in-20250910-IR-345250279FRA: DIGEST ANIMAL PROGRAMS RULE

Final Rule LSA Document #25-279 DIGEST Sec. 2. (a) The following qualify as official certificates of veterinary inspection for purposes of IC 15-17 and this title: (b) A CVI that meets the requirements of this rule must be used whenever a CVI is required by IC 15-17 or this title. However, if a statute or rule requires a specific form for a CVI, the more specific requirement shall control controls over the general requirements in this rule. (c) Official certificates of veterinary inspection must include the following information: (d) Unless a rule adopted by the board provides an exception, the CVI must list the official identification number of each animal or group of animals moved that is required to be officially identified. Listing of identification numbers may be accomplished according to under the requirements in subsection (f). If animals moving under a GIN also have individual official identification, only the GIN must be listed on the CVI. If an animal is identified with an official identification number that adheres to the AIN system, the AIN number is the only form of identification that must be recorded. (e) A CVI may not be issued for an animal that is not officially identified if official identification is required. If the animals are an animal is not required to be officially identified under a rule adopted by the board, the CVI must state the exemption that applies. If the animals are an animal is required to be officially identified, but the identification number does not have to be recorded on the CVI, the CVI must state that all animals to be moved under the CVI are officially identified. (f) As an alternative to typing or writing individual animal identification on a CVI, another document may be used to provide this information under the following conditions: (g) A veterinarian completing a CVI for animals located in Indiana must shall file a copy of the CVI with the board not more than seven (7) calendar days after the document is completed. However, if a statute or rule requires a different time frame for submission of submitting documents, the more specific requirement shall control controls over the general requirements in this rule. (h) An accredited veterinarian issuing a CVI or other interstate movement document in accordance with this section must shall keep a copy of the CVI or alternate documentation. Such These documents must be kept for at least three (3) years, but the retention period for documents relating to: Sec. 3. When Whenever cattle must be officially identified under IC 15-17 and this title, they must be identified using one (1) of the following methods of identification: Sec. 10. (a) A person who that distributes official animal identification devices must shall: (b) Records of official identification applied to a client's animal by a: (c) An individual subject to the records requirements of this section shall: (b) (d) Not more than one (1) official eartag may be applied to an animal, except as follows: (c) (e) Official identification devices may not be removed. However, devices may be removed: (d) All (f) Manmade identification devices affixed to livestock unloaded at slaughter plants must be removed at the slaughter facility by slaughter facility personnel, with the devices correlated with the animal and its carcass through final inspection or condemnation by means approved by the board. If diagnostic samples are taken, the identification devices must be packaged with the samples and be correlated with the carcasses through final inspection or condemnation by means approved by the board. Devices collected at slaughter must be made available to the state veterinarian or a federal official. (e) All (g) Official identification devices affixed to livestock moved into the state or within the state to a site for rendering must be removed at the rendering facility and made available to the state veterinarian or a federal official. (f) (h) If an animal loses an official identification device and needs a new one, a replacement tag may be applied as follows: (g) (i) The state veterinarian may authorize replacement of replacing an official identification device upon on any of the following conditions: (h) (j) Official identification devices may not be sold or otherwise transferred from the premises to which they were originally issued without the authorization of the state veterinarian or the United States Department of Agriculture USDA. Sec. 1.5. The definitions in IC 15-17-2 and the following definitions apply throughout this rule: A commuter herd agreement may be renewed annually. Sec. 7.5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person responsible for moving cattle and bison of the following types into Indiana must shall officially identify the animals under as set forth in 345 IAC 1-2.6-3: (b) The following types of movements of cattle and bison are exempt from the identification requirements in subsection (a): (c) A person responsible for moving cattle and bison into Indiana must shall ensure that the animals are accompanied by the following documentation: (d) The following movements of cattle and bison may occur without a permit or CVI: (e) The official identification number of cattle or bison must be recorded on the CVI or alternate documentation unless the cattle or bison are: (f) Cattle and bison moved into Indiana must meet the following disease control requirements: Sec. 7.6. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), the owner or custodian of the following types of cattle or bison must shall officially identify the animals at the time they are sold, leased, bartered, or exchanged within Indiana: (b) The owner or custodian of cattle and bison of any age that are being moved to: (c) Cattle and bison sold for immediate slaughter are exempt from the identification requirement in subsection (a). Animals sold for slaughter may not be resold or diverted for any other purpose or use. The movement of cattle and bison from a slaughter establishment must comply with section 10(c) of this rule. (d) An animal that must be identified under subsection (a) may be moved to an approved tagging site for the application of official identification. The animal must be officially identified prior to before being commingled with other animals unless another method is used to accurately maintain the animal's identity until the identification is applied. (e) Except as provided in subsection (f), the seller, lessor, or owner, and the purchaser, lessee, or recipient, of cattle and bison that are sold, leased, bartered, or exchanged must shall maintain a record of the transaction. The following records pertaining to the transaction must be maintained for five (5) years: (f) The following transactions are exempt from the record keeping requirement in subsection (e): Sec. 10. (a) Animals consigned for slaughter moving into the state or within the state shall must be: (b) Any An animal in slaughter channels must remain in slaughter channels until delivered to a slaughter establishment. (c) Cattle and bison leaving a slaughter establishment may only be moved to another approved slaughter establishment or feedlot and sold or resold as slaughter cattle. The animals must be accompanied by an owner-shipper statement that includes the following information: (c) (d) Swine for immediate slaughter shall must meet the following requirements: Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), for the purpose of facilitating animal disease programs, a diagnostic laboratory or an animal health professional must shall report a diagnosis of any of the following reportable diseases in an animal or article from Indiana, or whose owner is from Indiana, to the state veterinarian within the time frame set forth at IC 15-17-10-1(d). If a sample is submitted to a National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) laboratory for testing and the positive result is sent by the laboratory to the state veterinarian, duplicate reporting by the veterinarian is not required as follows: (b) The state veterinarian may do the following: Sec. 4. (a) An owner of a cervid herd located in Indiana may apply to the board to enroll in the state CWD herd certification program by sending a written request to the state veterinarian. (b) To obtain and maintain a herd status, a herd owner who enrolls in the certification program must shall do the following: (c) Subject to the provisions of Except as provided in subsections (e) and (f), the state veterinarian will place a newly enrolled cervid herd in first year status, and if a herd continues to meet the requirements in this section will upgrade the herd status on the anniversary date of the herd's enrollment. The following are the herd statuses in the CWD certification program: (d) If an owner wishes to maintain separate herds, each herd that is enrolled in the CWD herd certification program must maintain separate: (e) New animals may be introduced into a herd participating in the CWD certification program only from other herds participating in the program or an equivalent program in another state. When an animal is added to a herd, the CWD certification status of a herd will be altered as follows: (f) The state veterinarian may suspend, revoke, or lower the certification program status of a herd for the following reasons: (g) A herd owner may appeal a determination of the state veterinarian under IC 15-17-17. (h) As a part of an appeal of a designation of an animal as CWD positive, the owner may present as evidence the results of a DNA test, requested and paid for by the owner, to determine whether previous official CWD test results were correctly associated with an animal that belonged to the owner if the animal owner: Sec. 1. (a) The purpose of this rule is to control the spread of Johne's disease in Indiana. (b) The applicable definitions in IC 15-17-2 and this rule apply to this rule. (c) An animal tests negative or passes a test when an official Johne's disease test indicates that the animal is not infected with Johne's disease. (d) An animal tests positive, responds to, or fails a test when an official Johne's disease test indicates that the animal is infected with Johne's disease. (e) Samples collected for use in any a Johne's disease test must be collected by, or under the supervision of, one (1) of the following individuals: (f) Any A person collecting samples to be used in any a Johne's disease test shall identify each animal from which samples were collected by attaching an official ear tag eartag to the animal's right ear. Each sample shall must be identified with the respective official ear tag eartag number. (g) The state veterinarian may approve disease detection tests that will reliably detect Johne's disease. The state veterinarian may approve a laboratory that demonstrates that its diagnostic procedures for Johne's disease are likely to produce timely and reliable test results if approving the laboratory will further the purposes of this rule. The state veterinarian may consider generally accepted scientific standards and state and federal licensing, certification, and evaluation programs when approving tests and laboratories. A list of official Johne's disease tests and official laboratories may be obtained from the state veterinarian. Sec. 1. The board adopts and incorporates by reference as rules of the board the following United States Department of Agriculture National Poultry Improvement Plan regulations, that are in effect on effective January 1, 2019 2024: Sec. 2. (a) The owner of sheep or goats shall identify the sheep and goats to the animal's flock of birth using official identification. If the flock of birth cannot be determined, animals shall be identified to their flock of origin. However, animals that meet one (1) of the following criteria need are not required to be identified under this rule: (b) The owner of sheep or goats that are required to be identified under subsection (a) must shall identify the animals at the earliest of the following events: (c) The owner of a wether under eighteen (18) months of age moving to an exhibition shall identify the animal using a unique form of identification. The method of identification is not required to be an official form of identification under 345 IAC 1-2.6-5. (d) No person may: (e) Animals that have been identified under this section shall must remain so identified. The owner or custodian of an animal that loses its official identification shall reidentify the animal according to under the requirements of this section prior to before commingling the animal with any other animals. (f) A person may not apply official identification containing a premises identification number to an animal that did not originate from the premises corresponding to that premises identification number. However, an owner may apply a premises identification number to the owner's animal that resides in the flock, but came from outside the flock, as long as the records required under this article are kept. (g) No person may remove or tamper with any official identification required to be on a sheep or a goat. Sec. 2. (a) A person who: that: (b) The fee to register or renew a registration as a commercial dog broker is one thousand dollars ($1,000). Sec. 3. (a) A person who that maintains more than twenty (20) nineteen (19) unaltered female dogs that are at least twelve (12) months of age must shall: (b) A person may not avoid registering by moving dogs to more than one (1) premises. (c) If there are at least twenty (20) or more unaltered female dogs on a premises, there must be a registration for the premises even if there is more than one (1) owner of the dogs. (d) The fee to register as a commercial dog breeder is determined by the number of unaltered female dogs at least twelve (12) months of age or older maintained by the breeder as follows: