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North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-07 - Farmed Elk › Chapter 48.1-07-01 - Definitions - General Requirements › Section 48.1-07-01-04 - Quarantine facility

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Farmed elk
				premises must have an approved quarantine facility within its boundary or
				submit an action plan to the state veterinarian which guarantees access to an
				approved quarantine facility within the state.
2. If the state veterinarian imposes a
				quarantine, the farmed elk owner shall provide an onsite quarantine facility or
				make arrangements at the owner's expense to transport the animals to the
				approved quarantine facility named in the quarantine action plan.
3. The quarantine facility must meet
				standards prescribed by the state veterinarian concerning isolation, separate
				feed and water, escape security, and the humane holding and care of any
				quarantined elk for extended periods of time.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 36-25-02
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 36-25-02,
					 36-25-05
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-07 - Farmed Elk › Chapter 48.1-07-01 - Definitions - General Requirements › Section 48.1-07-01-05 - Fencing requirements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. A farmed elk
				owner shall comply with the following fencing standards:
a. Conventional perimeter fences must be at
				least twelve and one-half gauge and must be:
(1) At least eight feet [2.44 meters] high,
				if construction was completed on or after July 1, 2016.
(2) At least seven feet [2.13 meters] high,
				if construction was completed on or before June 30, 2016.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-07 - Farmed Elk › Chapter 48.1-07-01 - Definitions - General Requirements › Section 48.1-07-01-06 - Welfare of animals

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
A farmed elk operator may not display or house any elk in
				  such a manner as to endanger the health and safety of the public or the elk, as
				  determined by the state veterinarian.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 36-25-02
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 36-25-02
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-07 - Farmed Elk › Chapter 48.1-07-01 - Definitions - General Requirements › Section 48.1-07-01-07 - Identification

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Farmed elk must
				be individually identified as prescribed by the state veterinarian. The form of
				identification must be permanent and unique to each animal. The permanent
				identification must be an official tag or other form approved by the state
				veterinarian.
2. When loss of an
				animal identification is discovered, the animal must be identified with
				approved identification as soon as reasonably possible.
3. Identification assigned to an individual
				farmed elk may not be transferred to any other animal.
4. Newborn farmed elk must be individually
				identified prior to removal of the animal from the farmed elk premises or
				within twelve months of birth, whichever comes first.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 36-25-02
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 36-25-08
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-07 - Farmed Elk › Chapter 48.1-07-01 - Definitions - General Requirements › Section 48.1-07-01-07 - Identification

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Farmed elk
				must be individually identified with two forms of identification as prescribed
				by the state veterinarian. The form of identification must be permanent and
				unique to each animal. One form of permanent identification must be an official
				tag or other form approved by the state veterinarian.
2. When loss of an animal identification is
				discovered, the animal must be identified with approved identification as soon
				as reasonably possible.
3.
				Identification assigned to an individual farmed elk may not be transferred to
				any other animal.
4. Newborn farmed
				elk must be individually identified prior to removal of the animal from the
				farmed elk premises or within twelve months of birth, whichever comes
				first.
General Authority:
NDCC 36-25-02
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 36-25-08
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-07 - Farmed Elk › Chapter 48.1-07-01 - Definitions - General Requirements › Section 48.1-07-01-08 - Farmed elk reporting

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. An owner of
				farmed elk shall submit to the board an annual farmed elk inventory report by
				March first of each year.
2. An
				owner shall record inventory information on the forms provided by the board and
				such forms must be filled out completely and accurately.
3. An owner shall report all purchases,
				sales, or other animal transfers, escapes, recaptures, births, deaths, or
				diseased farmed elk on the inventory report form.
4. Manifests and bills of sale must be
				submitted to the board within seven days of the occurrence.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 36-25-02
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 36-25-02
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-07 - Farmed Elk › Chapter 48.1-07-01 - Definitions - General Requirements › Section 48.1-07-01-09 - Bill of sale and transportation

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Farmed elk to be
				transferred, bought, or sold must have an itemized bill of sale, certificate of
				veterinary inspection, or manifest at transfer of ownership that must include
				individual official identification, species, age, sex, number of animals, buyer
				and seller and their respective addresses, date of sale, and farmed elk
				facility numbers. All manifests and bills of sale must be submitted to the
				board within fourteen days of the occurrence.
2. Farmed elk transported within the state,
				which have been harvested on a private elk farm, must be accompanied by a bill
				of sale if there is a change of ownership.
3. Farmed elk may be transported from out of
				state through the state only if:
a. Animals
				proceed directly through the state and the owner or transporter does not unload
				the animals; and
b. Animals are not
				sold, bartered, traded, or otherwise transferred while in the state. Transfer
				does not include moving animals to another transport vehicle.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-07 - Farmed Elk › Chapter 48.1-07-01 - Definitions - General Requirements › Section 48.1-07-01-09 - Bill of sale and transportation

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Farmed
				elk to be transferred, bought, or sold must have an itemized bill of sale,
				certificate of veterinary inspection, or manifest at transfer of ownership that
				must include individual official identification, species, age, sex, number of
				animals, buyer and seller and their respective addresses, date of sale, and
				farmed elk facility numbers. All manifests and bills of sale must be submitted
				to the board within seven days of the occurrence.
2. Farmed elk transported within the state,
				which have been harvested on a private elk farm, must be accompanied by a bill
				of sale if there is a change of ownership.
3. Farmed elk may be transported from out of
				state through the state only if:
a. Animals
				proceed directly through the state and the owner or transporter does not unload
				the animals; and
b. Animals are not
				sold, bartered, traded, or otherwise transferred while in the state. Transfer
				does not include moving animals to another transport vehicle.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-07 - Farmed Elk › Chapter 48.1-07-01 - Definitions - General Requirements › Section 48.1-07-01-10 - Release or abandonments

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
A person may not release or abandon any farmed elk without
				  prior written authorization from the state veterinarian.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 36-25-02
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 36-25-02
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-07 - Farmed Elk › Chapter 48.1-07-01 - Definitions - General Requirements › Section 48.1-07-01-11 - Escaped farmed elk

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. The owner of
				farmed elk, or the owner's agent, shall report an escape to the board within
				one business day of discovery.
2.
				The owner shall cause any farmed elk to be recaptured or destroyed within ten
				days of the animal escape, except when public safety or the health of the
				domestic or wild population is at risk, in which case the animal may be
				disposed of immediately.
a. Upon request, the
				state veterinarian may grant a ten-day extension.
b. The state veterinarian may authorize an
				agent to seize, capture, or destroy farmed elk that have escaped the control of
				the owner or owner's agent.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-07 - Farmed Elk › Chapter 48.1-07-01 - Definitions - General Requirements › Section 48.1-07-01-12 - Inspection by board personnel

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
A farmed elk owner shall allow inspection of records, holding
				  facilities, and farmed elk by an agent of the board during normal working
				  hours. The owner may accompany the person conducting the inspection. The
				  inspection must be scheduled.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 36-25-02
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 36-25-09
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-07 - Farmed Elk › Chapter 48.1-07-02 - Importation Requirements › Section 48.1-07-02-01 - Importation Requirements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Farmed elk may be imported into the state only after the
				  owner of the farmed elk:
1. Obtains a
				certificate of veterinary inspection. The certificate of veterinary inspection
				must include specific disease test results, vaccinations, and health statements
				required by this chapter;
2.
				Obtains an importation permit number from the office of the state veterinarian.
				The state veterinarian may deny a request for an importation permit number if
				the state veterinarian has information that a farmed elk:
a. Has not met the disease testing,
				vaccination, or identification requirements set forth in North Dakota Century
				Code title 36 or this title, or as otherwise required by the state
				veterinarian;
b. Has not met any
				pre-entry quarantine conditions imposed by law;
c. Has been exposed to, may have been exposed
				to, is infected with, or may be infected with any contagious or infectious
				disease;
d. Is or may originate
				from an area or premises under quarantine or other form of official or
				regulatory action relating to contagious or infectious disease; or
e. May be a threat to the health and
				well-being of the human or animal population of the state, or both.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-07 - Farmed Elk › Chapter 48.1-07-02 - Importation Requirements › Section 48.1-07-02-01 - Importation requirements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Farmed elk may be imported into the state only after the
				  owner of the farmed elk:
1. Obtains a
				certificate of veterinary inspection. The certificate of veterinary inspection
				must include specific disease test results, vaccinations, and health statements
				required by this chapter;
2.
				Obtains an importation permit number from the office of the state veterinarian.
				The state veterinarian may deny a request for an importation permit number if
				the state veterinarian has information that a farmed elk:
a. Has not met the disease testing,
				vaccination, or identification requirements set forth in North Dakota Century
				Code title 36 or this title, or as otherwise required by the state
				veterinarian;
b. Has not met any
				pre-entry quarantine conditions imposed by law;
c. Has been exposed to, may have been exposed
				to, is infected with, or may be infected with any contagious or infectious
				disease;
d. Is or may originate
				from an area or premises under quarantine or other form of official or
				regulatory action relating to contagious or infectious disease;
e. May be a threat to the health and
				well-being of the human or animal population of the state, or both;
				or
f. Is a red deer
				hybrid.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-07 - Farmed Elk › Chapter 48.1-07-02 - Importation Requirements › Section 48.1-07-02-02 - Genetic purity requirements for interstate and intrastate movement

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
A person may not import farmed elk into zone 1 or zone 2 from
				  points outside the state or move farmed elk into zone 1 or zone 2 from points
				  inside the state unless the farmed elk are genetically pure. An importation
				  permit from the office of the state veterinarian may be required for such
				  movement.
1. Genetic testing for
				purity is required for all farmed elk before such animals may enter zone 1 or
				zone 2.
2. A person may not
				transport, attempt to transport, accept, or receive farmed elk into zone 1 or
				zone 2 until the person making application for the permit furnishes sufficient
				proof to the state veterinarian's office that the elk are genetically
				pure.
3. Farmed elk registered as
				genetically pure by a farmed elk association recognized by the board may be
				exempt from genetic testing requirements.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 36-25-02
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 36-25-02
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-07 - Farmed Elk › Chapter 48.1-07-03 - Importation Testing Requirements › Section 48.1-07-03-01 - Importation disease testing requirements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Brucellosis.
a. Sexually intact farmed elk six months of
				age and older must test negative for brucellosis by two different official
				tests prescribed by the state veterinarian, administered within thirty days
				prior to importation into the state. The following exemptions may apply:
(1) Farmed elk originating from certified
				brucellosis-free cervid herds may be exempt from testing
				requirements.
(2) Farmed elk
				originating from brucellosis-monitored cervid herds, must test negative for
				brucellosis by two different official tests within ninety days prior to
				importation into the state.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-07 - Farmed Elk › Chapter 48.1-07-03 - Importation Testing Requirements › Section 48.1-07-03-01 - Importation disease testing requirements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Brucellosis.
a. Sexually intact farmed elk six months of
				age and older must test negative for brucellosis by two different official
				tests prescribed by the state veterinarian, administered within thirty days
				prior to importation into the state. The following exemptions may apply:
(1) Farmed elk originating from certified
				brucellosis-free cervid herds may be exempt from testing
				requirements.
(2) Farmed elk
				originating from brucellosis-monitored cervid herds, must test negative for
				brucellosis by two different official tests within ninety days prior to
				importation into the state.
(3)
				Farmed elk originating from states recognized as "free" under the USDA-APHIS
				brucellosis eradication program.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-07 - Farmed Elk › Chapter 48.1-07-04 - Disease Control › Section 48.1-07-04-01 - Disease control

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Anthrax.
a. Farmed elk susceptible to anthrax located
				on farms where anthrax has been diagnosed must be vaccinated. Farmed elk must
				be quarantined for thirty days after the death of the last animal or thirty
				days following vaccination, whichever occurs last.
b. Sale of hides removed from farmed elk
				infected with anthrax is prohibited.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-07 - Farmed Elk › Chapter 48.1-07-04 - Disease Control › Section 48.1-07-04-02 - Removal or damaging of official identification or marks

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Official identification or brands may not be removed or
				  tampered with without approval by the state veterinarian
General Authority:
NDCC
					 36-01-08,
					 36-25-02
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 36-01-08,
					 36-25-02
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-08 - Goats › Chapter 48.1-08-01 - Goats › Section 48.1-08-01-01 - Definitions

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Definitions contained in title 9, Code of Federal
				  Regulations, part 79.1 are adopted by the board and apply to this chapter,
				  unless otherwise defined or ordered by the board.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 36-01-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 36-01-08,
					 36-01-12,
					 9 CFR
					 79.1, 9 CFR
					 161
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-08 - Goats › Chapter 48.1-08-01 - Goats › Section 48.1-08-01-02 - Importation requirements - Certificate of veterinary inspection - Identification - Exemptions

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
				Goats imported into the state must be accompanied by an official certificate of
				veterinary inspection and importation permit number except:
a. Meat breed goats originating directly from
				a producer's premises, not diverted en route, and consigned to an auction
				market approved by the board;
b.
				Goats consigned to a state or federally inspected slaughtering
				establishment;
c. Goats granted an
				exception by the board, if in the opinion of the state veterinarian the animals
				are free of contagious or infectious diseases;
d. Goats leaving the state for exhibition or
				competition with a valid certificate of veterinary inspection may return to the
				state with the same certificate of veterinary inspection if the goat has not
				been out of the state for more than thirty days; or
e. Other goats as otherwise provided for by
				these rules.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-08 - Goats › Chapter 48.1-08-01 - Goats › Section 48.1-08-01-02 - Importation requirements - Certificate of veterinary inspection - Identification - Exemptions

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Goats imported
				into the state must be accompanied by an official certificate of veterinary
				inspection except:
a. Meat breed goats
				originating directly from a producer's premises, not diverted en route, and
				consigned to an auction market approved by the board;
b. Goats consigned to a state or federally
				inspected slaughtering establishment;
c. Goats granted an exception by the board,
				if in the opinion of the state veterinarian the animals are free of contagious
				or infectious diseases;
d. Goats
				leaving the state for exhibition or competition with a valid certificate of
				veterinary inspection may return to the state with the same certificate of
				veterinary inspection if the goat has not been out of the state for more than
				thirty days; or
e. Other goats as
				otherwise provided for by these rules.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-08 - Goats › Chapter 48.1-08-01 - Goats › Section 48.1-08-01-03 - Importation disease testing requirements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Brucellosis.
a. Dairy breed goats over six months of age
				must have a valid negative brucellosis test within thirty days prior to entry
				into the state.
b. A valid test for
				brucellosis is a blood test conducted by a state or federal laboratory or by a
				veterinarian approved in the state of origin.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-08 - Goats › Chapter 48.1-08-01 - Goats › Section 48.1-08-01-03 - Importation disease testing requirements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Brucellosis.
2. Scrapie. The certificate of veterinary
				inspection must contain a written statement, signed by the owner of the goat,
				stating that:
"To the best of my knowledge, the goat or goats listed on
				  this certificate originate from a herd that has not been diagnosed as a
				  scrapie-infected, source, or exposed flock in the past sixty months."
3. Tuberculosis.
General Authority:
NDCC 36-01-08,
					 36-01-12
Law Implemented:
NDCC 36-01-08, 36-01-12,
					 36-14-04.1
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-08 - Goats › Chapter 48.1-08-01 - Goats › Section 48.1-08-01-04 - Disease control

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Anthrax.
a. Goats susceptible to anthrax located on
				farms where anthrax has been diagnosed must be vaccinated. Animals must be
				quarantined for thirty days after the death of the last animal or thirty days
				following vaccination, whichever occurs last.
b. Sale of hides removed from animals
				infected with anthrax is prohibited.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-08 - Goats › Chapter 48.1-08-01 - Goats › Section 48.1-08-01-05 - Removal or damaging of official identification or marks

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Official identification or marks may not be removed or
				  tampered with without approval by the state veterinarian.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 36-01-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 36-01-08
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-09 - Nontraditional Livestock › Chapter 48.1-09-01 - Definitions - General Requirements › Section 48.1-09-01-02 - Categories of nontraditional livestock

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Nontraditional livestock category 1
				species:
a. Category 1 species of
				nontraditional livestock are those species generally considered domestic, or
				other species that are not inherently dangerous, that do not pose a health risk
				to humans, domestic animals, or wild animals, and do not pose a hazard to the
				environment, as determined by the board.
b. Category 1 species of nontraditional
				livestock includes turkeys, geese, and ducks morphologically distinguishable
				from wild turkeys, geese, ducks, pigeons, rabbits, ratites, chinchilla, Guinea
				fowl, ranch foxes, ranch mink, peafowl, all pheasants, quail, chukar, hedgehog,
				degus, and other species as ordered by the board.
c. Category 1 species of nontraditional
				livestock do not require a nontraditional livestock license, but owners must
				otherwise comply with the rules in this title.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-09 - Nontraditional Livestock › Chapter 48.1-09-01 - Definitions - General Requirements › Section 48.1-09-01-02 - Categories of nontraditional livestock

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
				Nontraditional livestock category 1 species:
a. Category 1 species of nontraditional
				livestock are those species generally considered domestic, or other species
				that are not inherently dangerous, that do not pose a health risk to humans,
				domestic animals, or wild animals, and do not pose a hazard to the environment,
				as determined by the board.
b.
				Category 1 species of nontraditional livestock includes turkeys, geese, and
				ducks morphologically distinguishable from wild turkeys, geese, ducks, pigeons,
				rabbits, ratites, chinchilla, Guinea fowl, ranch foxes, ranch mink, peafowl,
				all pheasants, quail, chukar, hedgehog, degus, and other species as ordered by
				the board.
c. Category 1 species of
				nontraditional livestock do not require a nontraditional livestock license, but
				owners must otherwise comply with the rules in this title.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-09 - Nontraditional Livestock › Chapter 48.1-09-01 - Definitions - General Requirements › Section 48.1-09-01-03 - License requirements for nontraditional livestock category 2 and category 3 species

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. The owner shall
				obtain a license from the board before acquiring animals classified as
				nontraditional livestock category 2 and category 3 species. Fees must be paid
				under North Dakota Century Code section
				36-01-08.1 before issuance of a
				license.
2. An owner, before
				acquiring or possessing category 2 or category 3 nontraditional livestock on
				such owner's premises, shall provide to the board a description and a sketch or
				map of the premises and facilities.
a. The
				sketch or map must include, at a minimum, the proposed exterior boundary,
				location of the holding and handling facilities, the quarantine area, and the
				proposed location of all gates at the time of application for a nontraditional
				livestock license. The board may require additional information.
b. An owner may not acquire or possess
				category 2 or category 3 nontraditional livestock on such owner's premises and
				facilities until the board has inspected and approved the facility and issued
				the license.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-09 - Nontraditional Livestock › Chapter 48.1-09-01 - Definitions - General Requirements › Section 48.1-09-01-04 - Holding and handling facilities

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
				A license or permit may not be granted by the board until it is satisfied that
				the provisions for housing and caring for such nontraditional livestock and for
				protecting the public are proper and adequate and in accordance with the
				standards prescribed by the board.
2. The board may examine all lands and
				buildings licensed as game bird and animal farms, deer farms, or fur farms to
				determine whether all nontraditional livestock held on licensed farms are
				treated in a humane manner and confined under sanitary conditions with proper
				and adequate housing, care, and food.
3. Category 2 or category 3 nontraditional
				livestock operators must have holding and handling facilities that enable
				handling, marketing, and individual identification of all nontraditional
				livestock on the premises. A permanent or portable handling facility must be
				accessible to the nontraditional livestock farm at all times. If the handling
				facility is adjacent to the perimeter, additional fencing may be
				required.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 36-01-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 36-01-08,
					 36-01-12
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-09 - Nontraditional Livestock › Chapter 48.1-09-01 - Definitions - General Requirements › Section 48.1-09-01-05 - Quarantine facility

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Category 2 and category 3 nontraditional
				livestock premises must have an approved quarantine facility within its
				exterior boundary or submit an action plan to the board that guarantees access
				to an approved quarantine facility within the state.
2. If the state veterinarian imposes a
				quarantine, the nontraditional livestock owner shall provide an onsite
				quarantine facility or make arrangements at the owner's expense to transport
				the animals to the approved quarantine facility named in the quarantine action
				plan.
3. The quarantine facility
				must meet standards prescribed by the state veterinarian concerning isolation,
				separate feed and water, escape security, and the humane holding and care of
				any quarantined nontraditional livestock for extended periods of
				time.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 36-01-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 36-01-08,
					 36-01-12
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-09 - Nontraditional Livestock › Chapter 48.1-09-01 - Definitions - General Requirements › Section 48.1-09-01-06 - Fencing requirements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Owners of
				all categories of nontraditional livestock shall comply with fencing or
				enclosure standards that will assure containment.
2. Unless otherwise specified, perimeter
				fences for cervids, nondomestic sheep and goats, and nondomestic hybrid sheep
				and goats must follow the height requirements in this section. The bottom of
				the fence must be at or below ground level. The fence must be a mesh of a size
				to prevent escape and not spaced more than six inches apart.
a. Electric fencing materials may be used on
				perimeter fences, only as a supplement to conventional fencing
				materials.
b. All gates in the
				perimeter fence must be locked and there must not be more than six inches below
				or between gates.
c. Posts must be
				of sufficient strength to keep nontraditional livestock securely contained. The
				posts must extend to the upper limits of the height requirement and be spaced
				no more than twenty-four feet apart.
d. Each fawning or lambing pen may not exceed
				one hundred sixty acres.
e. The
				minimum standards for perimeter fences are as follows:
(1) A four-foot fence for small cervid
				species, including muntjac.
(2) A
				four-foot fence made of twelve-gauge or heavier woven wire, or other material
				of similar strength for black Hawaiian, Corsican, painted desert, multi-horned
				hair, Texas dall, New Mexico dall, and desert sand sheep.
(3) A six-foot fence for fallow
				deer.
(4) An eight-foot fence for
				white-tailed deer, mule deer, red deer, category 3 nondomestic sheep, and
				category 3 nondomestic goats.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-09 - Nontraditional Livestock › Chapter 48.1-09-01 - Definitions - General Requirements › Section 48.1-09-01-06 - Fencing requirements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Owners of all
				categories of nontraditional livestock shall comply with fencing or enclosure
				standards that will assure containment.
2. Unless otherwise specified, perimeter
				fences for cervids, nondomestic sheep and goats, and nondomestic hybrid sheep
				and goats must follow the height requirements in this section. The bottom of
				the fence must be at or below ground level. The fence must be a mesh of a size
				to prevent escape and not spaced more than six inches [15.24 centimeters]
				apart.
a. Electric fencing materials may be
				used on perimeter fences, only as a supplement to conventional fencing
				materials.
b. All gates in the
				perimeter fence must be locked and there must not be more than six inches
				[15.24 centimeters] below or between gates.
c. Posts must be of sufficient strength to
				keep nontraditional livestock securely contained. The posts must extend to the
				upper limits of the height requirement and be spaced no more than twenty-four
				feet [7.32 meters] apart.
d. Each
				fawning or lambing pen may not exceed one hundred sixty acres [64.75
				hectares].
e. The minimum standards
				for perimeter fences are as follows:
(1) A
				four-foot [1.22-meter] fence for small cervid species, including
				muntjac.
(2) A four-foot
				[1.22-meter] fence made of twelve-gauge or heavier woven wire, or other
				material of similar strength for black Hawaiian, Corsican, painted desert,
				multi-horned hair, Texas dall, New Mexico dall, and desert sand
				sheep.
(3) A six-foot [1.83-meter]
				fence for fallow deer.
(4) An
				eight-foot [2.44-meter] fence for white-tailed deer, mule deer, category 3
				nondomestic sheep, and category 3 nondomestic goats.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-09 - Nontraditional Livestock › Chapter 48.1-09-01 - Definitions - General Requirements › Section 48.1-09-01-07 - Identification

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Category 2 and
				category 3 nontraditional livestock maintained within North Dakota or
				transferred to any nontraditional livestock premises within the state of North
				Dakota must be identified as prescribed by the board.
2. Category 2 or category 3 hoofed
				nontraditional livestock not distinguishable from wild species must be
				identified individually with a visual tag approved by the board and must be
				marked within twelve months of birth, and before removal of the animal from the
				nontraditional livestock premises.
3. An owner of category 2 or category 3
				nontraditional livestock shall record the number and other information as
				specified and approved by the board.
4. Change of animal identification must be
				reported on the annual inventory report.
5. Identification assigned to an individual
				nontraditional livestock animal may not be transferred to any other
				animal.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 36-01-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 36-01-08,
					 36-01-08.2,
					 36-01-12
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-09 - Nontraditional Livestock › Chapter 48.1-09-01 - Definitions - General Requirements › Section 48.1-09-01-08 - Escaped nontraditional livestock

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
				Category 2 or category 3 nontraditional livestock escapes must be reported to
				the board within one working day of discovery.
2. An owner of category 2 or category 3
				nontraditional livestock shall notify the board within one working day of the
				capture or death of an escaped category 2 or category 3 animal.
3. An owner of category 2 or category 3
				nontraditional livestock shall recapture or destroy the escaped category 2 or
				category 3 animal within four days, except where public safety or the health of
				the domestic or wild population is at risk, in which case the animal may be
				disposed of immediately. An extension may be granted at the discretion of the
				state veterinarian.
4. The board
				may authorize an agent to seize, capture, or destroy category 2 or category 3
				nontraditional livestock that have escaped and are outside the control of the
				producer.
a. A reasonable fee will be
				assessed to the owner to seize, capture, or destroy the animal.
b. The owner must reimburse costs, not to
				exceed fifty dollars per animal, to the responding agent.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-09 - Nontraditional Livestock › Chapter 48.1-09-01 - Definitions - General Requirements › Section 48.1-09-01-09 - Zoos

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Licensed zoos, research facilities, education facilities, and
				  class B brokers, as defined by the United States department of agriculture,
				  dealing with a licensed zoo, shall comply with requirements established for
				  nontraditional livestock. Zoos accredited by the American zoo and aquarium
				  association importing exotic animals shall coordinate directly with the state
				  veterinarian's office.
1. Exemptions
				to specific testing may be allowed by the state veterinarian for endangered or
				highly valuable animals in instances where risk of harm or death due to drug
				immobilization or physical restraint outweighs the likelihood that the animal
				harbors the disease in question.
2.
				The state veterinarian shall determine any testing needed. Zoos must conduct
				testing that is deemed appropriate by the state veterinarian.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 36-01-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 36-01-08,
					 36-01-12
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-09 - Nontraditional Livestock › Chapter 48.1-09-02 - Importation Requirements › Section 48.1-09-02-01 - Importation requirements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Nontraditional livestock may be imported into North Dakota
				  only after the owner of the nontraditional livestock:
1. Obtains a certificate of veterinary
				inspection. The certificate of veterinary inspection must include specific
				disease test results, vaccinations, and health statements required by this
				chapter.
2. Obtains an importation
				permit number from the office of the state veterinarian. The state veterinarian
				may deny a request for an importation permit number if the state veterinarian
				has information that an animal:
a. Has not met
				the disease testing, vaccination, or identification requirements set forth in
				North Dakota Century Code title 36 or this title, or as otherwise required by
				the state veterinarian;
b. Has not
				met any pre-entry quarantine conditions imposed by law;
c. Has been exposed to, may have been exposed
				to, is infected with, or may be infected with any contagious or infectious
				disease;
d. Is or may originate
				from an area or premises under quarantine or other form of official or
				regulatory action relating to contagious or infectious disease; or
e. May be a threat to the health and
				well-being of the human or animal population of the state, or both.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-09 - Nontraditional Livestock › Chapter 48.1-09-03 - Importation Disease Testing Requirements for Nontraditional Livestock Category 2 Species › Section 48.1-09-03-01 - Importation disease testing requirements for nontraditional livestock category 2 species

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Brucellosis.
a. Reindeer (rangifer):
(1) For certified brucellosis-free cervid
				herds, no movement testing is required.
(2) For brucellosis-monitored cervid herds,
				all sexually intact animals six months of age or older must test negative for
				brucellosis by four different official tests as specified by the state
				veterinarian within ninety days prior to importation.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-09 - Nontraditional Livestock › Chapter 48.1-09-03 - Importation Disease Testing Requirements for Nontraditional Livestock Category 2 Species › Section 48.1-09-03-01 - Importation disease testing requirements for nontraditional livestock category 2 species

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Brucellosis.
a. Category 2 nondomestic sheep must test
				negative for brucella ovis by an official test approved by the state
				veterinarian within thirty days prior to importation.
b. For all other species, testing
				requirements will be determined on a species-by-species basis by the state
				veterinarian.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-09 - Nontraditional Livestock › Chapter 48.1-09-04 - Movement Requirements › Section 48.1-09-04-01 - Intrastate Movement Requirements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Red deer and red
				deer hybrids may not be imported into or allowed in zone 1 or zone 2.
2. Board approval must be obtained to possess
				nondomestic sheep and hybrids or nondomestic goats and hybrids south and west
				of the Missouri River.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 36-01-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 36-01-08,
					 36-01-12
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-09 - Nontraditional Livestock › Chapter 48.1-09-04 - Movement Requirements › Section 48.1-09-04-01 - Intrastate movement requirements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Board approval must be obtained to possess nondomestic sheep
				  and hybrids or nondomestic goats and hybrids south and west of the Missouri
				  River.
General Authority:
NDCC 36-01-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC 36-01-08,
					 36-01-12
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-09 - Nontraditional Livestock › Chapter 48.1-09-05 - Disease control › Section 48.1-09-05-01 - Disease control

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Anthrax.
a. Nontraditional livestock susceptible to
				anthrax located on farms where anthrax has been diagnosed must be vaccinated.
				Nontraditional livestock must be quarantined for thirty days after the death of
				the last animal or thirty days following vaccination, whichever occurs
				last.
b. Sale of hides removed from
				nontraditional livestock infected with anthrax is prohibited.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-09 - Nontraditional Livestock › Chapter 48.1-09-05 - Disease control › Section 48.1-09-05-02 - Removal or damaging of official identification tags or markings

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Official identification or reactor tags or markings may not
				  be removed or tampered with without approval by the state
				  veterinarian.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 36-01-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 36-01-08
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-09 - Nontraditional Livestock › Chapter 48.1-09-06 - Category 3 Species › Section 48.1-09-06-01 - Housing, Handling, Health, and Importation Requirements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Suidae including
				wild species of the family suidae (hogs and pigs), except swine considered
				domestic in the state by the board.
a.
				Importation requirements for wild species of the family suidae (hogs and pigs),
				except swine considered domestic in the state by the board.
(1) Certificate of veterinary inspection and
				importation permit number from the board.
(2) Negative pseudorabies serologic test
				approved by the state veterinarian within thirty days prior to entry into the
				state.
(3) Negative brucellosis
				test within thirty days of importation.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-09 - Nontraditional Livestock › Chapter 48.1-09-06 - Category 3 Species › Section 48.1-09-06-01 - Housing, handling, health, and importation requirements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Suidae including wild species of the
				family suidae (hogs and pigs), except swine considered domestic in the state by
				the board.
a. Importation requirements for
				wild species of the family suidae (hogs and pigs), except swine considered
				domestic in the state by the board.
(1)
				Certificate of veterinary inspection and importation permit number from the
				board.
(2) Negative pseudorabies
				serologic test approved by the state veterinarian within thirty days prior to
				entry into the state.
(3) Negative
				brucellosis test within thirty days of importation.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-10 - Poultry › Chapter 48.1-10-01 - Poultry › Section 48.1-10-01-01 - Importation requirements - Certificate of veterinary inspection - Identification - Exemptions

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
				Poultry imported into the state, must be accompanied by an official certificate
				of veterinary inspection except:
a. Poultry
				consigned to a state or federally inspected slaughtering
				establishment.
b. Poultry granted
				an exception by the board, if in the determination of the state veterinarian
				the animals are free of contagious or infectious diseases.
c. Poultry leaving the state for exhibition
				or competition with a valid certificate of veterinary inspection may return to
				the state with the same certificate of veterinary inspection if the animal has
				not been out of the state for more than thirty days.
d. Other poultry as otherwise provided for by
				these rules.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-10 - Poultry › Chapter 48.1-10-01 - Poultry › Section 48.1-10-01-01 - Importation requirements - Certificate of veterinary inspection - Identification - Exemptions

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Poultry imported
				into the state, must be accompanied by an official certificate of veterinary
				inspection except:
a. Poultry consigned to a
				state or federally inspected slaughtering establishment.
b. Poultry granted an exception by the board,
				if in the determination of the state veterinarian the animals are free of
				contagious or infectious diseases.
c. Poultry leaving the state for exhibition
				or competition with a valid certificate of veterinary inspection may return to
				the state with the same certificate of veterinary inspection if the animal has
				not been out of the state for more than thirty days.
d. Other poultry as otherwise provided for by
				these rules.
e. Poultry hatching
				eggs and hatchlings less than five days of age which originate from national
				poultry improvement plan flocks certified as pullorum and fowl typhoid clean
				and avian influenza clean which may be imported on an electronic USDA-APHIS-VS
				Form 9-3 following approval of the hatchery by the state
				veterinarian.
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-10 - Poultry › Chapter 48.1-10-01 - Poultry › Section 48.1-10-01-02 - Poultry exhibition

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Entries in live
				domestic bird or wild fowl exhibitions must be accompanied by a declaration or
				certification from the exhibitor containing the name and address of the owner
				or exhibitor, and the breed, species, and identification band number of the
				bird.
2. Diseased birds must be
				properly segregated and disposed of in a manner prescribed by the state
				veterinarian.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 36-01-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 36-01-08
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-10 - Poultry › Chapter 48.1-10-01 - Poultry › Section 48.1-10-01-03 - Importation disease testing requirements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Pullorum-typhoid disease.
1. Poultry over five months of age, imported
				for breeding purposes, must test negative for pullorum-typhoid disease within
				thirty days prior to entry into the state or originate from qualified flocks,
				unless originating from a disease-free area as determined by the state
				veterinarian.
2. Poultry under five
				months of age and hatching eggs imported or offered for sale in the state must
				originate from qualified flocks.
3.
				Pullorum-typhoid testing must be a method prescribed by the state
				veterinarian.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 36-01-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 36-01-08,
					 36-01-12
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-10 - Poultry › Chapter 48.1-10-01 - Poultry › Section 48.1-10-01-03 - Importation disease testing requirements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Pullorum-typhoid disease.
1. Poultry over four months of age, imported
				for breeding purposes, must test negative for pullorum-typhoid disease within
				thirty days prior to entry into the state or originate from qualified flocks,
				unless originating from a disease-free area as determined by the state
				veterinarian.
2. Poultry under four
				months of age and hatching eggs imported or offered for sale in the state must
				originate from qualified flocks.
3.
				Pullorum-typhoid testing must be a method prescribed by the national poultry
				improvement plan and approved by the state veterinarian.
General Authority:
NDCC 36-01-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC 36-01-08,
					 36-01-12
North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 48.1 - State Board of Animal Health › Article 48.1-10 - Poultry › Chapter 48.1-10-01 - Poultry › Section 48.1-10-01-04 - Removal or damaging of official identification or bands

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
Official identification or bands may not be removed or
				  tampered with without approval by the state veterinarian.
General Authority:
NDCC
					 36-01-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 36-01-08