Section 164.14. Imported designated animals.

  1.  Female designated animals other than female bovine animals, which are under an age established by the department, and female bovine animals over six months and under eighteen months of age, may enter the state for feeding purposes to be consigned to a state-approved premises under quarantine, if the female designated animals are not postparturient. The designated native female animals that have been consigned to the state-approved premises may be released from the state-approved premises if they have been any of the following:

  a.  Consigned to slaughter.

  b.  Consigned to a federally approved market.

  c.  Consigned to another quarantined premises.

  d.  Tested negative for brucellosis at the owner’s expense. The test shall be made not less than sixty days after the last consignment to the premises and shall include all animals on the premises.

  2.  Female designated animals, other than female bovine, over an age established by the department and female bovine over eighteen months of age may enter the state if the designated animals are any of the following:

  a.  Consigned to a federally approved market.

  b.  Consigned to a slaughter plant for immediate slaughter.

  c.  Accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection showing a record of a negative brucellosis test, when required, accomplished within thirty days of importation.

[C54, 58, 62, §164.11(7a); C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §164.14]

86 Acts, ch 1036, §8

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97 Acts, ch 124, §14

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2004 Acts, ch 1163, §19