Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 3a - TEMPORARY GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPORTATION AND INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF CERVIDS AND CAMELIDS-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 3a.3 - Importation of camelids and cervids

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Identification required.
A person may not import camelids or cervids into this Commonwealth unless each
				animal is individually identified by a unique ear tag issued or approved by the
				state or country of origin, by a permanent tag or unique mark approved by the
				Department or by some other device or means of identification approved by the
				Department.
(b)
Health
				requirements.
(1)
General.
Camelids and cervids may only be imported into this
				Commonwealth if the importation is done in compliance with §
										§
										3.3,
				3.4 and
				3.6 (relating to requirements for
				importation; health certificates for imported animals; and vehicular
				sanitation). For purposes of this chapter, the term "animal" as defined in
				§
										3.1 (relating to definitions),
				shall be construed to include camelids and cervids held in captivity.
(2)
Cervids.
As a condition
				of importation, each cervid shall be accompanied by a written certification
				from a USDA-accredited veterinarian of the state or country of origin that the
				animal identified in that document originated from a herd that is not known to
				be infected with an infectious or contagious, or both, disease and that the
				specific test requirements of the Department have been met. This certification
				shall be dated and issued no more than 30 days prior to the importation of the
				subject cervid into this Commonwealth. The specific test requirements are as
				follows:
(i)
Brucellosis.
At
				least one of the following conditions shall be met for cervids 12 months of age
				or older to be imported into this Commonwealth:
(A) The cervids are brucellosis
				test-negative, according to USDA recommended protocol, no more than 30 days
				prior to importation.
(B) The
				cervids originate from a brucellosis-monitored cervid herd and be test negative
				within 90 days prior to importation.
(C) The cervids originate from a certified
				brucellosis-free cervid herd.
(ii)
Tuberculosis.
At least
				one of the following conditions shall be met for cervids to be imported into
				this Commonwealth:
(A) The cervids are
				accompanied by a certificate verifying that they were classified negative to
				two consecutive USDA-approved tuberculosis tests, which were conducted at least
				90 days apart, with the most recent test having been conducted within 90 days
				prior to importation, and that the cervids were isolated from all other members
				of the herd during the testing period.
(B) The cervids originate from an accredited
				cervid herd.
(C) The cervids
				originate from a qualified herd and have tested negative for tuberculosis
				within 90 days prior to importation. If the qualifying herd test was
				administered within this 90-day period and the results are test-negative, no
				additional test is required.
(D)
				The cervids originate from a tuberculosis-monitored cervid herd and have tested
				negative for tuberculosis within 90 days prior to importation.
(E) The cervids are less than 12 months of
				age, originate and were born in an accredited cervid herd, a qualified herd or
				a tuberculosis-monitored cervid herd and have not been exposed to cervids from
				a lower status with respect to tuberculosis risk.
(3)
Camelids
. As
				a condition of importation, each camelid shall be accompanied by a written
				certification from a USDA-accredited veterinarian of the state or country of
				origin that the animal identified in that document originated from a herd that
				is not known to be infected with an infectious or contagious, or both, disease
				and that the specific test requirements of the Department have been met. This
				certification shall be dated and issued no more than 30 days prior to the
				importation of the subject camelid into this Commonwealth. The specific test
				requirements are as follows:
(i)
Brucellosis.
Camelids 12 months of age or older shall be
				brucellosis test-negative, according to USDA recommended protocol, no more than
				60 days prior to importation.
(ii)
Tuberculosis.
Camelids 12 months of age or older shall be
				negative to a USDA approved tuberculosis test no more than 90 days prior to
				importation.