Intrastate change of ownership requirements for bulls
Arkansas Code § 2-33-107; Arkansas Code § 2-40-103
- (a) Any bull changing ownership within the State of Arkansas shall have a negative official T. foetus test within thirty (30) days prior to change of ownership.
(b) Exceptions to this part shall include the following:
- (1) Virgin bulls;
- (2) A bull sold directly to slaughter; or
- (3) A bull sold for feeding and slaughter that will be castrated within seven (7) days of change of ownership.
(c) Any bull presented for sale at a livestock auction market that is not a virgin bull or having verification of a negative official T. foetus test:
- (1) Shall be tagged and sold for slaughter only on a VS 1-27 form; or
- (2) May go to the purchaser's destination so long as the market veterinarian takes a sample for an official T. foetus test and the purchaser agrees to keep the bull under quarantine at the destination until receipt of negative test results.
- (d) The market veterinarian shall be responsible for the sampling and results for an official T. foetus test performed at the livestock market.
(e)
- (1) All bulls found to be positive for T. foetus must be taken to slaughter within two (2) weeks on a VS 1-27.
- (2) The Arkansas Board of Animal Health must be notified of all positive bulls and the disposition of these bulls.