Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 21 - ANIMAL REGULATIONS › Section 23-21-004 - Importation of Animals

Current through June 17, 2024
004.01 Animals must
				comply with all applicable requirements to enter the state. Animals entering
				the state which are not in compliance are subject to enforcement actions and
				may be quarantined at the expense of the owner until released by the Department
				or immediately returned to the state of origin. Any post-entry testing required
				to release a quarantine is at the expense of the person in possession of the
				animals.
004.02 Prior to entry, all
				calves less than two months of age, unless accompanied by their dam, need
				official identification, to be in compliance with these regulations, and
				originate from the farm or ranch where they were born and move directly to an
				approved livestock facility in Nebraska or obtain a permit and move directly to
				the destination named on the permit to be held for a minimum of sixty
				days.
004.03 All importers of
				cattle, camelids, cervidae, equidae, sheep, goats, and swine from any state
				which has a herd or area quarantined for vesicular stomatitis are required to
				obtain a permit prior to import into Nebraska, with the permit number recorded
				on the CVl unless such animal is covered by an exemption allowing an electronic
				CVl. Additionally, animals imported into the state for exhibition purposes
				without a permit must be examined for vesicular stomatitis by an accredited
				veterinarian within forty-eight (48) hours of importation into Nebraska and
				this is noted on the CVl.
004.04 In
				addition to general requirements, cattle or cervidae brought into the state are
				required to comply with federal tuberculosis provisions and these regulations.
004.04A All sexually intact dairy and dairy
				cross cattle additionally need a permit prior to entry into Nebraska. If less
				than two months of age, the cattle must originate from an accredited herd or be
				quarantined to their Nebraska destination, and test negative to an official
				tuberculosis test within sixty days after reaching two months of age or be
				neutered within sixty (60) days after reaching two months of age. If two months
				of age or older, the cattle must originate from an accredited herd, with the
				accredited herd number recorded on the CVl or be tested and found negative on
				an official tuberculosis test after reaching two months of age and within sixty
				days prior to entry into Nebraska.
004.04B Cattle originating In Mexico need to
				have been tested for tuberculosis and found to be negative within sixty days
				prior to entry into Nebraska. Such cattle will remain at the Nebraska
				destination under quarantine until they have been subjected to an official
				tuberculin tuberculosis test conducted at least sixty days after the date of
				the importation tuberculin tuberculosis test, but not more than one hundred
				twenty days after entry into Nebraska except neutered cattle may move to a
				feedlot in Nebraska for feeding purposes where adequate separation is
				maintained to prevent contact with animals being fed for purposes other than
				slaughter. Such cattle will be placed under a quarantine until moved direct to
				slaughter.
004.04C All rodeo cattle
				imported into Nebraska are required to have a permit prior to entry into
				Nebraska in addition to tubercuiosis testing meeting the Department's
				guidelines. Rodeo cattle being used for breeding must also comply with all
				other applicable requirements.
004.04D Any animal imported into Nebraska
				from another state or area of another state where tuberculosis exists is
				subject to the requirements set out in an importation order issued by the
				Department.