Rule 40-13-3-.07. Cervids

1. (1) Georgia cervids 12 months of age or older being sold, offered for sale, traded, given away, loaned or leased, must test negative to an official brucellosis test within 30 days prior to sale or movement. The following are exempt from the brucellosis test requirements:

   1. (a) Cervids originating from a certified brucellosis free herd; or
   2. (b) Cervids consigned directly to a state or federally approved slaughter establishment; or
   3. (c) Cervids originating from an institution that is accredited by the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums (AAZPA) and consigned to another accredited member facility in Georgia; or
   4. (d) White-tailed deer indigenous to Georgia.

2. (2) Georgia cervids of any age being sold, offered for sale, traded, given away, loaned or leased, must test negative to an official tuberculosis test within ninety (90) days prior to sale or movement. The following are exempt from the tuberculosis test requirements:

   1. (a) Cervids originating from an accredited tuberculosis free herd; or
   2. (b) Cervids less than 12 months of age originating from and born into a qualified or monitored herd and not exposed to other cervids of a lower status; or
   3. (c) Cervids originating from an institution that is accredited by the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums (AAZPA) and consigned to another accredited member facility in Georgia; or
   4. (d) Cervids consigned directly to a state or federally approved slaughter establishment; or
   5. (e) White-tailed deer indigenous to Georgia.
3. (3) The burden of satisfying the above brucellosis and tuberculosis test requirements shall be upon the person who sells, offers for sale, trades, gives away, loans or leases any test eligible cervid.

Authority: O.C.G.A. Secs. 4-4-1et seq., 4-4-67, 4-4-70, 4-4-173.

History. Original Rule entitled "Poultry, Hatching Eggs, Chicks, Poults, Poultry Breeding Stock and Exotic Birds" adopted. F. and eff. June 30, 1965.

Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. Apr. 1, 1970; eff. Apr. 20, 1970.

Amended: ER. 40-13-3-0.5-.07 adopted. F. Aug. 29, 1972; eff. Sept. 1, 1972, as specified by the Agency.

Amended: Permanent Rule adopted. F. Feb. 26, 1973; eff. Mar. 18, 1973.

Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. May 2, 1984; eff. May 22, 1984.

Amended: F. Oct. 3, 1985; eff. Oct. 23, 1985.

Amended: F. Jan. 24, 1991; eff. Feb. 13, 1991.

Amended: F. June 11, 1992; eff. July 1, 1992.

Repealed: New Rule entitled "Cervids" adopted. F. Jan. 17, 2003; eff. Feb. 6, 2003.