Mo. Code Regs. Ann. tit. 2, § 30-6.020
PURPOSE: Under section 277.100, RSMo, this rule outlines the basic duties and responsibilities of the veterinarian under contract with a licensed livestock market/sale or sale to inspect all livestock offered for sale.
PUBLISHER’S NOTE: The secretary of state has determined that the publication of the entire text of the material which is incorporated by reference as a portion of this rule would be unduly cumbersome or expensive. This material as incorporated by reference in this rule shall be maintained by the agency at its headquarters and shall be made available to the public for inspection and copying at no more than the actual cost of reproduction. This note applies only to the reference material. The entire text of the rule is printed here.
(1) Assignment and Approval of Market/Sale Veterinarians.
(2) Duties and Responsibilities of the Market/Sale Veterinarian. The market/sale veterinarian shall—
(D) The market veterinarian is authorized to render judgement on any animal determined to be sick or suffering from a noninfectious or infectious disease upon admittance to the livestock market. The animal(s) will be—
without a quarantine, depending on the seriousness of the disease or illness;
destroyed or properly disposed of in a timely manner; or
announcement must be made at the time of sale about the problem the animal is suffering (for example, bloat, cancer eye, foot rot).
(3) Cattle, Bison, and Exotic Bovids.
(A) Animal Identification. All animals eighteen (18) months of age and older shall be identified by eartag and backtag. No person shall remove or tamper with or cause the removal of or tampering with an official eartag or backtag or other identification devices required to move animals interstate, intrastate, or through a livestock market/sale.
indicate state of pregnancy, they shall be applied as follows:
three (1–3) months pregnant;
through six (4–6) months pregnant;
through nine (7–9) months pregnant;
cy status.
age of cattle is—
the central deciduous (baby) incisors;
first pair of fully erupted permanent incisor teeth;
appearance of the second pair of permanent incisor teeth;
incisor teeth may be used to determine age; and
shown on the official bangle tag or displayed on the animal in a manner easily visible to the buyer.
(B) Brucellosis Requirements.
identification for a health certificate for intrastate movement, provided the following information is shown on the tag:
erinarian.
(C) Tuberculosis Requirements.
two (2) months of age) animals must be individually identified by official eartag as defined by Title 9, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 71, published annually in January, herein incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule, as published by the United States Superintendent of Documents, 732 N Capital Street NW, Washington, DC 20402-0001, phone: toll free (866) 512-1800, DC area (202) 512-1800, website: http://bookstore.gpo.gov, individual brand, registration tattoo, or any other means approved by the state veterinarian and listed on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.
2. Beef cattle.
exotic bovids and bison) two (2) months of age and older, both breeding and feeding, entering Missouri to a licensed market from a state having a tuberculosis-free status may enter without additional testing requirements, entry permit, or Certificate of Veterinary Inspection.
months of age and older, both breeding and feeding, prior to entering Missouri to a licensed livestock market from a state having a tuberculosis status less than free must meet the following requirements:
and
losis test within sixty (60) days of shipment, test date must be listed on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection; or
tuberculosis-free herd (herd number and current herd test date must be listed on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection); or
origin that has one (1) complete negative herd test within one (1) year (date of test must be listed on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection).
3. Dairy cattle.
months of age and older, both breeding and feeding, prior to entering Missouri to a licensed market must meet the following requirements:
and
losis test within sixty (60) days of shipment (test date must be listed on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection); or
tuberculosis-free herd (herd number and current herd test date must be listed on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection); or
origin that has one (1) complete negative herd test within one (1) year (date of test must be listed on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection).
(D) Trichomoniasis Requirements.
and exotic bovines) prior to entering a licensed livestock market/sale shall be—
four (24) months of age as determined by the presence of both permanent central incisor teeth in wear or by breed registry papers; or
with an official culture test or official Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test by an official laboratory within sixty (60) days prior to entry into the state.
times, not less than one (1) week apart, by an official culture test or one (1) time by official PCR test prior to entering Missouri.
female cattle subsequent to testing must be retested prior to entry.
be quarantined at the farm of destination or livestock market pending negative test results. If test results are positive, the positive animals and cohorts will be quarantined.
less than twenty-four (24) months of age, they shall be—
identification; and
tificate or statement of virgin status signed by the breeder or his representative attesting that they are virgin bulls.
shall be written on the breeder’s certificate.
months of age or older must be Trichomoniasis tested with three (3) official cultures or one (1) official PCR test. Bulls may be quarantined at farm pending test results. If test results are positive, the positive animal and cohorts will be placed under quarantine.
listing official identification and test performed, date of test, results, and laboratory, if testing is required.
exempt from Trichomoniasis testing.
(4) Swine.
(A) Swine that arrive at a licensed Missouri market/sale are classified as follows:
continuously managed and have adequate facilities and practices to prevent exposure to feral swine;
roaming or Russian and/or Eurasian that are 2 CSR 30-6
confined. This includes javelenas and peccaries; and
dirt or that have reasonable opportunities to be exposed to feral swine.
(E) Swine offered for sale that fail to pass veterinary inspection due to sickness or signs of infection with a contagious, infectious, or communicable disease shall either—
quarantine. Quarantined animals not amenable to treatment shall remain under quarantine until released for slaughter; or
for slaughter must be identified and shipped on a VS Form 1-27 shipping permit.
(G) Movement Other than Commercial Swine.
javalenas, and peccaries) swine may only move from a farm of origin directly to an approved slaughter or to an approved slaughter-only market.
a licensed market/sale or to slaughter.
swine herds may move from farm of origin to a market to be inspected and officially identified by official eartag and then moved from the market under quarantine to be finished for slaughter.
(5) Equidae (Including Exotic Equine, Donkeys, Asses, Burros, and Zebras).
(B) All equidae presented at any licensed market/sale for the purpose of change of ownership, not having proof of an official negative Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) test within the previous twelve (12) months, shall have blood samples for EIA testing collected before the sale at the seller’s expense.
where the veterinarian has an approved EIA testing laboratory, EIA tests will be run prior to the sale. Test positive suspect equids will be identified by microchip and returned to the owner’s premises under quarantine and isolated at least two hundred (200) yards from any other equidae pending test confirmation, or the owner may sell that animal directly to slaughter accompanied by a VS Form 1-27 shipping permit.
is not available, the equids will sell test-pending, identified as such by a red hip tag (furnished by the Missouri Department of Agriculture) recorded on an Equine Sales & Test Record form (MO 350-1138) and sold under quarantine to the buyer. This quarantine restricts the buyer from taking the equids out of Missouri and from another change of ownership until the test results are received.
(6) Sheep and Goats (Including Exotic Sheep, Goats, and Antelopes).
(D) Any official identification that is applied by the market veterinarian or market personnel must maintain the following records:
tified (including exotic sheep, goats, and antelopes);
the flock of origin;
animals is different from the owner of the flock or herd of origin or birth, the current owner’s name and address and the owner of the flock or herd of origin, if known;
different from the owner of the flock of origin, and if the animals were born after January 1, 2002, the name and address of the owner of the flock of birth, if known; and
must be maintained for five (5) years.
(7) Poultry and Waterfowl.
(8) Captive Cervids.
(A) Captive cervids, including but not limited to, elk, elk-hybrids, red deer, roe deer, white-tailed deer, mule deer, sika deer, moose, reindeer, mutjac, and fallow deer, that are bartered, exchanged, gifted, leased, or sold that arrive at any licensed Missouri livestock market/sale must meet the following requirements:
age, must be veterinary inspected, individually identified by official eartag as defined in Title 9, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 71, published annually in January, herein incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule, as published by the United States Superintendent of Documents, 732 N Capital Street NW, Washington, DC 20402-0001, phone: toll free (866) 512-1800, DC area (202) 512- 1800, website: http://bookstore.gpo.gov, or other means of permanent identification approved by the state veterinarian. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.
(B) Brucellosis Requirements.
months of age and over not in a status herd or under quarantine for brucellosis must test negative for brucellosis within ninety (90) days prior to arrival at a Missouri livestock market/sale except—
cervids originating from certified brucellosisfree herds may move through a Missouri livestock market/sale on herd status without additional testing provided the certified herd number and current herd test date is listed on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection;
sexually intact animals six (6) months of age and older must test negative for burcellosis within ninety (90) days prior to arrival at a Missouri livestock market/sale.
(C) Tuberculosis Requirements.
months of age, not known to be affected with or exposed to tuberculosis and not in a status herd, must have one (1) negative tuberculosis test, not less than ninety (90) days prior to arrival at a livestock market/sale in Missouri, using the single cervical method. The negative test date must be listed on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection. Captive cervids must have been isolated from other captive cervids during the testing period.
and older, not known to be affected with, or exposed to, tuberculosis and not in a status herd, must have two (2) negative tuberculosis tests, not less than ninety (90) days apart, using the single cervical method. The second test must be within ninety (90) days prior to arrival at a Missouri livestock market/sale. Both negative test dates must be listed on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection. Captive cervids must have been isolated from other captive cervids during the testing period.
herds.
originating from accredited tuberculosis-free cervid herd may move through a market/sale on herd status without additional testing provided the accredited herd number and original anniversary date is listed on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection.
originating from a qualified herd must have one (1) negative tuberculosis test, using the single cervical method, within ninety (90) days prior to arrival at the market/sale.
originating from a monitored herd must have one (1) negative tuberculosis test, using the single cervical method, within ninety (90) days prior to arrival at the market/sale.
(12) months of age that originate from and were born in qualified or monitored herds may move through a market/sale without further tuberculosis testing, provided that they are accompanied by a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection showing official individual identification (official eartag or any other means of permanent identification approved by the state veterinarian) stating that such captive cervids originated from such herds and have not been exposed to captive cervids from a lower status herd.
(D) Chronic Wasting Disease.
move through a livestock market/sale if, within the last five (5) years, the animals—
in an area that has been reported as a Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) endemic area; or
captive herd.
sika deer, white-tailed deer, mule deer, and moose twelve (12) months of age must be enrolled in a CWD program for at least five (5) years prior to moving through a Missouri livestock market/sale. Other cervids, including, but not limited to, reindeer, mutjac, and fallow deer, must have participated in a surveillance program recognized by the stateof-origin prior to arrival at a Missouri livestock market/sale. Original anniversary date 2 CSR 30-6
must be listed on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection.
licly-owned Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)-accredited zoos must meet the CWD surveillance program requirements.
(11) Miscellaneous and Exotic Animals. All exotic animals presented for exchange, barter, lease, or sale at a licensed livestock market/sale must be veterinarian inspected, individually identified by official identification (official eartag, brand, tattoo, or any other means of permanent identification approved by the state veterinarian), and accompanied by an official Certificate of Veterinary Inspection showing an individual listing of the common and scientific name(s) of the animal(s) and appropriate descriptions of animal(s) such as sex, age, weight, and coloration.
AUTHORITY: section 277.160, RSMo 2000.* Original rule filed June 15, 1990, effective Dec. 31, 1990. Emergency amendment filed April 11, 1991, effective April 21, 1991, expired Aug. 9, 1991. Amended: Filed April 16, 1991, effective Aug. 30, 1991. Amended: Filed June 4, 1991, effective Oct. 31, 1991. Emergency amendment filed Dec. 20, 1991, effective Dec. 30, 1991, expired April 27, 1992. Emergency amendment filed Jan. 23, 1992, effective Feb. 2, 1992, expired May 30, 1992. Amended: Filed Feb. 4, 1992, effective June 25, 1992. Emergency amendment filed June 5, 1992, effective June 15, 1992, expired Oct. 12, 1992. Amended: Filed March 3, 1992, effective Sept. 6, 1992. Emergency amendment filed Aug. 20, 1993, effective Aug. 30, 1993, expired Dec. 27, 1993. Amended: Filed Aug. 27, 1993, effective Jan. 31, 1994. Emergency amendment filed April 4, 1994, effective April 14, 1994, expired Aug. 11, 1994. Amended: Filed April 4, 1994, effective Sept. 30, 1994. Emergency amendment filed Jan. 17, 1995, effective Jan. 27, 1995, expired Feb. 1, 1995. Amended: Filed Jan. 31, 1995, effective July 30, 1995. Amended: Filed July 31, 1996, effective March 30, 1997. Amended: Filed Jan. 4, 1999, effective July 30, 1999. Emergency amendment filed Nov. 2, 2001, effective Nov. 12, 2001, expired May 10, 2002. Amended: Filed April 10, 2002, effective Sept. 30, 2002. Amended: Filed May 14, 2002, effective Dec. 30, 2002. Amended: Filed Jan. 30, 2003, effective July 30, 2003. Emergency amendment filed March 5, 2004, effective March 15, 2004, expired Aug. 27, 2004. Amended: Filed March 5, 2004, effective Oct. 30, 2004. Emergency amendment filed Aug. 23, 2004, effective Sept. 3, 2004, expired March 1, 2005. Amended: Filed Aug. 23, 2004, effective Feb. 28, 2005. Amended: Filed June 12, 2009, effective Jan. 30, 2010. Amended: Filed Dec. 23, 2010, effective Aug. 30, 2011. Amended: Filed Oct. 30, 2014, effective May 30, 2015.
*Original authority: 277.160, RSMo 1989, amended 1993, 1995.