Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901:1 - Animal Industry › Chapter 901:1-17 - Importation and Health of Animals › Section 901:1-17-03 - Import requirements for breeding cattle and bison

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Except for the
			 purposes of paragraphs (B), (C), and (D) of this rule, all cattle and bison
			 imported into Ohio for breeding purposes shall:
(1) Be accompanied by a certificate of
			 veterinary inspection  issued within thirty days prior to entry and be
			 identified with official individual identification; and
(2) Meet the following tuberculosis
			 requirements:
(a) Originate from an accredited
			 free state or zone; or
(b)
			 Originate from a modified accredited advanced  state or zone and meet the following:
(i) Originate from an accredited herd;
			 or
(ii) Have an individual negative
			 tuberculosis test within sixty days prior to entry; or
(c) Originate from a modified accredited
			  state or zone and meet the following:
(i) Originate from an accredited herd;
			 or
(ii) Originate from a herd that
			 has completed a whole herd negative tuberculosis test within twelve months
			 prior to entry; and
(iii) Have an
			 individual negative tuberculosis test within sixty days prior to entry;
			 and
(iv) Obtain a permit.
(d) Originate from an
			 accreditation preparatory state or zone and meet the following:
(i) Originate from an accredited herd;
			 and
(ii) Have an individual
			 negative tuberculosis test within sixty days prior to entry; and
(iii) Obtain a permit.
(e)
										Cattle
			 or bison imported into Ohio for breeding purposes which
										 originate 
										from a
			 non-accredited state or zone can only enter Ohio for slaughter in compliance
			 with  rule
			 901:1-17-10 of
			 the Administrative Code.
(f) All
			 tuberculosis tests must be conducted by a licensed
										and accredited
			 veterinarian.
(g) Animals
			 which travel out of Ohio for exhibition purposes
										 in a modified accredited,
			 accreditation preparatory or non-accredited state or zone, must meet the
			 requirements set forth in paragraphs (A)(1), (A)(2) (c), (A)(2)(d), and
			 (A)(2)(e) of this rule in order to return to or be imported into
			 Ohio.
(3) Meet the
			 following brucellosis requirements:
(a)
			 Originate from a herd located in a certified brucellosis free state;
			 or
(b) Originate from a class A
			 state and be:
(i) From certified brucellosis
			 free herd, or
(ii) Not test
			 eligible, or
(iii) Test eligible
			 and negative to a brucellosis test within thirty days prior to entry,
			 or
(c) Originate from a
			 class B state and be:
(i) From certified
			 brucellosis free herd, with a permit prior to entry and shall be quarantined
			 and retested in forty-five to one hundred twenty days post entry or after
			 becoming test eligible, or
(ii) Not
			 test eligible with a permit prior to entry and shall be quarantined and
			 retested in forty-five to one hundred twenty days post entry or after becoming
			 test eligible, or
(iii) Test
			 eligible, and meet the following requirements:
(a) Accompanied with evidence of a negative
			 brucellosis test within thirty days prior to entry; and
(b) Obtain a permit prior to entry;
			 and
(c) Shall be quarantined and
			 retested forty-five to one hundred twenty days post entry.
(d) Originate from a class C state from a
			 certified brucellosis free herd and be retested forty-five to one hundred
			 twenty days post entry or after becoming test eligible.
(e) For purposes of this rule, test eligible
			 cattle and bison are:
(i) Nonvaccinates over
			 six months of age, except steers and spayed heifers.
(ii) Official vaccinates of the dairy breeds
			 twenty months of age and over (as evidenced by partial eruption of the first
			 pair of permanent incisor teeth).
(iii) Official vaccinates of the beef breeds
			 twenty-four months of age and over (as evidenced by the first pair of fully
			 erupted permanent incisor teeth).
(iv) Parturient or post parturient
			 animals.
(f) A legible
			 vaccination tattoo will be accepted as proof of vaccination.
(g) Brucellosis tests required under this
			 rule shall either be conducted by or confirmed by a state or
			 federally approved laboratory.
(4) Meet the following
			 trichomoniasis requirements:
(a) All bulls
			 over twenty-four months of age and all non-virgin bulls less than twenty-four
			 months of age shall have:
(i) One negative
			 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test within thirty days
			 prior to importation; and
(ii)
			 Samples submitted for testing shall be collected by a licensed accredited
			 veterinarian and the test is conducted by a state or federally
			 approved laboratory.
(b) Bulls meeting the following requirements
			 are exempted from the trichomoniasis testing requirements of this rule:
(i) Virgin bulls less than twenty-four months
			 of age accompanied by a certificate of
			 veterinary inspection containing a signed statement from an approved
			 veterinarian that the bulls have had no contact with breeding
			 females.
(ii) Bulls imported into
			 Ohio for immediate slaughter only or those consigned directly to a licensed
			 slaughter establishment or to a licensed livestock market and then directly to
			 a licensed slaughter establishment.