1. (1) No livestock vaccinated for vesicular stomatitis may be sent to or received in Alabama except for immediate slaughter accompanied by a VS-127 permit.
2. (2) No livestock (equine, bovine, porcine, caprine, ovine, or cervidae) may enter Alabama from another state if vesicular stomatitis has been diagnosed within ten miles of the premise of origin within the last 30 days.

3. (3) Livestock entering Alabama from a state where vesicular stomatitis has been diagnosed within the last 30 days shall be accompanied by a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection with the following statement written by the accredited veterinarian on the Certificate:

   All animals identified on this health certificate have been examined and found to be free from vesicular stomatitis. During the past 30 days, these animals have neither been exposed nor located within 10 miles of an area where vesicular stomatitis has been diagnosed.”

4. (4) All other livestock entering Alabama from states legally authorized to use vesicular stomatitis vaccine of any kind shall be accompanied by a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection with the following statement written by the accredited veterinarian on the Certificate:

   “None of the livestock in this shipment have been vaccinated with vesicular stomatitis vaccine of any kind.”

Author: Robert J. Russell

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §2-15-170.

History: This rule was adopted as an emergency procedure on August 8, 1995, and supercedes Rule No. 80-3-6-.11ER adopted on July 7, 1995. New Rule: Filed November 17, 1995; effective December 22, 1995.