48.1-08-01-04. Disease control.

1. Anthrax.

a. Goats susceptible to anthrax located on farms where anthrax has been diagnosed must be vaccinated. Animals must be quarantined for thirty days after the death of the last animal or thirty days following vaccination, whichever occurs last.

b. Sale of hides removed from animals infected with anthrax is prohibited.

2. Brucellosis.

a. The recommended brucellosis eradication uniform methods and rules as they appear in publication of USDA-APHIS-VS are hereby adopted and constitute a rule of the board, unless otherwise ordered by the board. b. Condemnation of infected goats. (1) The state veterinarian shall determine when an animal is infected with brucellosis, and if infected, shall condemn the animal. (2) Goats that are condemned due to brucellosis must be marked in accordance with a method prescribed by the state veterinarian. (3) Animals must be slaughtered within thirty days following condemnation. c. Sale of goats out of brucellosis-infected herds. Herds of goats infected with brucellosis must be quarantined, with the quarantine prohibiting sale of all intact males and females, except to licensed, monitored feedlots or for slaughter, under written permit. Such goats must be held separate and apart. The state veterinarian may grant an exception to the quarantine by official permit based upon an epidemiological risk assessment.

3. Tuberculosis.

a. Uniform methods and rules - Tuberculosis. The current uniform methods and rules on goat tuberculosis eradication as they appear in publication of USDA-APHIS-VS are hereby adopted and constitute a rule of the board, unless otherwise ordered by the board. b. Slaughter of condemned goats. (1) The state veterinarian shall determine when an animal is infected with tuberculosis, and if infected, shall condemn the animal. (2) Goats that are determined to be infected with tuberculosis must be marked in accordance with a method prescribed by the state veterinarian. (3) Animals must be slaughtered within thirty days following condemnation. c. Reactors to tuberculosis must be accompanied by the proper official permit and are to be slaughtered in slaughter establishments under the supervision of the federal government or in another facility approved by the state veterinarian.

4. Scrapie.

a. Identification.

(1) The owner of a herd or the owner's agent shall officially identify all animals upon change of ownership to the herd of birth or the herd of origin if the herd of birth cannot be determined. Goats are required to be officially identified except:

(a) Slaughter goats (goats in slaughter channels) less than eighteen months of age. If a sexually intact goat is sold at an unrestricted sale (any sale that is not a slaughter or feeding for slaughter sale), it must be identified. (b) Wether goats less than eighteen months of age.

1. (c) Animals shipped directly to an approved slaughter facility or an approved market when all the animals in a section of a truck are from the same premises of origin and are accompanied by an owner's statement.
2. (d) Animals moved for grazing or similar management reasons whenever the animals are moved from a premises owned or leased by the owner of the animals to another premises owned or leased by the owner of the animals.- (2) No animal that is required to be individually identified or that originates from any area where in the determination of the board scrapie may exist may be sold, transported, received for transportation, or offered for sale or transportation in intrastate commerce unless each animal is identified in accordance with this section.
3. (3) No person may remove or tamper with any means of identification required to be on animals pursuant to this section while the animals are in intrastate commerce, and, at the time of slaughter, animal identification must be maintained throughout post-mortem inspection.
4. (4) The recommended scrapie eradication uniform methods and rules as they appear in publication of USDA-APHIS-VS are adopted and constitute a rule of the board, unless otherwise ordered by the board.b. Herd records disclosure.- (1) The owner of a herd or the owner's agent shall allow breed associations and registries, livestock markets, and packers to disclose records to the board, to be used in an epidemiological investigation of source herds, infected herds, and exposed animals.
5. (2) The owner of a herd enrolled in the voluntary scrapie herd certification program described in title 9, Code of Federal Regulations, part 54, or the owner's agent, selling or otherwise disposing of breeding stock shall make animals in the herd and records required to be kept under paragraph (a)(2)(iv) of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations, part 79.2, available for inspection by USDA-APHIS-VS representatives or the board, given reasonable prior notice.

History: Effective July 1, 2016; amended effective July 1, 2024.

General Authority: NDCC 36-01-08

Law Implemented: NDCC 36-01-12; 9 CFR 54, 9 CFR 79.2