Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 302 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Chapter 22 - Livestock, Poultry, and Fish › Section 302 KAR 22:050 - Stockyards

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 257, 261,
				9 C.F.R.
				71.10,
				71.11,
				71.12,
				71.19,
				86
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				257.020(3) requires the
				Board of Agriculture to prevent, control, and eradicate any communicable
				disease of livestock.
				KRS
				257.030(4) authorizes the
				board to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to administer any
				provision of KRS Chapter 257. This administrative regulation establishes
				operational procedures for all stockyards relative to disease control.
Section 1. General Requirements.
(1) All stockyards shall apply annually, on
			 or before July 1, to the Office of the State Veterinarian (OSV) for a license
			 to operate in accordance with KRS Chapter 261, by submitting the form
			 Application for Kentucky Stockyard Approval.
(2) All stockyards shall be maintained in a
			 workable and sanitary condition. Stockyards shall be inspected as required by
			 the OSV, based on sanitation and safety.
(3) After an occurrence of any infectious,
			 contagious, parasitic, or communicable disease of livestock in a stockyard,
			 exposed facilities capable of transmitting disease shall be cleaned and
			 disinfected according to
			 9 C.F.R.
			 71.10,
			 71.11,
			 and
			 71.12,
			 and at the direction and under the supervision of the OSV.
(4) Livestock found to be infected and
			 showing clinical or diagnostic symptoms of an infectious, contagious,
			 parasitic, or communicable disease shall, upon recommendation of the market
			 veterinarian or representative of the OSV, be quarantined in an isolated
			 portion of the yards for treatment, additional diagnostic laboratory
			 procedures, disposition to slaughter, or other disposition pursuant to accepted
			 methods of disease prevention and control.
(5) All livestock originating from a
			 quarantined herd or premises shall be sold only with specific written approval
			 from the OSV, for immediate slaughter.
(6) A bill of sale or other document showing
			 the number of livestock, purchaser, and physical description shall be given to
			 the purchaser. The purchaser shall be responsible for providing any necessary
			 documentation required for movement to the entity hauling livestock away from
			 the facility.
(7) It is the
			 responsibility of the seller to document and identify livestock prior to the
			 sale as if they are moving under 9 C.F.R. 86. This shall include official
			 identification for all sexually intact cattle over eighteen (18) months of age,
			 and diary heifers. Sellers may elect to have the stockyards perform these
			 requirements at the expense of the seller.
(8) Stockyards shall submit to the OSV a
			 Stockyards Multipurpose Form within seven (7) calendar days of a sale.
			 Beginning January 1, 2021 the Stockyards Multipurpose Form or the contents
			 therein shall be submitted to the OSV electronically as an excel or other
			 importable format.
(9) The person
			 operating a stockyard shall provide separate pens for isolating animals classed
			 as reactors to brucellosis or any contagious, infectious, or communicable
			 disease.
(a) The pens shall be permanently
			 identified as isolation or quarantine pens, and these words shall be legibly
			 and prominently posted on the pen gates.
(b) The pens shall be constructed so as to
			 facilitate easy cleaning and disinfecting after each use.
(c) The pens shall have concrete floors and
			 complete walls with no fences or gates to permit contact with adjacent
			 animals.
(d) Any watering troughs
			 or feed bunks in the isolation or quarantine pens shall be located so that no
			 other livestock in the market can access them at any time.
(e) All diseased animals shall be yarded in
			 the isolation or quarantine pens and shall be sold last.
(f) The animals shall be identified as
			 reactors or diseased animals on the invoices of both the buyer and the
			 seller.
(g) The isolation or
			 quarantine pens shall not be used at any time except for known or suspected
			 contagious, infectious, or communicable disease reactors, or diseased
			 animals.
(h) Livestock from these
			 pens shall move directly to a recognized slaughter establishment or to any
			 place that is requested and authorized by the OSV in writing.
(i) Isolation, or quarantine pens may be used
			 if necessary and if prior approval for the use of the pens has been obtained
			 from an agent of the OSV. Temporary pens shall be identified as isolation or
			 quarantine pens as provided in this section.
(10) The owner operating a stockyard shall
			 provide adequate space, utilities, hot water, and assistance for the market
			 veterinarian to carry out the provisions of this administrative regulation. All
			 licensed Kentucky livestock markets shall comply with this subsection to assist
			 the market's official market veterinarian. This space shall:
(a) Be constructed and equipped so as to be
			 maintained at room temperature (normal working temperature) in both summer and
			 winter (i.e., heaters and air conditioners);
(b) Contain a sink with hot and cold running
			 water;
(c) Be equipped with a
			 refrigerator in good working condition;
(d) Be constructed so that the market
			 veterinarian shall have sufficient space and privacy to conduct the required
			 tests and fill out the associated records and forms;
(e) Be constructed so that it can be kept
			 clean easily and locked at all times if not in use;
(f) Contain a work counter and sufficient
			 shelf space, cabinets with locks, and storage space to keep forms, ear tags,
			 and other supplies as required by the official market veterinarian in carrying
			 out his or her duties;
(g) Be
			 supplied with adequate artificial light. The electrical wiring shall be
			 adequate to carry at a minimum a centrifuge, electrical refrigerator, and
			 cooling facility and have at least two (2) additional electrical outlets;
			 and
(h) Be located so as to be
			 convenient for the public and the veterinarian while conducting his or her
			 duties as the official market veterinarian.
(9) The owner or operator shall provide and
			 maintain one (1) or more cattle chutes suitable for restraining animals for
			 inspection of any infectious, contagious, or parasitic condition, testing,
			 tagging, branding, and other procedures routinely required in providing
			 livestock sanitary services and identification for movement at
			 stockyards.