It shall be unlawful for any owner to sell or transfer ownership of any bovine animal or allow commingling of cattle belonging to two or more owners, or the commingling of dairy or breeding cattle with cattle under feeder quarantine on a state approved premises, unless they are accompanied by a negative brucellosis test report issued by an accredited veterinarian, conducted within thirty days. The provisions of this section do not apply to the following:
1. Calves under four months of age, spayed heifers, and steers.
2. Official vaccinates of beef breeds under twenty-four months of age and of dairy breeds under twenty months of age, if not visibly parturient or postparturient.
3. Animals consigned directly to slaughter.
4. Animals moved for exhibition purposes:
a. When under the test-eligible ages specified in subsection 2 and accompanied by an official vaccination certificate.
b. Animals of any age when accompanied by a report of a negative brucellosis test conducted within thirty days.
5. Animals originating from a herd in a class free state or animals from a certified brucellosis-free herd.
6. Cattle moved to a state-approved premises, as defined in section 164.1, subsection 8, as provided by the department.
[C54, 58, 62, § 164.11; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 164.13]
86 Acts, ch 1036, § 7
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