RELATES TO:
KRS 257.196,
525.130
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS 257.196 requires the Board of Agriculture to
promulgate administrative regulations establishing on-farm livestock and
poultry care standards recommended to it by the Kentucky Livestock Care
Standards Commission. This administrative regulation establishes additional
livestock standards and specifically authorized practices for equine.
Section 1. The provisions of
302 KAR 21:020 apply to on-farm livestock and poultry in
Kentucky, except as provided by this administrative regulation. This
administrative regulation adds additional standards and specifically authorized
practices to
302 KAR 21:020 for equine.
Section 2.
(1) Additional Standards.
(a) Drink. Water containers shall be cleaned
regularly and free of any hazard.
(b) Feed. Horses shall be provided a diet
sufficient to maintain a healthy weight and body condition. Geriatric or ill
horses may have less than an ideal body condition.
(c) Space.
1. Stalls in which horses are housed
untethered for more than four (4) hours shall be large enough to allow horses
to turn around completely, lie down comfortably, and stand completely erect.
Stalls shall have adequate ventilation and drainage and be kept free of
excessive waste.
2. If a horse is
tethered, it shall be done in a way and under supervision sufficient to
minimize the risk of injury.
3.
Pastures shall be routinely monitored for the presence of hazards.
4. Space shall be provided for exercise that
is sufficient to maintain a horse's health.
(2) Authorized practices. The following shall
be authorized practices:
(a)
Castration;
(b)
Identification;
(c) Hoof
trimming;
(d) Shoeing;
(e) Artificial insemination;
(f) Embryo transfer;
(g) Navel dipping;
(h) Breeding soundness evaluations;
(i) Surgery; and
(j) Restraint by use of a twitch.
(3) Unauthorized practices. Soring
shall be prohibited.
