La. Admin. Code tit. 7 § XXI-711

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XXI-711 - Livestock Auction Market Requirements (Formerly Section 307)

A. All cattle which are sold or offered for sale in livestock auction markets must meet the general requirements of §111 and the following specific requirements.

1.Brucellosis

a. Cattle from quarantined herds or from non-qualified herds from quarantined areas are not eligible for sale in the state of Louisiana except as provided in §727, which governs Brucellosis quarantined herds.

b.

i. All cattle that are offered for sale through Louisiana livestock auction markets, which are Brucellosis test eligible, must be identified by an official back tag; those animals two years of age or older, shall have this official back tag placed immediately behind the shoulder of the animal. The market shall furnish the Livestock Sanitary Board's official representative a copy of each check-in slip, showing the name of the auction market, the date, the name and complete address of each consignor, and the official back tag numbers applied to the consignor's livestock. The check-in slip shall be made available to the Livestock Sanitary Board's official representative, before the animals can be tested for Brucellosis.

ii. It shall be a violation of this regulation for anyone to consign livestock to a Louisiana livestock auction market and give a name and address that are not the name and address of the owner consigning the livestock to the auction market.

c. All cattle over 12 months of age are subject to the following provisions regarding testing for brucellosis.

i. Cattle that are required to be tested for brucellosis prior to sale are those which:

(a). are eligible to be returned to a farm after sale;

(b). originate from a state declared brucellosis free less for than 5 years prior to the sale date; and

(c). are tested for brucellosis are to be identified by an official metal ear tag and official back tag.

ii. Cattle that are not required to be tested for brucellosis are those that are:

(a). steers and spayed heifers;

(b). "S" branded and listed on a permit prior to shipment from a quarantine feedlot to an auction barn;

(c). individually identified cattle which are less than 24 months of age for beef breeds and less than 20 months of age for dairy breeds, that have received an official brucellosis calfhood vaccination and which are not preparturient or post-parturient;

(d). individually identified cattle originating in and moving directly from a certified brucellosis free herd and accompanied by a copy of the last herd test record which includes the animal or animals being offered for sale;

(e). consigned to slaughter. These cattle are to be identified by an official back tag.

d. All heifer calves, between 4 and 12 months of age not vaccinated for Brucellosis must be vaccinated with USDA approved Brucellosis vaccine prior to being sold. Failure to accomplish this vaccination shall be a violation of this regulation and violators shall be subject to penalties which may be imposed by the Louisiana Livestock Sanitary Board as granted in R.S. 3:2093.

i. All nonvaccinated heifer calves, between 4 and 12 months of age, must be vaccinated with USDA approved Brucellosis vaccine prior to being sold or at the first point of sale, but in no case shall any heifer calf 4 to 12 months of age remain unvaccinated for Brucellosis more than 15 days after the date of sale. Exceptions to this Clause are heifer calves 4 to 12 months of age which are transported out of the state within 15 days of the date of their sale.

e. Disposition of Animals Tested at an Auction Market

i. Reactor animals vaccinated or non-vaccinated, disclosed must be branded with a 3-inch hot brand on the left jaw, tagged and removed to slaughter with a properly executed VS Form 1-27.

ii. Suspect animals, adult vaccinated or calfhood vaccinated animals, which are card test positive and either rivanol test negative or have a CITE test reaction, which is in the suspect range established by a designated epidemiologist, can be "S" branded and sold for slaughter or, at the choice of the owner, returned to the farm of origin under quarantine for retest in no less than 30 days. Additional animals in the same consignment with the vaccinated suspect(s), which are negative on the Brucellosis test, may move without restriction, provided they are in compliance with other appropriate regulations.

iii. All exposed animals in a consignment must be "S" branded for removal to slaughter or, at the choice of the owner, can be returned to the farm of origin under quarantine.

f. Cattle originating from Brucellosis quarantined herds shall be identified by ear tag and branded with a 3-inch hot "S" brand on the left jaw and accompanied by a properly executed VS Form 1-27. The branding and the issuance of VS Form 1-27 will be completed on the farm of origin prior to movement. The VS Form 1-27 will be delivered to authorized representatives at the livestock auction market. In cases where it is impractical to have the exposed cattle branded on the farm of origin, the state Veterinarian can authorize the movement of the cattle to the livestock auction market and the branding will be accomplished at this point.

i. Cattle from Brucellosis quarantined areas may be moved to Louisiana livestock auction markets on a permit. These animals will be "S" branded after arrival at the Louisiana livestock auction market.

ii. Cattle from quarantined areas and from Brucellosis quarantined herds must be sold to approved slaughtering establishments or to approved quarantined feedlots. Exceptions to §307. A.1.f.ii are:

(a). steers and spayed heifers;

(b). heifer calves eight months of age or less, from Brucellosis quarantined beef herds and heifer calves 6 months of age or less, from Brucellosis quarantined dairy herds, provided the herd is participating in an approved herd plan to eliminate Brucellosis from the herd;

(c). bull calves under 6 months of age, that are nursed by Brucellosis reactor or exposed cows, may move from the quarantined premises under permit, provided they have been weaned for not less than 30 days immediately preceding movement;

(d). exceptions Clauses ii and iii above will be deleted when part 78 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended to restrict the movement of all sexually intact heifer calves from Brucellosis quarantined herds.

g. When Brucellosis reactors are found in a consignment, all remaining negative cattle in the consignment are considered exposed and shall be handled by one of the following ways.

i. The exposed cattle shall be identified by a 3-inch, hot brand on the left jaw with the letter "S" and sold directly to a recognized slaughter establishment for immediate slaughter or to a state-federal approved quarantined feedlot and shall be accompanied by a VS Form 1-27.

ii. The exposed cattle may be identified by a yellow paint mark on the left ear and returned to the original owner's premises under quarantine. All such movements will be accompanied by a quarantine notice listing the ear tag and auction tag identification numbers of the animals moving to Louisiana farms.

La. Admin. Code tit. 7, § XXI-711

Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Livestock Sanitary Board, LR 11:237 (March 1985), amended LR 11:615 (June 1985), LR 12:501 (August 1986), LR 12:598 (September 1986), LR 13:556 (October 1987), LR 14:220 (April 1988), LR 14:695 (October 1988), LR 15:810 (October 1989), LR 17:31 (January 1991), LR 18:837 (August 1992), LR 22:960 (October 1996), amended by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of the Commissioner, LR 24:1677 (September 1998), LR 25:1083 (June 1999), LR 27:182 (February 2001), amended by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Board of Animal Health, LR 34:2337 (November 2008), repromulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Animal Health and Food Safety and the Board of Animal Health, LR 40:949 (May 2014).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:2093, R.S. 3:2221, and R.S. 3:2228.