Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › ANIMAL INDUSTRY › Chapter 16-54 - Animal importation › WILD AND EXOTIC ANIMALS, INCLUDING ZOO ANIMALS › Section 16-54-180 - Wild and exotic animals - Importation and testing requirements Import health requirements

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
				  Wild and exotic animals entering Washington state must be accompanied by a
				  certificate of veterinary inspection issued by an accredited veterinarian
				  licensed in the state of origin, or accompanied by an international certificate
				  of health unless the animals are prohibited under chapter 16.30 RCW or 232-12
				  WAC.
(2) All wild and exotic
				  animals must be accompanied by an entry permit.
Import test requirements.
(3)
Brucellosis:
Within thirty
				  days before entering Washington state, negative serologic testing must be
				  conducted on the following categories of captive wild or exotic animals that
				  are more than six months of age:
Table 1.
Wild and exotic animals that must be tested for
					 brucellosis
Tested For
Species
Scientific
Name
Common Name Examples
Brucella
							 abortus
Camelidae
* Vicuna "Guanaco "Camel
Cervidae
* Elk "Caribou "Moose "Reindeer "Deer
Giraffidae
* Giraffe "Okapi
Bovidae
* Wild cattle (gaur, ban-teng, kaupre,
							 yak) "Bison (American bison, European bison)
* Buffalo (Asian water buffalo, tamaraw,
							 lowland anoa, mountain anoa, African buffalo)
Ovidae, Cap-ridae
* Wild sheep (bighorn sheep, Dall's
							 sheep, mou-flon, argoli, uriol, blue sheep, barbary sheep, red sheep) "Wild
							 goats (Rocky Mountain goat, ibex, walia ibex, west Caucasian tur, east
							 Caucasian tur, Spanish ibex, mark-hor)
Brucella
							 suis
Suidae
* Wild swine (European wild boar, bearded
							 pig, Jovan pig, pygmy hog, wart hog, giant forest pig, East Indian swine or
							 Bab-irusa, African bush pig, peccaries)
Brucella suis biovar
							 4
Cervidae
* Caribou "Reindeer
Brucella
							 ovis
Ovidae, Cap-ridae
* All wild sheep and goats must be tested
							 and found negative to
Brucella ovis
within thirty days before
							 entering Washington state
(4)
Tuberculosis
(
Mycobacterium bovis
and
Mycobac-terium tuberculosis
):
(a) Animals less than six months of age that
				  are nursing negative tested dams may be excluded from tuberculosis test
				  requirements.
(b) Within thirty
				  days before entering Washington state, the animals listed in the following
				  table must test negative for
M. bovis
and
M.
				  tuberculosis
by a skin test or other approved test that follows
				  federal tuberculosis protocols:
Table 2.
Wild and exotic animals that must be tested for
					 tuberculosis
Species Scientific Name
Common Name Examples
Ceropithecidae
* Old world
							 primates2
Hylobotidae
* Gibbons2
* Lessor apes2
Pongidae
* Great apes2
Elephantidae
* Elephants1
Bovidae
* Wild cattle
Ovidae, Capridae
* Wild sheep
* Wild goats
Cervidae
* Elk
* Caribou
* Moose
* Reindeer
* Deer
Giraffidae
* Giraffe
* Okapi
1Negative trunk wash or other
					 USDA-validated tuberculosis test every twelve months.
2All nonhuman primates are
					 exempt from the
M. bovis
testing requirement.
(c)
Cervidae
,
				  such as elk, deer, caribou, moose, and reindeer must be from herds not known to
				  be infected with, exposed to, or affected by tuberculosis. They must also test
				  negative for
M. bovis
using the testing requirements defined
				  in Title 9 C.F.R. Part 77.33 (January 1, 2014).
(d) For all captive wild or exotic animals
				  not listed in Table 2 of this section, the following statement signed by the
				  animal's owner or agent must be placed on the official certificate of
				  veterinary inspection:
"To my knowledge, the animals listed on this certificate
					 are not infected with tuberculosis and have not been exposed to animals
					 infected with tuberculosis during the past twelve months."