1. (a) All cattle entering Arkansas must be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection showing individual identification by ear tag, fire brand, or ear tattoo number, except for those cattle moving directly to a recognized slaughtering establishment or to an approved livestock market which can be moved on a waybill (or, owner-shipper permit) if such waybill shows the:

   1. (1) Name and address of shipper;
   2. (2) Point of origin;
   3. (3) Destination;
   4. (4) Number and type of animals covered by the waybill; and
   5. (5) Purpose of movement.

2. (b) Exception to individual identification.

   1. (1) For the purpose of feeding, grazing, roping (large truck loads) no test requirements with a certificate of veterinary inspection within thirty (30) days.
   2. (2) No individual identification required for spayed heifers, steers, or heifers less than eighteen (18) months of age.

3. (c) Brucellosis.

   1. (1) Test requirements.

      1. (A)

4. (i) All intact male or female animals, eighteen (18) months of age or older (any age if they have already calved, or are in third stage of pregnancy) must have been tested negative for brucellosis within thirty (30) days prior to movement into Arkansas except for those originating out of certified brucellosis-free herds.

   1. (ii) The certified free herd number, and date of last herd test must be recorded on the certificate.

      1. (iii) Rodeo bulls participating in a recognized and organized performance group may enter with a negative test for brucellosis within twelve (12) months and be individually identified and accompanied by an entry permit regardless of the state or area status.

         1. (iv) Arkansas rodeo bulls are also required to have an annual brucellosis test.
      2. (B) Animals originating out of class-free states, provided that the entire state is classified as such, are exempt from testing requirements, provided proper documentation is present.
      3. (C) All such tested cattle from a Class B state shall be quarantined to the point of destination upon arrival and shall be retested, at the owner's expense, for brucellosis not sooner than forty-five (45) nor more than one hundred and twenty (120) days after arrival.
      4. (D) When required, the quarantine and retest provision shall apply to out-of-state cattle tested at Arkansas livestock markets.

   2. (2) Vaccination requirements.

      1. (A) Heifers in the age range of between four and twelve (4 -12) months must be calfhood-vaccinated prior to entry into Arkansas.

      2. (B)

         1. (i) Intact beef females, born after January 1, 1985 over one (1) year of age that have not been officially calfhood-vaccinated may not enter Arkansas unless they are S-branded prior to entry into Arkansas and consigned to slaughter or a quarantined feedlot, or they may be S-branded and consigned to an approved market to be sold for slaughter or to a quarantined feedlot.
         2. (ii) Intact dairy females, regardless of age, must be officially calfhood- vaccinated prior to entry into Arkansas, or be S-branded.
         3. (iii) Cattle from certified free herds, class-free states, or class-free countries are exempt from vaccination requirements.

      3. (C) Officially calfhood vaccinated animals are determined either by the presence of a legible calfhood-vaccination tattoo in the right ear or vaccination certificate.

         1. (d) Tuberculosis requirements.

   3. (1)

      1. (A) All sexually intact dairy cattle six (6) months of age and older for interstate entry into Arkansas will be required to have a negative tuberculosis (TB) test within sixty (60) days prior to entry.
      2. (B) These same dairy cattle will also be required to have an entry permit and a certificate of veterinary inspection prior to entry, as well as the negative test and must be officially identified.
      3. (C) Sexually intact dairy cattle under six (6) months of age can be permitted under a hold order direct to a premise or designated facility and held there until they are tested negative at six (6) months of age, at owner's expense.

      4. (D)

         1. (i) The new rule exempts dairy cattle that originate from accredited free TB herds (but not free states).
         2. (ii) Neutered dairy feeder cattle, and dairy cattle delivered direct to slaughter, or delivered to a market for sale direct to slaughter.

   4. (2) Rodeo stock.

      1. (A)

         1. (i) All rodeo bulls twelve (12) months of age and older must have a tuberculosis test annually (twelve (12) months) before entry into Arkansas for a rodeo.
         2. (ii) This requirement applies to all rodeo bulls regardless of their origin state or area status, and even rodeo bulls from Arkansas.
         3. (iii) All bulls must be individually identified with some type of United States Department of Agriculture official ID.
         4. (iv) Out-of-state rodeo bulls are required to have a thirty-day CVI and an entry permit.
         5. (v) All roping and dogging steers and heifers must have an annual tuberculosis test (every twelve (12) months) before entry into Arkansas for a rodeo.
         6. (vi) This requirement applies to all steers and heifers regardless of the origin, state or area status, and even steers and heifers from Arkansas.
         7. (vii) All steers and heifers must be individually identified with some type of United States Department of Agriculture official ID.
         8. (viii) All tie-down and roping calves are exempt from this part.
         9. (ix) In addition, M-branded (Mexican) steers and heifers must have two (2) negative annual tests for TB or one (1) negative yearly test plus a sixty-day negative TB test.
         10. (x) Out-of-state steers and heifers are required to have a thirty-day CVI and an entry permit.

   5. (3) All breeding beef cattle twelve (12) months of age and older entering Arkansas must meet one (1) of the following requirements:

      1. (A) Originate from a tuberculosis-free state;

      2. (B)

         1. (i) Originate from a tuberculosis-free herd.
         2. (ii) The herd number and current herd test date must be shown on the certificate of veterinary inspection;

      3. (C)

         1. (i) Test negative within sixty (60) days of shipment.
         2. (ii) These same beef cattle will also be required to have a certificate of veterinary inspection and will be required to have a permit if entering from a state that has lost its tuberculosis-free status;
      4. (D) Originate from a state having a reciprocal agreement with Arkansas;

      5. (E) All sexually intact cattle and bison, from any foreign country or part thereof with no recognized tuberculosis status comparable to the Uniform Methods and Rules standards of the United States Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Program, imported for reasons other than immediate slaughter or feeding for slaughter must meet the following criteria:

         1. (i) Obtain a permit issued by the Arkansas Board of Animal Health prior to entry; and
         2. (ii)
5. (a) (a) Be quarantined to the Arkansas premises approved in the entry permit pending two (2) consecutive negative tuberculosis tests.

6. (b) (b) The first test to be conducted not less than ninety (90) nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days after arrival and the second test to be not less than two hundred ten (210) days nor more than two hundred forty (240) days after arrival in Arkansas; or

   1. (F) Importation of steers and spayed heifers from Mexico.

      1. (i) Steers and spayed heifers from Mexican states that have been determined by the State Veterinarian, based on the recommendations of the Binational Commission, to have fully implemented the control/preparatory phase of the Mexican Tuberculosis Eradication Program may enter Arkansas provided they have been tested negative for tuberculosis in accordance with the Norma Official Mexicana within sixty (60) days prior to entry into the United States and obtain an entry permit prior to entering Arkansas.

         1. (ii)
7. (a) (a) Steers and spayed heifers from Mexican states that have been determined by the State Veterinarian of Arkansas, based on the recommendations of the Binational Commission, to have fully implemented the eradication phase of the Mexican Tuberculosis Eradication Program by March 1, 1997, may enter Arkansas provided they have been tested negative for tuberculosis in accordance with the Norma Official Mexicana within sixty (60) days prior to entry into the United States.

8. (b) (b) Steers and spayed heifers from herds equal to United States-accredited TB-free herds may enter Arkansas without testing provided they are moved directly from the herd of origin across the border as a single group and not commingled with other cattle prior to arriving at the border and obtain an entry permit prior to entering Arkansas.

   1. (iii) Steers and spayed heifers from Mexican states that have been determined by the State Veterinarian, based on the recommendation of the Binational Commission, to have achieved accredited free status may enter Arkansas without testing provided they are moved as a single group and not commingled with cattle of a different status prior to arriving at the border and obtain an entry permit prior to entering Arkansas.

      1. (iv) Holstein and Holstein-cross steers and spayed heifers from Mexico are prohibited from entering Arkansas regardless of test history.

         1. (v)
9. (a) (a) Rodeo stock from Mexico must be tested negative for tuberculosis within sixty (60) days prior to their utilization as rodeo or roping stock under the supervision of a United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Program port veterinarian or a United States-accredited veterinarian, retested for tuberculosis every twelve (12) months thereafter, and obtain an entry permit prior to entering Arkansas.

10. (b) (b) No sexually intact rodeo stock from Mexico will be permitted into Arkansas.

    1. (vi) Rodeo stock from any state or area that has lost its tuberculosis (TB) accreditation must be tested negative for tuberculosis within sixty (60) days prior to their utilization as rodeo or roping stock and retested for tuberculosis every twelve (12) months thereafter.
    2. (4) The State Veterinarian may designate high incidence areas within certain states that must meet additional import restrictions and retest requirements.

Codification Notes: "CVI" means certificate of veterinary inspection.