Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part XXI - Animals and Animal Health › Chapter 7 - Cattle, Bison, and other Bovine (Formerly Chapter 3) › Subchapter B - Brucellosis Regulations › Section XXI-711 - Livestock Auction Market Requirements (Formerly Section 307)

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All cattle which
				  are sold or offered for sale in livestock auction markets must meet the general
				  requirements of
				  §111 and the following specific
				  requirements.
1.
Brucellosis
a. Cattle from quarantined herds or from
				  non-qualified herds from quarantined areas are not eligible for sale in the
				  state of Louisiana except as provided in §727, which governs
Brucellosis
quarantined herds.
b.
i. All
				  cattle that are offered for sale through Louisiana livestock auction markets,
				  which are
Brucellosis
test eligible, must be identified by an
				  official back tag; those animals two years of age or older, shall have this
				  official back tag placed immediately behind the shoulder of the animal. The
				  market shall furnish the Livestock Sanitary Board's official representative a
				  copy of each check-in slip, showing the name of the auction market, the date,
				  the name and complete address of each consignor, and the official back tag
				  numbers applied to the consignor's livestock. The check-in slip shall be made
				  available to the Livestock Sanitary Board's official representative, before the
				  animals can be tested for
Brucellosis
.
ii. It shall be a violation of this
				  regulation for anyone to consign livestock to a Louisiana livestock auction
				  market and give a name and address that are not the name and address of the
				  owner consigning the livestock to the auction market.
c. All cattle over 12 months of age are
				  subject to the following provisions regarding testing for brucellosis.
i. Cattle that are required to be tested for
				  brucellosis prior to sale are those which:
(a). are eligible to be returned to a farm
				  after sale;
(b). originate from a
				  state declared brucellosis free less for than 5 years prior to the sale date;
				  and
(c). are tested for brucellosis
				  are to be identified by an official metal ear tag and official back
				  tag.
ii. Cattle that are
				  not required to be tested for brucellosis are those that are:
(a). steers and spayed heifers;
(b). "S" branded and listed on a permit prior
				  to shipment from a quarantine feedlot to an auction barn;
(c). individually identified cattle which are
				  less than 24 months of age for beef breeds and less than 20 months of age for
				  dairy breeds, that have received an official brucellosis calfhood vaccination
				  and which are not preparturient or post-parturient;
(d). individually identified cattle
				  originating in and moving directly from a certified brucellosis free herd and
				  accompanied by a copy of the last herd test record which includes the animal or
				  animals being offered for sale;
(e). consigned to slaughter. These cattle are
				  to be identified by an official back tag.
d. All heifer calves, between 4 and 12 months
				  of age not vaccinated for
Brucellosis
must be vaccinated with
				  USDA approved
Brucellosis
vaccine prior to being sold. Failure
				  to accomplish this vaccination shall be a violation of this regulation and
				  violators shall be subject to penalties which may be imposed by the Louisiana
				  Livestock Sanitary Board as granted in
				  R.S.
				  3:2093.
i.
				  All nonvaccinated heifer calves, between 4 and 12 months of age, must be
				  vaccinated with USDA approved
Brucellosis
vaccine prior to
				  being sold or at the first point of sale, but in no case shall any heifer calf
				  4 to 12 months of age remain unvaccinated for
Brucellosis
more
				  than 15 days after the date of sale. Exceptions to this Clause are heifer
				  calves 4 to 12 months of age which are transported out of the state within 15
				  days of the date of their sale.
e. Disposition of Animals Tested at an
				  Auction Market
i. Reactor animals vaccinated
				  or non-vaccinated, disclosed must be branded with a 3-inch hot brand on the
				  left jaw, tagged and removed to slaughter with a properly executed VS Form
				  1-27.
ii. Suspect animals, adult
				  vaccinated or calfhood vaccinated animals, which are card test positive and
				  either rivanol test negative or have a CITE test reaction, which is in the
				  suspect range established by a designated epidemiologist, can be "S" branded
				  and sold for slaughter or, at the choice of the owner, returned to the farm of
				  origin under quarantine for retest in no less than 30 days. Additional animals
				  in the same consignment with the vaccinated suspect(s), which are negative on
				  the
Brucellosis
test, may move without restriction, provided
				  they are in compliance with other appropriate regulations.
iii. All exposed animals in a consignment
				  must be "S" branded for removal to slaughter or, at the choice of the owner,
				  can be returned to the farm of origin under quarantine.
f. Cattle originating from
Brucellosis
quarantined herds shall be identified by ear tag
				  and branded with a 3-inch hot "S" brand on the left jaw and accompanied by a
				  properly executed VS Form 1-27. The branding and the issuance of VS Form 1-27
				  will be completed on the farm of origin prior to movement. The VS Form 1-27
				  will be delivered to authorized representatives at the livestock auction
				  market. In cases where it is impractical to have the exposed cattle branded on
				  the farm of origin, the state Veterinarian can authorize the movement of the
				  cattle to the livestock auction market and the branding will be accomplished at
				  this point.
i. Cattle from
Brucellosis
quarantined areas may be moved to Louisiana
				  livestock auction markets on a permit. These animals will be "S" branded after
				  arrival at the Louisiana livestock auction market.
ii. Cattle from quarantined areas and from
Brucellosis
quarantined herds must be sold to approved
				  slaughtering establishments or to approved quarantined feedlots. Exceptions to
				  §307. A.1.f.ii are:
(a). steers and spayed
				  heifers;
(b). heifer calves eight
				  months of age or less, from
Brucellosis
quarantined beef herds
				  and heifer calves 6 months of age or less, from
Brucellosis
quarantined dairy herds, provided the herd is participating in an approved herd
				  plan to eliminate
Brucellosis
from the herd;
(c). bull calves under 6 months of age, that
				  are nursed by
Brucellosis
reactor or exposed cows, may move
				  from the quarantined premises under permit, provided they have been weaned for
				  not less than 30 days immediately preceding movement;
(d). exceptions Clauses ii and iii above will
				  be deleted when part 78 of the
Code of Federal Regulations
is
				  amended to restrict the movement of all sexually intact heifer calves from
Brucellosis
quarantined herds.
g. When
Brucellosis
reactors
				  are found in a consignment, all remaining negative cattle in the consignment
				  are considered exposed and shall be handled by one of the following ways.
i. The exposed cattle shall be identified by
				  a 3-inch, hot brand on the left jaw with the letter "S" and sold directly to a
				  recognized slaughter establishment for immediate slaughter or to a
				  state-federal approved quarantined feedlot and shall be accompanied by a VS
				  Form 1-27.
ii. The exposed cattle
				  may be identified by a yellow paint mark on the left ear and returned to the
				  original owner's premises under quarantine. All such movements will be
				  accompanied by a quarantine notice listing the ear tag and auction tag
				  identification numbers of the animals moving to Louisiana farms.