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Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 11 - LIVESTOCK DEALER REGULATIONS › Section 23-11-007 - Recordkeeping

Current through June 17, 2024
007.01 Each livestock dealer shall keep
				complete records of all business transactions concerning livestock handled by
				him. Such records shall contain the following information:
007.01A The names and addresses of all
				persons who have purchased, sold, consigned, or taken consignment of
				livestock;
007.01B The dates of all
				purchases, sales and deliveries of livestock; and
007.01C A description of the
				livestock.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 11 - LIVESTOCK DEALER REGULATIONS › Section 23-11-008 - Facilities

Current through June 17, 2024
Livestock dealers utilizing concentration points in the
				  course of their business shall specifically describe such facility on their
				  license applications, and shall see that such facilities continually meet the
				  following requirements:
008.01
				Concentration points
Concentration points shall be maintained in a continual state
				  of good repair;
008.02 All
				areas of the concentration point used for holding, sorting, testing or
				otherwise handling livestock shall be cleaned and disinfected under the
				supervision of the approved veterinarian, when necessary. Such activities shall
				be reported to the office of the State Veterinarian on forms provided by said
				office;
008.03 All concentration
				points shall be equipped with quarantine pens to be used for handling diseased
				livestock and livestock suspected of being diseased. After being used as a
				quarantine pen, such a pen shall be used for no other purpose until it has been
				cleaned and disinfected under the supervision of the certified
				veterinarian.
008.04 All
				concentration points shall be equipped with paved areas for assembling,
				sorting, testing or other handling of feeding and breeding swine, if such swine
				are handled by the market. Such areas are to be cleaned after each use for
				feeding or breeding swine; and
008.05 All concentration points shall be
				equipped with suitable and sufficient paved areas for restraining and confining
				livestock for regulatory purposes.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 11 - LIVESTOCK DEALER REGULATIONS › Section 23-11-009 - Inspection and Handling of Livestock

Current through June 17, 2024
009.01
Approved
				Veterinarian.
The release of livestock from a concentration point shall be
				  handled by the approved veterinarian who shall insure all such livestock
				  conform to the requirements of the animal disease control laws and regulations
				  of this state. The approved veterinarian shall inspect all such livestock prior
				  to sale, and shall reject or detain at the owner's expense, all such livestock
				  found or suspected by him to be diseased or exposed to disease. In addition, he
				  shall:
009.01A Perform the collection
				of blood samples from all market test animals;
009.01B Perform the official market test on
				all blood samples prior to the release of any animal;
009.01C Complete the application and
				recording of all eartag numbers, backtag numbers, and test results on the
				official test chart;
009.01D
				Promptly mail all blood samples and test charts to the State-Federal
				Brucellosis Laboratory;
009.01E
				Issue the following release forms and distribute copies as required thereon:
009.01E1 VS Form 1-27;
009.01E2 Form A-237;
009.01E3 Form A-276B; and
009.01E4 Form A-276A; and
009.01F Furnish the purchaser upon request
				with documentation of completed official tests.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 11 - LIVESTOCK DEALER REGULATIONS › Section 23-11-010 - Official Testing - Cattle Brucellosis

Current through June 17, 2024
010.01 Except as provided in 23 NAC
				11-010.01A and B,
				below, all market test cattle are sold or bartered through a dealer
				concentration point shall be brucellosis tested in the manner prescribed below.
				The exceptions are as follows:
010.01A Cattle
				sold to immediate slaughter need not be tested and;
010.01B Cattle purchased by the dealer from
				farms, ranches and feedlots may be purchased without a negative test if they
				are properly identified as prescribed in these regulations, and if, within
				seven (7) days, they are either given an official brucellosis test, or
				delivered to a market, or sold to immediate slaughter.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 11 - LIVESTOCK DEALER REGULATIONS › Section 23-11-011 - Swine Brucellosis

Current through June 17, 2024
011.01
Identification.
011.01A All slaughter sows and boars received
				at first point of sale by livestock dealers shall be uniformly identified by
				the farm of origin, sufficient to distinguish such swine from other swine. The
				identification shall be recorded on a waybill. Such swine shall then be
				identified, by the dealer, to the farm of origin by tattoo or other methods
				acceptable to the State Veterinarian. The identification by the dealer shall be
				specified on the account of sale.
011.01B Swine reacting to the brucellosis
				test shall be permanently identified by an official reactor eartag placed in
				the left ear within fifteen (15) days following the disclosure of
				infection.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 11 - LIVESTOCK DEALER REGULATIONS › Section 23-11-012 - General

Current through June 17, 2024
As set out in
Neb
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									54-1705,
				  a dealer's license may be suspended or revoked for violation of any of the
				  animal disease control laws or regulations of the State of
				  Nebraska.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 11 - LIVESTOCK DEALER REGULATIONS › Section 23-11-013 - Annotation

Current through June 17, 2024
Neb
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									54-1701
				  to
				  54-1711, and
				  §§
									54-701
				  to
				  54-705.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 12 - LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET REGULATIONS › Section 23-12-001 - Statement of Purpose

Current through June 17, 2024
The purpose of these regulations is to aid in carrying out
				  the legislative intent and general purposes of those statutes of Nebraska
				  governing the operation of Livestock Auction Markets in
				  Nebraska.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 12 - LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET REGULATIONS › Section 23-12-003 - Administration

Current through June 17, 2024
003.01 These regulations will be
				administered, for the most part, by the Department of Agriculture's Bureau of
				Animal Industry, located in the State Office Building, Fourth Floor, 301
				Centennial Mall South, Lincoln, Nebraska. The mailing address is P.O. Box
				94787, Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-4787. The telephone number is (402)
				471-235l.
003.02 The licensing portions of the Nebraska
				Auction Market Development Act and these regulations (primarily 23 NAC
				12-004 and 005, below), will be
				administered by the Nebraska Livestock Auction Market Board. The location,
				address and telephone number of the Board is the same as that of the Bureau of
				Animal Industry.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 12 - LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET REGULATIONS › Section 23-12-004 - Application for Licenses

Current through June 17, 2024
All applications for livestock auction market licenses,
				  including applications for renewal or transfer of such license, shall be made
				  on forms furnished by the Board.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 12 - LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET REGULATIONS › Section 23-12-005 - Rules of Practice and Procedures Governing Hearings on the Issuance of Livestock Auction Market Licenses

Current through June 17, 2024
005.01
Notice.
005.01A The Director shall fix a reasonable
				time for the hearing and shall cause a copy of the application, complaint,
				dispute, or issues involved, together with notice of the time and place of
				hearing, to be served by mail not less than fifteen (15) days prior to such
				hearing upon the following:
005.01A1 All duly
				organized statewide livestock associations in the state who have filed written
				requests with the board to receive notice of such hearings and such other
				livestock associations as in the opinion of the Director would be interested in
				such application; and
005.01A2 The
				operators of all livestock auction markets in the state; and
005.01A3 Such other persons as in the opinion
				of the Director would have an interest in the hearing.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 12 - LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET REGULATIONS › Section 23-12-006 - Weighing Requirements

Current through June 17, 2024
006.01
Scales.
No livestock auction market shall be licensed or, if a
				  license has been issued, continue to operate as a livestock auction market if
				  such market weighs livestock for purposes of purchase or sale and does not have
				  an approved scale operated by a licensed weighmaster. An approved scale shall
				  mean one which satisfies the requirements of the Nebraska statutes relating to
				  weights and measures,
Neb
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Stat
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										89-101 to
				  89-1,103.
006.02
Weighmasters.
All livestock weighed on scales in the course of business of
				  a livestock auction market shall be weighed by a weighmaster licensed pursuant
				  to the authority of
Neb
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Stat
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										54-1175.
				  Applications for such license shall be made on a form furnished by the
				  Bureau.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 12 - LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET REGULATIONS › Section 23-12-007 - Minimum Veterinary Inspection Fees

Current through June 17, 2024
007.01 The following minimum veterinarian
				inspection fees authorized by
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									54-1180
				shall be collected by the opera to rof the auction market and remitted to the
				Bureau:
per head
Cattle for immediate slaughter
8¢
Stocker and feeder cattle
15¢
Fat swine for immediate slaughter
8¢
Feeding and breeding swine
15¢
Sheep for immediate slaughter
8¢
Stocker and feeder sheep
15¢
Horses and mules
50¢
007.02 If the combined charges per head on
				inspection of all livestock at a livestock auction market on any one sale day
				do not equal or exceed the guaranteed minimum salary of $ 25.00, the minimum
				fee of $ 25.00 shall be remitted. All inspection fees are due on and from the
				date of collection. All fees must be remitted on or before the tenth day of the
				month for sales held during the preceding month, accompanied by reports on
				forms provided by the Bureau.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 12 - LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET REGULATIONS › Section 23-12-008 - Recordkeeping

Current through June 17, 2024
008.01 Each auction market shall keep
				complete records of all business transactions concerning livestock handled.
				Such records shall contain the following information:
008.01A The names and addresses of all
				persons who have purchased, sold, consigned, or taken consignment of
				livestock;
008.01B The dates of all
				purchases, sales and deliveries of livestock; and
008.01C A description of the
				livestock.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 12 - LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET REGULATIONS › Section 23-12-009 - Facilities

Current through June 17, 2024
Auction market facilities shall continually meet the
				  following requirements:
009.01
				Facilities shall be maintained in a continual state of good repair;
009.02 All areas of the market used for
				holding, sorting, testing or otherwise handling livestock shall be cleaned and
				disinfected under the supervision of the approved veterinarian, when necessary.
				Such activities shall be reported to the office of the State Veterinarian on
				forms provided by said office;
009.03 All markets shall be equipped with
				quarantine pens to be used for handling diseased livestock and livestock
				suspected of being diseased. After being used as a quarantine pen, such a pen
				shall be used for no other purpose until it has been cleaned and disinfected
				under the supervision of the certified veterinarian.
009.04 All markets shall be equipped with
				paved areas for assembling, sorting, testing or other handling of feeding and
				breeding swine, if such swine are handled by the market. Such areas are to be
				cleaned after each use for feeding or breeding swine; and
009.05 All markets shall be equipped with
				suitable and sufficient paved areas for restraining and confining livestock for
				regulatory purposes.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 12 - LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET REGULATIONS › Section 23-12-010 - Inspection and Handling of Livestock

Current through June 17, 2024
010.01
Approved
				Veterinarian.
The release of livestock from an auction market shall be
				  handled by the approved veterinarian who shall insure all such livestock
				  conform to the requirements of the animal disease control laws and regulations
				  of this state. The certified veterinarian shall inspect all such livestock
				  prior to sale, and shall reject or detain at the owner's expense, all such
				  livestock found or suspected by him to be diseased or exposed to disease. In
				  addition, he shall:
010.01A Perform
				the collection of blood samples from all market test animals;
010.01B Perform the official market test on
				all blood samples prior to the release of any animal;
010.01C Complete the application and
				recording of all eartag numbers, backtag numbers, and test results on the
				official test chart;
010.01D
				Promptly mail all blood samples and test charts to the State-Federal
				Brucellosis Laboratory;
010.01E
				Issue the following release forms and distribute copies as required thereon:
010.01E1 VS Form 1-27;
010.01E2 Form A-237;
010.01E3 Form A-276B; and
010.01E4 Form A-276A; and
010.01F Furnish the purchaser upon request
				with documentation of completed official tests.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 12 - LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET REGULATIONS › Section 23-12-011 - Official Testing - Cattle Brucellosis

Current through June 17, 2024
011.01 All market test cattle that are sold
				or bartered through an auction market, except cattle sold to immediate
				slaughter, shall be brucellosis tested in the manner prescribed
				below.
011.02 The official
				brucellosis testing classifications shall be as follows:
011.02A The testing procedure to be utilized
				in auction markets shall be the card test, conducted by the approved
				veterinarian and confirmed in the State-Federal Laboratory by the same testing
				procedure. Any animal which is positive to such test shall be classified as a
				reactor. Any animal which is negative to such test shall be classified
				negative.
011.02B Notwithstanding
				23 NAC
				12-011.02A, above,
				any market may use the standard plate test in lieu of the card test upon a
				signed, written request to the State Veterinarian and approval by the State
				Veterinarian to conduct such test, which test shall thereafter be the sole test
				used at such facility. Results of the standard plate test shall be confirmed in
				the State-Federal Laboratory by the same testing procedure. Standard plate test
				classifications are as follows:
Official Vaccinates
All
Others
1:50
1:100
1:
200
1:50
1:100
1:200
-
-
-
NEGATIVE
-
-
-NEGATIVE
1
-
-
NEGATIVE
1
-
- SUSPECT
+
-
-
NEGATIVE
+
-
- SUSPECT
+
1
-
SUSPECT
+
1
- SUSPECT
+
+
-
SUSPECT
+
+
- REACTOR
+
+
1
SUSPECT
+
+
1 REACTOR
+
+
+
REACTOR
+
+
+ REACTOR
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 12 - LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET REGULATIONS › Section 23-12-012 - Swine Brucellosis

Current through June 17, 2024
012.01
Identification.
012.01A All slaughter sows and boars received
				at first point of sale by markets shall be uniformly identified by the farm of
				origin, sufficient to distinguish such swine from other swine. The
				identification shall be recorded on a waybill. Such swine shall then be
				identified, by the auction market, to the farm of origin by tattoo or other
				methods acceptable to the State Veterinarian. The identification by the market
				shall be specified on the account of sale.
012.01B Swine reacting to the brucellosis
				test shall be permanently identified by an official reactor eartag placed in
				the left ear within fifteen (15) days following the disclosure of
				infection.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 12 - LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET REGULATIONS › Section 23-12-013 - Annotation

Current through June 17, 2024
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									54-1157 to
				  54-1186
				  and 54 - 701 to 54 - 705.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 18 - COMMERCIAL DOG AND CAT OPERATOR INSPECTION REGULATIONS › Section 23-18-001 - Statement of Purpose

Current through June 17, 2024
The purpose of these regulations is to aid in the
				  administration of the Commercial Dog and Cat Operator Inspection Act,
Neb
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									54-625
				  to
				  54-643.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 18 - COMMERCIAL DOG AND CAT OPERATOR INSPECTION REGULATIONS › Section 23-18-002 - Administration

Current through June 17, 2024
These regulations shall be administered by the Department of
				  Agriculture located in the State Office Building, Fourth Floor, 301 Centennial
				  Mall South, Lincoln, Nebraska. The mailing address is P.O. Box 94787, Lincoln,
				  Nebraska 68509-4787. The telephone number is (402) 471-2351; Fax number (402)
				  471-6893.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 18 - COMMERCIAL DOG AND CAT OPERATOR INSPECTION REGULATIONS › Section 23-18-005 - License Enforcement Actions

Current through June 17, 2024
005.01 The Director may deny issuing or may
				revoke or suspend a license, or place on probation a licensee on any one (1) or
				more of the following grounds:
005.01A
				Deliberate misrepresentation or concealment, including failure to disclose all
				locations housing dogs or cats made to employees or agents of the Department or
				reported on the application;
005.01B Conviction of any violation of any
				law, in any jurisdiction, on the disposition or treatment of dogs or
				cats;
005.01C The failure of any
				person to comply with any provision of the Act and these regulations;
005.01D The refusal to allow the Department
				access to any records for the purpose of examining and copying such records
				required to be kept under the Act and these regulations;
005.01E The refusal of a licensee to allow
				Department employees or agents to enter and inspect all premises in or upon
				which dogs or cats are housed, sold, exchanged, or leased or are suspected of
				being housed, sold, exchanged, or leased;
005.01F The refusal of any applicant to allow
				Department employees or agents access to the premises to be licensed to
				determine if such applicant meets licensure requirements pursuant to the Act
				and these regulations;
005.01G
				Failure to pay any required fees under the Act and these regulations. Any
				returned check will be deemed nonpayment of fees;
005.01H Failure to pay any administrative
				fine levied pursuant to §
										54-633;
005.01I Failure to comply with a
				stop-movement order pursuant to §
										54-628.01;
				or
005.01J Having had a license
				revoked, suspended, or otherwise having been subject to a disciplinary
				proceeding under any jurisdiction resulting in the applicant having voluntarily
				surrendered a license or permit to avoid disciplinary sanctions.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 18 - COMMERCIAL DOG AND CAT OPERATOR INSPECTION REGULATIONS › Section 23-18-006 - Inspections and Complaints

Current through June 17, 2024
006.01 In addition to the definitions set
				forth in 23 NAC
				18-003, the following shall apply to
				23 NAC 18-006:
006.01A Abandoned shall mean
				the term as defined in Neb. Rev. Stat. §
										28-1008(1).
006.01B Cruelly mistreat shall mean the term
				as defined in Neb. Rev. Stat. §
										28-1008(3).
006.01C Cruelly neglect shall mean the term
				as defined in Neb. Rev. Stat. §
										28-1008(4).
006.01D Direct violations shall mean
				violations of the Act, these regulations or
				9 C.F.R. §§
											3.1 to
				3.19 that have a high
				potential to adversely affect the health, well-being or safety of the dogs or
				cats but do not meet the definitions of abandoned, cruelly mistreated, cruelly
				neglected or significant threat to the health or safety of the dogs or
				cats.
006.01E Flagged violations
				shall mean violations of the Act, these regulations or
				9 C.F.R. §§
											3.1 to
				3.19 that the Department
				reasonably suspects may involve dogs or cats being abandoned, cruelly
				mistreated, cruelly neglected or subject to conditions which may pose a
				significant threat to the health or safety of the dogs or cats.
006.01F Indirect violations shall mean
				violations of the Act, these regulations or
				9 C.F.R. §§
											3.1 to
				3.19 that do not have a
				high potential to adversely affect the health, well-being or safety of the dogs
				or cats.
006.01G Representative of
				the operator means a person over the age of nineteen an operator has expressly
				authorized, verbally or in writing, to the Department, to allow entry on the
				premises of the operator for the purpose of inspection under the Act. If the
				operator decides to revoke an authorization, the operator must inform the
				Department, in writing.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 18 - COMMERCIAL DOG AND CAT OPERATOR INSPECTION REGULATIONS › Section 23-18-007 - Humane Handling, Care, Treatment, and Transportation of Dogs and Cats

Current through June 17, 2024
Operators shall comply with the requirements of the Act and
				  these regulations regarding the humane handling, care, treatment, and
				  transportation of dogs and cats. For the purposes of enforcement of the Act and
				  these regulations, the Department adopts the specifications for the humane
				  handling, care, treatment, and transportation of dogs and cats, the standards
				  of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States
				  Department of Agriculture (USDA), as published in
				  9 C.F.R. §§
										3.1 to
				  3.19 (2015) (a copy of
				  which is attached to these regulations as Appendix A and incorporated herein by
				  reference) so long as these standards do not conflict with the Act or these
				  regulations. If there is an inconsistency between the Act and
				  9 C.F.R. §§
										3.1 to
				  3.19, the Act shall
				  control. If there is an inconsistency between
				  9 C.F.R. §§
										3.1 to
				  3.19, and these
				  regulations, the regulations shall control. Humane handling, care, treatment,
				  and transportation shall include but not be limited to, the following:
007.01 Adequate Food and Water
007.01A All dogs and cats shall be provided
				with food at least one time per day, except as otherwise directed by the
				attending veterinarian. Such food shall be fresh, wholesome, palatable, and of
				sufficient quantity and nutritive value to maintain the normal condition and
				weight of dogs and cats.
007.01B
				Water shall be continually available to each dog and cat or it must be offered
				to the dogs and cats as often as necessary to ensure their health or safety,
				but never less than twice per day for at least one hour each time, unless
				restricted by the attending veterinarian.
007.01B(1) Factors in determining if a dog or
				cat is receiving an adequate amount of water from appropriate receptacles and
				watering systems as set forth in 23 NAC 18-007.10 include, but are not limited
				to:
007.01B(1)(a) Ambient
				temperature;
007.01B(1)(b) A dog's
				or cat's body condition, such as sunken eyes and skin tenting; or
007.01B(1)(c) A dog's or cat's behavior, such
				as excessive nosing at an empty water bowl.
007.01B(2) Excessive thirst may indicate a
				disease condition to be addressed by the attending veterinarian.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 18 - COMMERCIAL DOG AND CAT OPERATOR INSPECTION REGULATIONS › Section 23-18-008 - Identification

Current through June 17, 2024
All licensees, except boarding kennels, shall individually
				  identify each dog and cat housed, purchased, sold, leased, exchanged, or
				  otherwise transferred, acquired or disposed.
008.01 For purposes of the Act and these
				regulations, all licensees with a United States Department of Agriculture
				license may identify their animals as prescribed in
				9 C.F.R. §§
										2.50 to
				2.55,
				(2015), a copy of which is attached to these regulations as Appendix B and
				incorporated herein by reference. If there is any inconsistency between these
				regulations and the federal regulations under
				9 C.F.R. §§
										2.50 to
				2.55
				(2015), these regulations shall control.
008.02 Individual identification shall be
				done by one (1) or more of the following methods:
008.02A An individual identification
				tag;
008.02B A cage card;
008.02C A distinctive and legible tattoo
				marking approved by the Department; or
008.02D A microchip implant. Pursuant to
				§
										54-641.03,
				all commercial dog breeders initially licensed on or after October 1, 2012,
				shall microchip each breeding dog.
008.02E Live puppies or kittens, which are
				maintained as a litter in the same primary enclosure with their dam, are not
				required to be individually identified provided the dam has been individually
				identified in accordance with 23 NAC 18-008;
008.02F Boarding kennels, in lieu of
				individual identification, shall maintain records as required by 23 NAC
				18-010.03.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 18 - COMMERCIAL DOG AND CAT OPERATOR INSPECTION REGULATIONS › Section 23-18-009 - Prohibitions for Stolen Dogs or Cats

Current through June 17, 2024
No person shall buy, sell, exhibit, transport or offer for
				  transportation, any stolen dog or cat.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 18 - COMMERCIAL DOG AND CAT OPERATOR INSPECTION REGULATIONS › Section 23-18-011 - Procurement of Dogs and Cats By Dealers and Pet Shops

Current through June 17, 2024
011.01 A dealer or pet shop which obtains
				dogs and cats from within this state shall only obtain such dogs and cats from
				other licensees who are licensed under the Act and in accordance with these
				regulations.
011.02 No person shall
				obtain live dogs or cats by use of false pretenses, misrepresentation or
				deception.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 18 - COMMERCIAL DOG AND CAT OPERATOR INSPECTION REGULATIONS › Section 23-18-012 - Licensees Restricted in Sales to Dealers

Current through June 17, 2024
Licensees shall not sell to dealers operating within the
				  state who are not licensed under the Act and in accordance with these
				  regulations.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 18 - COMMERCIAL DOG AND CAT OPERATOR INSPECTION REGULATIONS › Section 23-18-013 - Spaying and Neutering

Current through June 17, 2024
Licensees and any other retailer, who transfers ownership of
				  a dog or cat to an ultimate consumer, shall comply with the spaying and
				  neutering requirements of the Act.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 18 - COMMERCIAL DOG AND CAT OPERATOR INSPECTION REGULATIONS › Section 23-18-014 - Assessment of Administrative Fines

Current through June 17, 2024
The Department may impose an administrative fine pursuant to
				  §
									54-633(3)
				   and this section.
014.01 In addition to the definitions set
				forth in 23 NAC
				18-003, the following shall apply to
				23 NAC 18-014:
014.01A LEVEL OF VIOLATION
				shall mean the alleged violation is a first or subsequent violation.
014.01B FIRST VIOLATION shall mean the
				alleged violator has not been found by an order of the Director or any court,
				or by the violator's own admission in a settlement agreement, to have committed
				a violation of the Act or these regulations in the three years immediately
				preceding the date of the alleged violation.
014.01C SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION shall mean the
				alleged violator has committed the same violation of the Act or these
				regulations one or more times within the three years immediately preceding the
				date of committing the current alleged violation as determined by an order of
				the Director or any court, or the alleged violator has entered into a
				settlement agreement admitting to the facts establishing the previous
				violation.
014.01D BASE FINE shall
				mean the amount of the administrative fine set by regulation for a particular
				violation of the Act or these regulations prior to any adjustments for gravity
				or size of the operation.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 18 - COMMERCIAL DOG AND CAT OPERATOR INSPECTION REGULATIONS › Section 23-18-016 - Annotation

Current through June 17, 2024
Neb
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Stat
. §§
									54-625
				  to
				  54-643.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 18 - COMMERCIAL DOG AND CAT OPERATOR INSPECTION REGULATIONS › Appendices › Appendix A - Code of Federal Regulations, 9 C.F.R., Part 3 - Standards, Subpart A - Humane Handling, Care, Treatment, and Transportation of Dogs and Cats, Sections 3.1 to 3.19 (2015)

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Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 18 - COMMERCIAL DOG AND CAT OPERATOR INSPECTION REGULATIONS › Appendices › Appendix C - Record of Acquisition and Dogs and Cats on Hand, APHIS FORM 7005

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Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 18 - COMMERCIAL DOG AND CAT OPERATOR INSPECTION REGULATIONS › Appendices › Appendix D - United States Interstate and International Certificate of Health Examination for Small Animals, APHIS FORM 7001

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Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 18 - COMMERCIAL DOG AND CAT OPERATOR INSPECTION REGULATIONS › Appendices › Appendix E - Record of Disposition of Dogs and Cats, APHIS FORM 7006

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Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 18 - COMMERCIAL DOG AND CAT OPERATOR INSPECTION REGULATIONS › Appendices › Appendix F - Tufts Animal Care and Condition Scales for Assessing Body Condition, Weather and Environmental Safety, and Physical Care in Dogs: SECTION II. Weather Safety Scale, SECTION III, Environmental Health Scale, and SECTION IV, Physical Care Scale

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Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 20 - FOOD SUPPLY ANIMAL VETERINARY INCENTIVE PROGRAM REGULATIONS › Section 23-20-001 - Statement of Purpose

Current through June 17, 2024
The purpose of these regulations is to aid in administering
				  the Food Supply Animal Veterinary Incentive Program Act,
Neb
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Stat
. §§
									54-501
				  to
				  54-508.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 20 - FOOD SUPPLY ANIMAL VETERINARY INCENTIVE PROGRAM REGULATIONS › Section 23-20-002 - Administration and Reporting

Current through June 17, 2024
These regulations are administered by the Bureau of Animal
				  Industry of the Department of Agriculture (the Department), fourth floor, State
				  Office Building, 301 Centennial Mall South, Lincoln, Nebraska 68509. The
				  telephone number is (402) 471-2351, FAX: (402) 471-6893.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 20 - FOOD SUPPLY ANIMAL VETERINARY INCENTIVE PROGRAM REGULATIONS › Section 23-20-003 - Definitions

Current through June 17, 2024
Definitions contained in
Neb
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Rev
.
Stat
. §§
									54-501
				  to
				  54-508,
				  shall apply to such terms when used in these regulations.
003.01 ACT
ACT means the Food Supply Animal Veterinary Incentive Program
				  Act.
003.02 FOOD SUPPLY
				ANIMAL VETERINARY INCENTIVE PROGRAM AWARD APPLICATION
FOOD SUPPLY ANIMAL VETERINARY INCENTIVE PROGRAM AWARD
				  APPLICATION means the application form developed by the Department and
				  completed by an applicant for purposes of assisting the Department in the
				  selection.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 20 - FOOD SUPPLY ANIMAL VETERINARY INCENTIVE PROGRAM REGULATIONS › Section 23-20-004 - Application Process

Current through June 17, 2024
004.01 Applicants may apply to the Department
				on a Food Supply Animal Veterinary Incentive Program Award Application form
				available at the Department.
004.02
				The Department may request additional information from an applicant, and no
				determination shall be made until all requested information has been received
				by the Department.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 20 - FOOD SUPPLY ANIMAL VETERINARY INCENTIVE PROGRAM REGULATIONS › Section 23-20-005 - Contractual Requirements

Current through June 17, 2024
005.01 An applicant shall enter into a
				contract with the Department agreeing to the terms and conditions upon which
				the program funds shall be awarded.
005.02 An applicant shall submit an annual
				report to the Department verifying that he or she has complied with all of the
				requirements set forth in the Act, the regulations promulgated under the Act,
				and the Contract.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 20 - FOOD SUPPLY ANIMAL VETERINARY INCENTIVE PROGRAM REGULATIONS › Section 23-20-006 - Annotation

Current through June 17, 2024
Neb
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Stat
. §§
									54-501
				  to
				  54-508.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 21 - ANIMAL REGULATIONS › Section 23-21-001 - Administration

Current through June 17, 2024
These regulations are administered by the Nebraska Department
				  of Agriculture pursuant to the Animal Health and Disease Control Act (Animal
				  Health Act), Neb. Rev. Stat. §§
									54-2901
				  to 2957 the Exotic Animal Auction or Exchange Venue Act (Exotic Auction Act),
				  Neb. Rev. Stat. §§
									54-7,105
				  to 7,109 and the Domesticated Cervine Animal Act (DCA Act), Neb. Rev. Stat.
				  §§
									54-2302
				  to 2324.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 21 - ANIMAL REGULATIONS › Section 23-21-002 - Definitions

Current through June 17, 2024
In addition to the terms listed below, the definition of
				  terms found in the Animal Health Act, Exotic Auction Act and the DCA Act apply
				  to such terms when found in these regulations.
002.01 CVI means a certificate of veterinary
				inspection.
002.02 CWD means
				Chronic Wasting Disease.
002.03 CWD
				Program Standards means the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and
				Plant Health Inspection Service's Chronic Wasting Disease Program
				Standards.
002.04 DCA means
				domesticated cervine animal or animals.
002.05 Equivalent means equal to or exceeds
				requirements and has been approved by the Department.
002.06 Feral swine means the species, Sus
				scrofa, which are descendants of escaped or released swine.
002.07 Poultry disease program standards
				means the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health
				Inspection Service's National Poultry Improvement Plan.
002.08 Scrapie program standards means the
				United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection
				Service's National Scrapie Eradication Program Standards.
002.09 Swine Brucellosis program standards
				means the Swine Brucellosis Control/Eradication State-Federal-lndustry Uniform
				Methods and Rules.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 21 - ANIMAL REGULATIONS › Section 23-21-003 - Federal Standards

Current through June 17, 2024
9 C.F.R. Part 93 , CWD, poultry disease, scrapie and swine
				  brucellosis program standards as they existed on January 1, 2020 are adopted
				  and incorporated herein by reference so long as they do not conflict with the
				  Animal Health or DCA Acts. If there is an inconsistency, the acts control.
				  Copies are attached to these regulations on the department's website at
https://nda.nebraska.gov/regulations/
.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 21 - ANIMAL REGULATIONS › Section 23-21-007 - Composting

Current through June 17, 2024
Composting of livestock carcasses must control disease
				  vectors, dust, litter, leachate and runoff, ensure that livestock carcasses are
				  not visible from public roads or habitable structures, protect the facility
				  from scavenging by animals, keep livestock carcasses in the composting facility
				  until completely composted before spreading on land; and remove all finished
				  compost within twelve months of the process.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 21 - ANIMAL REGULATIONS › Section 23-21-010 - DCA

Current through June 17, 2024
010.01 Facility Permit. A permit is required
				for each premise, or two or more premises under common ownership or supervision
				geographically separated but with an interchange of DCA, as long as the
				premises are located within a county or adjacent county
010.01A Applications will include: the DCA
				facility telephone number; whether the business is an individual, partnership,
				association, or corporation; legal description for location of a DCA facility
				including county, section, township, range; and a listing of how many DCA at
				the facility are over or under twelve months of age on the date of the
				application.
010.01B The fee for a
				DCA facility permit is two dollars and fifty cents per animal twelve months of
				age or older. The minimum fee is twenty-five dollars; the maximum fee is two
				hundred dollars.
010.01C A DCA
				facility permit will not be issued until all permit and inspection fees due are
				paid.
010.01D The Department may
				impose a penalty for delinquency of twenty- five dollars per month or a portion
				of a month, in addition to the permit fees.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 21 - ANIMAL REGULATIONS › Section 23-21-011 - Annotation

Current through June 17, 2024
Neb. Rev. Stat §§
									54-2901
				  to
				  54-2957,
				  Neb. Rev. Stat §§
									54-7,105
				  to 7,109 and Neb. Rev. Stat, §§
									54-2302
				  to 2324.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 25 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY › Chapter 1 - NEBRASKA APIARY ACT REGULATIONS › Section 25-1-001 - Definitions

Current through June 17, 2024
001.01 The definitions of terms contained in
				the Nebraska Apiary Act shall apply to such terms when used in these
				regulations.
001.02 Africanized
				honey bees shall mean Apis mellifera scutellata.
001.03 Alcohol shake shall mean a detection
				method for Varroa mites where approximately 400 bees are collected in a glass
				jar and treated with alcohol to dislodge any mites present.
001.04 Ether roll shall mean a detection
				method for Varroa mites where approximately 400 bees are collected in a glass
				jar and treated with ether to dislodge any mites present.
001.05 Varroa mites shall mean Varroa
				jacobsoni.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 25 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY › Chapter 1 - NEBRASKA APIARY ACT REGULATIONS › Section 25-1-002 - Certification by the Department

Current through June 17, 2024
A person owning or in charge of an apiary shall not receive a
				  certificate from the Department to move or sell such apiary or any part
				  thereof, unless such person has paid all appropriate fees as set out in 25 NAC
				  1-004 and his or her apiary is
				  apparently free from infectious or contagious bee diseases, parasites, or
				  pests.
002.01 An apiary is apparently
				free of American foulbrood as follows:
002.01A An apiary shall be immediately deemed
				to be apparently free of American foulbrood if less than 3% of the colonies in
				the apiary are infected with American foulbrood provided that the owner or
				person in charge removes any infected colonies from the apiary.
002.01B An apiary shall be deemed to be
				apparently free of American foulbrood if more than 3% of the colonies in the
				apiary are infected with American foulbrood, provided that:
002.01B1 The apiary is not moved for at least
				30 days;
002.01B2 All American
				foulbrood infected colonies are removed from the apiary;
002.01B3 Treatment measures have been taken;
				and,
002.01B4 The Department has
				reinspected and released the apiary.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 25 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY › Chapter 1 - NEBRASKA APIARY ACT REGULATIONS › Section 25-1-003 - Certificate Fee

Current through June 17, 2024
003.01 All persons must request a certificate
				as provided for in sections
				81-2,172 and
				81-2,173
				of the act.
003.02 Prior to the
				issuance of a certificate, there shall be paid to the Department a certificate
				fee, to be paid in the following amounts:
003.02A $150 for the inspection of 1 to 250
				colonies;
003.02B $200 for the
				inspection of 251 to 500 colonies;
003.02C $300 for the inspection of 501 to
				1,000 colonies; and,
003.02D $400
				for the inspection of more than 1,000 colonies.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 25 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY › Chapter 1 - NEBRASKA APIARY ACT REGULATIONS › Section 25-1-004 - Annotation

Current through June 17, 2024
Neb
.
Rev
.
Stat
. Sections
				  81-2,165
				  to
				  81-2,180
				  (Reissue 2008).
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 25 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY › Chapter 2 - PESTICIDE REGULATIONS › Section 25-2-001 - Statement of Purpose

Current through June 17, 2024
The purpose of these regulations is to aid in the
				  administration of the Pesticide Act,
Neb
.
Rev
.
Stat
. §§
									2-2622 to
				  2-2659.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 25 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY › Chapter 2 - PESTICIDE REGULATIONS › Section 25-2-002 - Administration

Current through June 17, 2024
These regulations are administered by the Department of
				  Agriculture located in the State Office Building, Fourth Floor, 301 Centennial
				  Mall South, Lincoln, Nebraska. The mailing address is P.O. Box 94756, Lincoln,
				  Nebraska 68509-4756. The telephone number is (402) 471-2351.