Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.204 - Records

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Record-keeping requirements for owners.
Records on every
			 animal that requires official ID shall be maintained for five years from the
			 time the animal leaves the flock or dies. For animals not born in the flock,
			 records must include the flock-of-origin number or the previous owner's name
			 and address, date of acquisition, a description of the animal (sheep or goat,
			 and breed or class), and flock of birth, if known. When official ID tags are
			 applied, it is reCornmended that the owner correlate official ID with
			 production records, such as lambing dates, for all breeding animals. The owner
			 shall maintain a record of the name and address of the market or buyer, the
			 date, the number of animals sold, and a description of the animals (sheep or
			 goat, and breed or class) for all animals moved from the flock. The owner must
			 supply the market or buyer with the owner's flock ID number A Certificate of
			 Veterinary Inspection (CVI), or a veterinary signature-stamped bill of sale for
			 animals purchased through Iowa markets, is required for every change of
			 ownership of animals in Iowa, other than for animals sold to slaughter A copy
			 of the CVI or veterinary signature-stamped bill of sale must be maintained for
			 every animal purchased, and for every animal sold privately, other than to
			 slaughter For animals sold to slaughter, records must show the date of sale,
			 number of animals sold, and where or to whom sold.
(2)
Record-keeping requirements for
			 auction markets.
Markets must collect a Cornpleted and signed
			 owner/seller statement form from each seller presenting animals that require
			 official identification or must post where animals are unloaded signs which
			 state that "sexually intact sheep or goats that are known to be
			 scrapie-positive, suspect, high-risk, or exposed, or that originated from a
			 known infected, source, exposed, or nonCornpliant flock may not be unloaded or
			 sold through this market." For animals identified by the market, the serial tag
			 numbers applied to each seller's animals must be recorded. Animals that require
			 official identification, but that cannot be identified to their flock of origin
			 shall not be sold as breeding animals. Bill-of-sale records must indicate the
			 seller or flock ID number(s) or serial tag numbers of the animals involved and
			 will serve as documentation of the buyers of animals presented by any
			 particular seller The market must always record, either on the owner/seller
			 statement form or separately, the following information on all sexually intact
			 animals that require official identification: the seller's flock ID number or
			 seller's name and address, the name or flock ID number of the owner of the
			 flock of origin if different from the seller, and the buyer's name and address
			 or buyer's flock ID number. All animals moving interstate must depart from the
			 market with either a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection or slaughter
			 affidavit; all animals remaining in Iowa must depart from the market with a
			 Certificate of Veterinary Inspection, veterinary signature-stamped bill of
			 sale, or slaughter affidavit. Certificates of Veterinary Inspection for animals
			 moving interstate must contain the statement set forth in
			 21-64.208
			 (163). All of these documents must be made available for inspection upon
			 request and maintained as official records for five years.
(3)
Record-keeping requirements for
			 licensed sheep dealers.
The dealer must either collect a Cornpleted
			 and signed owner/seller statement form from the person from whom the dealer
			 takes possession of the animals or must post signs as described in 64.204(2) if
			 there is any possibility that the animals will move interstate, other than
			 through slaughter channels. The dealer must always record, either on the
			 owner/seller statement form or separately, the following information on all
			 sexually intact animals that require official identification: the seller's
			 flock ID number or seller's name and address and the name of the owner of the
			 flock of origin, or flock-of-origin ID number, if different from the seller For
			 animals identified by the dealer, the serial tag number applied to each animal
			 must be recorded. Animals that move interstate, other than to slaughter, must
			 be inspected by a veterinarian and have a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection
			 that includes the required statements as set forth in
			 21-64.208
			 (163). All animals that do not go to slaughter must be inspected by a
			 veterinarian and have a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection Cornpleted prior
			 to sale, unless the animals are being sold at a licensed auction market where a
			 veterinary inspection will occur For animals that are taken to an auction
			 market, the dealer must provide to the market for its records a list of all
			 flock ID numbers or serial tag numbers in the group. For animals that are
			 resorted and sold, records must identify all potential buyers of any animal
			 acquired. Every effort should be made to maintain the identity of groups from
			 the same flock, through separate penning or use of temporary ID, such as chalk
			 marking, in order to simplify efforts to identify the final destination of
			 individual animals. If animals are under 18 months of age and the dealer picks
			 them up at the owner's premises and delivers them directly to slaughter, then
			 the official identification requirement may be waived; however, a record of the
			 transaction must be maintained. Records must document the buyer's name and
			 address or buyer's flock-of-origin ID number, date of sale, and animals sold
			 for all private sales or sales to slaughter, so that animals can be traced to
			 their final destination. All records must be kept for five years and made
			 available for inspection upon request.