Texas Administrative Code › Title 4 - AGRICULTURE › Part 2 - TEXAS ANIMAL HEALTH COMMISSION › Chapter 35 - BRUCELLOSIS › Subchapter A - ERADICATION OF BRUCELLOSIS IN CATTLE › Section 35.4 - Entry, Movement, and Change of Ownership

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12,
				  2024
(a) Requirements
				  for cattle from foreign countries without comparable brucellosis status that
				  enter and remain in Texas. (Note: Cattle from foreign countries with comparable
				  brucellosis status would enter by meeting the requirements for a state with
				  similar status.)
(1) Permit requirement.
				  Sexually intact cattle must obtain an "E" permit from the Texas Animal Health
				  Commission prior to moving to a destination in Texas other than direct to
				  slaughter, quarantined feedlot, or designated pens. The permit number must be
				  entered on the Importation Certificate (VS Form 17-30) and a copy of that
				  certificate forwarded to the Commission's office in Austin immediately
				  following issuance.
(2) Branding
				  requirements.
(A) Sexually intact cattle
				  destined for a quarantined feedlot or designated pen must be "S"-branded prior
				  to or upon arrival at the quarantined feedlot or designated pen.
(B) Spayed heifers shall be identified by
				  branding prior to entry as specified in §
												RSA 35.1 of this
				  title (relating to Definitions).
(3) Vaccination requirement. Nonvaccinated
				  sexually intact female cattle between four and 12 months of age entering for
				  purposes other than immediate slaughter or feeding for slaughter in a
				  quarantined feedlot or designated pen shall be placed under quarantine on
				  arrival and officially brucellosis vaccinated as outlined in §
											RSA 35.2(m)
				  of this title (relating to General Requirements). The quarantine may be
				  released after meeting test requirements.
(4) Testing requirements for bulls entering
				  for purposes other than immediate slaughter or feeding in a quarantined feedlot
				  or designated pen. Bulls entering for purposes other than immediate slaughter
				  or feeding in a quarantined feedlot or designated pen shall be tested at the
				  port of entry into Texas under the supervision of the port veterinarian, and
				  placed under quarantine and retested 120 to 180 days after arrival. The
				  quarantine will be released following a negative brucellosis test.
(5) Testing requirements for females entering
				  for purposes other than immediate slaughter or feeding in a quarantined feedlot
				  or designated pen. All sexually intact female cattle entering for purposes
				  other than immediate slaughter or feeding for slaughter in a quarantined
				  feedlot or designated pen shall be tested at the port of entry into Texas under
				  the supervision of the port veterinarian, and placed under quarantine on
				  arrival and retested for brucellosis in no less than 120 days nor more than 180
				  days after arrival for release of the quarantine; however, if the sexually
				  intact female cattle have not had their first calf prior to the 120 to 180 day
				  post entry test, the quarantine will not be released until a second negative
				  test for brucellosis is conducted no sooner than 30 days after the animal has
				  had its first calf and the second negative test has been confirmed.
(6) Testing requirements for sexually intact
				  cattle moving directly to a quarantined feedlot or designated pen. All sexually
				  intact cattle destined for feeding for slaughter in a quarantined feedlot or
				  designated pen must be tested at the port of entry into Texas under the
				  supervision of the port veterinarian. These cattle must be "S"-branded prior to
				  or upon arrival at the quarantined feedlot or designated pen, and may move to
				  the quarantined feedlot or designated pen only in sealed trucks with a VS 1-27
				  permit issued by a representative of TAHC or USDA.
(7) Responsibility for costs. All costs of
				  calfhood vaccination, testing, and retesting shall be borne by the
				  owner.