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164.14 Imported cattle.

1. Female cattle over four months of age, and under eighteen months not visibly parturient or postparturient, may enter the state for feeding purposes to be consigned to a state-approved premises under quarantine. Such cattle as well as native female animals that have been consigned to the lot may be released from the 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 to brucellosis at 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 cattle over eighteen months of age may enter the state if they are any of the following:

a. Consigned to a federally approved market.

b. Consigned to a slaughter plant for immediate slaughter.

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

Section History: Early form

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

Section History: Recent form

86 Acts, ch 1036, § 8


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