosis in animals.
(4)
"Brucellosis test"
means
			 the blood serum test for brucellosis, applied in accordance with a technique
			 approved by the department.
(5)
"B.R. T."
means a brucellosis ring test as applied to milk and
			 cream, and used as a presumptive test for locating possible brucellosis
			 infected herds according to a technique approved by the department.
(6)
"Brucellosis test classification
			 "
means the designation of animals tested by the methods of card test
			 or rivanol or any other method approved jointly by the state and federal
			 departments of agriculture.
(7)
"Veterinarian"
means a graduate of an approved veterinary
			 school who is licensed and registered to practice veterinary medicine in this
			 state.
(8)
"Designated
			 animals "
means only the following named bovine animals: beef cattle,
			 dairy cattle, American bison or "buffalo," and their bybrids.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				I63A.9.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.49 - Certified Brucellosis-free Herd

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
In order to qualify a herd of cattle as brucellosis-free and
				receive a certificate evidencing same, the owner thereof shall Cornply with the
				following requirements:
(1)
Certified brucellosis-free herd. A
herd may qualify for
			 initial certification by a minimum of three consecutive negative milk ring
			 tests (B.R.T.) conducted at not less than 90-day intervals, followed by a
			 negative herd blood test conducted within 90 days after the last negative milk
			 ring test; or at least two consecutive negative blood tests not less than 10
			 months nor more than 14 months apart. A herd may qualify for recertification by
			 a negative blood test within 60 days of each anniversary date, and the
			 certification period being 12 months. If recertification is not conducted
			 within 60 days following the anniversary date, then certification requirements
			 are the same for initial certification.
(2)
Additions to certified
			 herds.
a. To certified herds:
(1) From herds with equal status.
(2) From once-tested clean herds. Calf
			 vaccinated animals up to 30 months of age on certificate of vaccination-over 30
			 months if negative; or nonvaccinated animals on evidence of negative retest not
			 less than 60 days from date of negative herd test.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.50 - Restraining Animals

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
To facilitate the vaccination, taking of blood sample or
				identifying animals as reactors, it shall be the duty of the owner to confine
				the animals in a suitable enclosure and to restrain the individual animal in a
				manner sufficient to permit the veterinarian to perform any of the services
				required under laws and rules of Iowa. This rule is intended to implement Iowa
				Code section
				164.4.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.51 - Quarantines

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) Bovine animals
			 classified as reactors shall be quarantined on the premises and not permitted
			 to mingle with other cattle until disposed of for slaughter under a permit
			 issued by the department or its authorized agent.
(2) All bovine animals Cornprising a herd
			 operating under control Plan A shall be quarantined when one of its members has
			 been classified as a reactor, such quarantine to remain in effect until two
			 consecutive negative brucellosis tests, 30 to 60 days apart, have been made. No
			 animals of such a herd may be moved or sold except to slaughter under permit
			 issued by the department or its authorized agent except that the department in
			 hardship cases may permit the movement of such animals other than to slaughter
			 with quarantines remaining in effect at the new location, together with any new
			 animals with which they may Cornmingle.
(3) Owners of animals tested for brucellosis
			 shall hold the entire herd on the premises until the results of the test are
			 determined.
(4) Notice of
			 quarantine shall be delivered in writing by the department or its authorized
			 agent to the owner or caretaker of all cattle quarantined. A report of such
			 quarantine shall also be filed with the department as prescribed.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 164.15
				and 164.19.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.52 - Identification of Bovine Animals

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Identification tag.
Every veterinarian, in conjunction with
			 the testing of any bovine animal for brucellosis or the vaccination of any such
			 animal, shall insert an identification tag of the type approved by the
			 department in the right ear of each animal which is not so identified; provided
			 that in the case of an animal registered with a purebred association, the
			 registry or tattoo number assigned to the animal by such association may be
			 used for identification in lieu of an identification tag.
(2)
Official vaccinates.
An
			 animal vaccinated with RB-51 brucella abortus vaccine must have an official
			 identification tag in the right ear or an individual animal registration
			 tattoo. Additionally, the animal must be tattooed in the right ear with the
			 U.S. Registered Shield and the letter "V," which shall be preceded by a letter
			 "R" and followed by a number corresponding to the last digit of the year in
			 which the animal was vaccinated.
(3)
Reactor identification.
Bovine-reactor cattle eight months of age or over shall be permanently branded
			 with a hot iron on the tailhead over the fourth to the seventh coccygeal
			 vertebrae with the letter "B" not less than two inches nor more than three
			 inches high and shall also be tagged in the left ear with a reactor
			 identification tag approved by the department within 15 days of the date on
			 which they were disclosed as reactors. This subrule shall not apply to official
			 calfhood vaccination as defined in Iowa Code section
			 164.1. Such
			 vaccinates need not be branded if they react to the brucellosis test until 30
			 months of age.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 164.11
				and 164.12.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.53 - Cleaning and Disinfection

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
After any disclosure of reactors to the brucellosis test and
				following their disposal for slaughter, the owner of such cattle shall be
				required to clean and disinfect all barns and premises in which said cattle
				have been held. Such cleaning and disinfection shall be done in accordance with
				instructions and with a disinfectant approved by the department.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				163.1.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.54 - Disposal of Reactors

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) Reactor
			 cattle disclosed in herds operating under Plan A shall be tagged and branded
			 within 15 days of the date the blood samples were taken. In accordance with
			 Iowa law, an additional 30 days will be allowed for slaughter
(2) All reactors shall be disposed of for
			 slaughter only in plants operating under federal meat inspection or
			 slaughtering establishment approved by the department and must be acCornpanied
			 by a shipping permit ADE 1-27 issued by an accredited veterinarian.
(3) No cattle shall be disposed of through
			 public sales or sales barns.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				164.17.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.55 - Brucellosis Tests and Reports

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
			 All brucellosis tests conducted at state-federal expense must be performed at a
			 state-federal laboratory as determined by the department.
(2) The department shall approve a
			 veterinarian as eligible to conduct brucellosis tests upon successful
			 Cornpletion of a course of training and instruction provided by the department.
			 The department shall specify the standards for maintaining such
			 approval.
(3) All brucellosis tests
			 conducted by a veterinarian must be reported to the department, on forms
			 prescribed, within seven days following Cornpletion of such tests. A copy of
			 such tests shall also be given to the herd owner by the veterinarian.
(4) Reports of vaccination shall be rendered
			 by the veterinarian within 30 days in Cornpliance with the regulation. It is
			 from the information on these reports that the owner of the cattle will receive
			 recognition as being under official supervision.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				164.10.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.56 - Suspect Animals Designated as Reactors

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) A nonvaccinated animal classified as a
			 suspect on the brucellosis test may be reclassified as a reactor by the
			 veterinarian obtaining the blood sample provided that such an animal is known
			 to have aborted and is from a herd containing reactors.
(2) Animals so designated in 64.38(1) and
			 64.38(2) will be eligible for indemnity in accordance with the laws and rules
			 governing same.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				163.1.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.57 - Indemnity Not Allowed

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) No
			 indemnity shall be paid unless the test was previously authorized by proper
			 state or federal authority.
(2) No
			 indemnity may be paid on an animal which was vaccinated when it was more than
			 eight months of age.
(3)
			 Rescinded.
(4) No indemnity may be
			 paid as a result of a test of an official vaccinate less than 30 months of
			 age.
(5) No indemnity may be paid
			 upon reactors unless they are tagged, branded and slaughtered according to the
			 state and federal regulations.
(6)
			 No indemnity may be paid upon cattle entering the state of Iowa which have not
			 met the requirements for entry as breeding or dairy cattle.
(7) No indemnity can be paid on reactors
			 owned by the state or county.
(8)
			 No indemnity may be paid on unregistered reactor bulls, steers or spayed
			 heifers.
(9) No indemnity will be
			 paid for brucellosis reactors when known reactors have been held on the
			 premises for more than 30 days from the date on which they were tagged and
			 branded.
(10) No indemnity will be
			 paid when infected premises have not been cleaned and disinfected to the
			 satisfaction of the department in such a manner as to prevent the further
			 spread of the disease.
(11) No
			 indemnity will be paid if the claimant has failed to Cornply with any of the
			 requirements of these rules.
(12)
			 No indemnity will be paid on brucellosis reactors disclosed in a herd unless a
			 state-federal cooperative agreement has been signed by the owner prior to
			 conducting the brucellosis test.
(13) No indemnity will be allowed unless all
			 animals Cornprising the herd, both beef and dairy type, have been subjected to
			 a brucellosis test conducted at the state-federal laboratory.
(14) No indemnity will be paid on any
			 reactors unless they are slaughtered in a plant operating under federal meat
			 inspection and acCornpanied by a shipping permit ADE 1-27 issued by an
			 accredited veterinarian.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				163.15.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.58 - Area Testing

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) Counties
			 shall be tested in the order that valid petitions are received unless the
			 department shall decide that it is not expedient to make tests in that
			 order
(2) All provisions of the
			 rules as promulgated under authority of Iowa Code section
			 164.2 are also
			 in effect for counties designated as under area testing.
(3) An area may be declared modified
			 certified brucellosis-free by the application of two milk tests not less than
			 six months apart, together with a blood test of all milk reacting herds and
			 such other herds as are not included in the milk test. The number of reactors
			 (exclusive of officially calf vaccinated animals under 30 months of age) must
			 not exceed 1 percent of the cattle and the herd infection must not exceed 5
			 percent. Infected herds shall be quarantined until they have passed at least
			 two consecutive blood tests not less than 60 days apart.
(4) If testing as outlined in 64.58(3) above
			 reveals an animal infection rate of more than I percent, but not over 2 percent
			 and a retest of the infected herds applied within 120 days discloses not more
			 than I percent animal infection in not over 5 percent of the herds, the area
			 may then be certified.
(5) If the
			 test of an area as outlined under 64.58(3) results in more than 2 percent
			 reactors, or if a retest of infected herds as under 64.58(3) does not qualify
			 the area for certification, it shall be necessary to make a Cornplete area
			 retest.
(6) Recertification. Areas
			 may be recertified with the application of semiannual milk tests, follow-up
			 blood tests of milk reacting herds and blood tests at three-year intervals on
			 20 percent of all herds not included in the milk test, if the incidence of
			 infection does not exceed I percent of the cattle and 5 percent of the herds
			 under test.
(7) If testing as
			 outlined under 64.58(6) reveals an animal infection rate of more than I
			 percent, but not over 2 percent and a retest of the infected herds applied
			 within 120 days discloses not more than I percent animal infection in not over
			 5 percent of the herds, the area may then be certified.
(8) Any area not qualifying for
			 recertification under the provisions of 64.5 8 (7) shall be required to
			 reestablish its certified status through testing procedures as outlined under
			 64.58(3).
(9) The report of
			 suspicious ring test of any herd shall be cause for a brucellosis test to be
			 made.
(10) The report of negative
			 ring test will exempt a herd from brucellosis test unless such herd is due a
			 test because of previous infection.
(11) Milk producing herds missed on more than
			 one regularly scheduled ring test will be required to have a brucellosis test
			 made.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 163.1,
				164.2, 164.4, and 165.2.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.63 - Back Tagging in Bovine Brucellosis Control

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) All bovine animals two years of age and
			 older received for sale or shipment to a slaughtering establishment shall be
			 identified with a back tag issued by the department. The back tag will be
			 affixed to the animal as directed by the department.
(2) It shall be the duty of every livestock
			 trucker, when delivering to an out-of-state market, and every livestock dealer,
			 livestock market operator, stockyards operator and slaughtering establishment
			 to identify all such bovine animals not bearing a back tag at the time of
			 receiving possession or control of such animals. A livestock trucker may be
			 exempted from this requirement if the animals are identified as to the farm of
			 origin when delivered to a livestock market, stockyards or slaughtering
			 establishment agreeing to accept responsibility for back tag
			 identification.
(3) Every person
			 required to identify animals under this rule shall file reports of such
			 identification on forms prescribed by the department. Each such report will
			 cover all animals identified during the preceding week.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				164.30.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.64 - Fee Schedule

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(1)
Bleeding.
Thirty dollars per stop (herd) and five dollars per
			 head for all cattle bled.
(2)
Tagging and branding reactors.
Fifteen dollars for the first
			 reactor and five dollars for each additional reactor
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				164.6.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.65 - Definitions

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(1)
Bleeding.
Bleeding shall mean the taking of a blood sample in
			 a vial or tube, to be submitted to a laboratory for testing and diagnosis of
			 diseases.
(2)
Injection.
Injection shall mean the injection of tuberculin
			 into a prescribed area of the animal as a diagnostic test for
			 tuberculosis.
(3)
Reading.
Reading shall mean the examination of the injection
			 site to ascertain whether or not there has been a reaction. A reaction at the
			 injection site is a positive diagnosis of tuberculosis.
(4)
Stop.
Stop shall mean a
			 personal visit at a particular farm for the expressed purpose of testing
			 animals for tuberculosis or brucellosis, for reading animals for tuberculosis,
			 or for tagging and branding animals diagnosed as having tuberculosis or
			 brucellosis.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				164.4.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.67 - Brucellosis Test

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
When reactor animals are revealed on any test, the herd of
				origin and all exposed animals shall be placed under quarantine and inspections
				and tests performed as provided in Iowa Code chapter 163 A.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 163A.
				12.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.68 - Veterinarians to Test

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The department will designate a federal or state veterinarian
				or it may designate a licensed accredited veterinarian to make the inspections
				and tests. The expense of the tests may be charged to the county brucellosis
				eradication fund as provided in Iowa Code section 163 A. 12.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 163A.
				12.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.71 - Fee Schedule

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Bleeding.
Thirty dollars per stop (herd) and five dollars per
			 head for all animals bled.
(2)
Tagging of reactors.
Thirty dollars per stop (herd) and two
			 dollars per head for all swine tagged.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 163A.
				12.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.73 - Tuberculin Tests Classified

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Tuberculin tests adopted by the department of agriculture and
				land stewardship are:
(1) The
			 subcutaneous or "Thermal" test.
(2)
			 The intradermic or "Skin" test.
(3)
			 The ophthalmic or "Eye" test.
(4)
			 The TB Stat-Pak test for cervids.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				165.13.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.74 - Acceptance of Intradermic Test

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The intradermic tuberculin test will be accepted provided it
				has been applied by a regularly employed state or federal veterinarian, an
				accredited veterinarian or by an approved veterinarian when endorsed by the
				authorities of the state of origin, provided the observations be made at the
				seventy-second hour.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				164.4.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.75 - Adoption of Intradermic Test

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The intradermic test is hereby adopted for area tuberculosis
				eradication work.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				164.4.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.76 - Ophthalmic Test

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The ophthalmic test will not be accepted as an official test
				except when applied in Cornbination with either the subcutaneous or intradermic
				test.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				164.4.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.77 - Tuberculin Test Deadline

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
All tuberculin tests must be made within 30 days of date of
				shipment.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				164.4.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.78 - Health Certificate

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
All certificates of health must show the number of cattle
				included in the test, the name of the owner and the post-office address.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				164.7.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.79 - Ear Tags

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
All cattle not identified by registration name and number shall
				be identified by a proper metal tag bearing a serial number attached to the
				right ear.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				164.11.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.80 - Cattle Importation

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
No cattle shall be imported into the state of Iowa except in
				accordance with 65.4(163).
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections
				163.11 and
				165.36.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.81 - Tuberculin Reactors

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
All herds of breeding cattle in counties that are under state
				and federal supervision for the eradication of tuberculosis in which reactors
				have been found may be held in quarantine until they have passed a negative
				tuberculin test.
All cattle that react to the tuberculin test, as well as those
				which show physical evidence of tuberculosis, shall be marked for
				identification by branding with the letter "T" not less than two or more than
				three inches high on the hip near the tailhead, and to the left ear shall be
				attached a metal tag bearing a serial number and the inscription
				"REACTOR".
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				165.4.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.82 - Steers-testing

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
All untested steer cattle shall be handled and maintained as a
				separate unit from the breeding cattle (which means they shall be quarantined,
				watered and fed apart from breeding cattle).
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections
				163.1 and
				164.4.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.83 - Female Cattle-testing

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Female cattle, the products of which are intended for family
				use, may be tuberculin tested without being denied the use of the same pastures
				and the same watering troughs as steers in feeding. This does not apply to
				female cattle, the products of which are handled Cornmercially; neither does it
				apply where the feeding cattle are other than steers. Cows kept under such
				conditions cannot be sold for any purpose other than slaughter without being
				subjected to an additional tuberculin test.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections
				163.1 and
				164.4.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.84 - Certificates and Test Charts

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Certificates and test charts must be made to conform with
				United States Bureau of Animal Industry rules governing the interstate movement
				of cattle; the original must be attached to the waybill and a copy forwarded to
				the Chief of Division of Animal Industry, Iowa Department of Agriculture and
				Land Stewardship, Des Moines, Iowa 50319.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections
				163.1 and
				164.4.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.85 - Slaughtering Reactors

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Reactors to the tuberculin test brought in for immediate
				slaughter must be consigned to a slaughtering establishment having federal
				inspection and must be transported thereto in accordance with section V,
				Regulation 7, of B.A.I. Order No. 309.
(1) When it is found on slaughter that
			 animals are affected with tuberculosis, the chief, division of animal industry,
			 may order an immediate investigation, and if deemed advisable have all breeding
			 cattle on the premises from which the tubercular animals originated, tested for
			 tuberculosis.
(2) When cattle
			 within the state of Iowa are sold under sale contract to pass a 60- or 90-day
			 tuberculin test and have failed to pass the same, before being returned to the
			 original owner, the party wishing to return such animal or animals shall first
			 obtain a permit from the chief, division of animal industry, Iowa department of
			 agriculture and land stewardship, to do so.
(3) When cattle are sold out of the state of
			 Iowa under sale contract to pass a 60- or 90-day tuberculin test and failing to
			 pass the same, before being returned to the original owner, the party wishing
			 to return such animal or animals shall first furnish a tuberculin test chart
			 showing the reaction, giving the date of reaction and proving to the
			 satisfaction of the chief, division of animal industry, that such animals are
			 reactors.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				165.4.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.86 - Agriculture Tuberculin Rules

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The rules adopted by the Iowa department of agriculture and
				land stewardship governing the establishment of tuberculosis-free accredited
				herds and accredited areas or units in Iowa will be applied to such herds, and
				areas or units in cooperation with the bureau of animal industry, United States
				department of agriculture.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				165.12.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.87 - "tuberculosis-free Accredited Herd"defined

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
A tuberculosis-free accredited herd is one which has been
				tuberculin tested by the subcutaneous method or any other test approved by the
				bureau of animal industry, under the supervision of the Iowa department of
				agriculture and land stewardship and the United States department of
				agriculture or a veterinary inspector employed by the state in which
				cooperative tuberculosis eradication work is being conducted jointly by the
				United States department of agriculture and the state. Further, it shall be a
				herd in which no animal affected with tuberculosis has been foimd upon two
				annual or three semiannual tuberculin tests, as above described, and by
				physical examination.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				165.12.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.88 - Retesting

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The entire herd, or any cattle in the herd, shall be tuberculin
				tested or retested at such time as is considered necessary by the federal or
				state authorities.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				165.32.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.89 - Accredited Herd

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
No herd shall be classed as an accredited herd, in which
				tuberculosis has been found by the application of the test as referred to in
				64.63(163), until such herd has been successfully subjected to two consecutive
				tests with tuberculin applied at intervals of not less than six months, the
				first interval dating from the time of removal of the tuberculous animals from
				the herd.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				165.12.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.90 - Selection of Cattle for Tuberculin Tests

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
No cattle shall be presented for the tuberculin test which have
				been injected with tuberculin within 60 days immediately preceding or which
				have at any time reacted to a tuberculin test.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections
				165.10,
				165.13 and
				165.26.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.91 - Identification for Test

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Prior to each tuberculin test satisfactory evidence of the
				identity of the registered animal shall be presented to the inspector Any grade
				cattle maintained in the herd or associated with the animals of the herd shall
				be identified by a tag or other marking satisfactory to the state and federal
				officials.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				163.1.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.92 - Removing Cattle From Herd

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
All removals of cattle from the herd, either by sale, death or
				slaughter, shall be reported promptly to the said state or federal officials,
				giving the identification of the animal, and if sold, the name and address of
				the person to whom transferred. If the transfer is made from the accredited
				herd to another accredited herd the shipment shall be made in only cleaned and
				disinfected cars. No cattle which have not passed a tuberculin test approved by
				the state and federal officials shall be allowed to associate with the
				herd.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				163.1.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.93 - Milk

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
All milk and other dairy products fed to calves shall be that
				produced by an accredited herd, or if from outside or unknown sources it shall
				be pasteurized by heating to not less than 150° F. for not less than 20
				minutes.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				163.1.