Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases › Rule 21-64.35 - Health Requirements for Exhibition of Livestock, Poultry and Birds at Exhibitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Each county fair shall have an official veterinarian who will
				inspect all livestock, poultry and birds when they are unloaded or shortly
				thereafter No Certificate of Veterinary Inspection will be required on
				livestock, poultry and birds exhibited at a county 4-H or FFA show. Quarantined
				animals or animals from quarantined herds cannot be exhibited. Evidence of
				warts, ringworm, footrot, pinkeye, draining abscesses or any other contagious
				or infectious condition will eliminate the animal from the show.
(1)
Swine exhibition
			 requirements.
"Swine exhibition" means an exhibit, demonstration,
			 show, or Cornpetition involving an event on the state fairgrounds, a county
			 fair, or other exhibition event. The sponsor of the exhibition must retain an
			 Iowa licensed veterinarian to supervise the health of the swine at the
			 exhibition location. The sponsor must electronically file the approved
			 registration form and obtain approval from the state veterinarian at least 30
			 days before the event. The registration form includes the name of the
			 exhibition and the address and telephone number of its location; the name,
			 address and telephone number of the veterinarian; and the date of the planned
			 exhibition. Sales of swine will not be allowed unless the event has been
			 registered and received approval from the state veterinarian 30 days prior to
			 the event.
(2)
Swine
			 exhibition report required.
The sponsor of the swine exhibition shall
			 electronically submit to the department the approved report form within five
			 business days after the conclusion of the exhibition. The form includes the
			 name of the exhibition and the address and telephone number of its location;
			 the name, address and telephone number of the veterinarian; the date that the
			 exhibition occurred; the name, address and telephone number of the owner of the
			 swine; and the address and telephone number of the premises from which the
			 swine was moved after the exhibition if such premises is a different
			 premises.
(3)
Dogs and
			 cats.
All dogs and cats exhibited in county exhibitions must have a
			 current, official rabies certification.
(4)
Poultry and birds.
Except as provided in this subrule, all poultry exhibited must Corne from U.S.
			 pullorum-typhoid clean or equivalent flocks; or have had a negative
			 pullorum-typhoid test performed within 90 days of exhibition by an authorized
			 tester An approved certificate verifying this status shall acCornpany the
			 exhibit.
However, no testing for salmonella pullorum-typhoid shall be
				required for "market classes" of poultry, if the poultry are consigned to a
				slaughter establishment directly from the exhibition. Poultry exhibited in
				these "market classes" shall be maintained separate and apart from poultry not
				exempted from the testing requirements. Separate and apart shall include both
				of the following: holding poultry so that neither poultry nor organic material
				originating from the poultry has physical contact with other poultry; and
				poultry exhibited in "market classes" shall be maintained in enclosures at
				least ten feet apart or separated by an eight-foot high solid partition from
				all other poultry. Poultry exhibited in "market classes" shall be so declared
				at the time of entry into this exhibition or before. All enclosures maintaining
				poultry shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.
(5)
Sheep and goats.
All
			 sexually intact sheep must have an individual scrapie flock of origin
			 identification tag. All sexually intact goats must have an individual scrapie
			 flock of origin identification tag or an official registered tattoo.
(6)
Cervidae.
Native Iowa
			 Cervidae from a herd not under quarantine may be exhibited without additional
			 testing for brucellosis or tuberculosis. CWD susceptible Cervidae intended for
			 exhibition must originate from a herd that has Cornpleted at least one year in
			 the CWD monitoring program. Native Iowa Cervidae may be exhibited without other
			 testing requirements when the Cervidae are acCornpanied by a Certificate of
			 Veterinary Inspection that lists individual official identification and the
			 monitored CWD cervid herd number or certified CWD herd number for CWD
			 susceptible Cervidae, including the status level and anniversary date, and
			 contains the following statement:
"All Cervidae listed on this certificate have been part of the
				herd of origin for at least one year or were natural additions to the herd.
				There has been no diagnosis, sign, or epidemiological evidence of chronic
				wasting disease in this herd for the past year"
(7)
Show veterinarian.
The
			 decision of the show veterinarian shall be final. This rule is intended to
			 implement Iowa Code sections
			 163.1 and
			 163.14.