1. Brucellosis.
a. Category 2 nondomestic sheep must test
negative for brucella ovis by an official test approved by the state
veterinarian within thirty days prior to importation.
b. For all other species, testing
requirements will be determined on a species-by-species basis by the state
veterinarian.
2. Chronic
wasting disease requirements for white-tailed deer, mule deer, moose, red deer,
and other species determined to be susceptible to chronic wasting disease:
a. Animals must pass a satisfactory risk
assessment for chronic wasting disease, conducted by the state veterinarian's
office. The state veterinarian's office shall notify an applicant submitting a
chronic wasting disease risk assessment form of the decision within ten days of
the form submission. Persons seeking an importation permit for these species
shall ship the animals within thirty days of state veterinarian office
approval. After thirty days, a new risk assessment form application must be
submitted and approved prior to shipment.
b. The following statement must be verified
on the certificate of veterinary inspection by the herd veterinarian:
"These animals and the herd from which the animals originate
have no history of emaciation, depression, excessive salivation or thirst, or
neurological disease. In the event of these symptoms, appropriate diagnostic
measures were taken to rule out a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.
These animals have not been exposed to an elk or deer diagnosed positive for a
transmissible spongiform encephalopathy."
c. No animals may be imported from a herd in
which chronic wasting disease has been diagnosed or a herd that has had chronic
wasting disease traced to it unless that herd has undergone sixty months of
surveillance after the last case of chronic wasting disease. The surveillance
must meet the standards set by the state veterinarian.
d. The office of the state veterinarian may
waive the requirement for a risk assessment if the herd of origin has been
under surveillance for chronic wasting disease for at least sixty months. The
surveillance must meet the standards prescribed by the state
veterinarian.
3. Equine
infectious anemia. Equidae must have a negative serologic test for equine
infectious anemia approved by the state veterinarian within twelve months prior
to importation into North Dakota.
4. Johne's disease. For all ruminants, the
following statement must be included on the certificate of veterinary
inspection, signed by a licensed, accredited veterinarian in the state or
province of origin:
"To the best of my knowledge, animals listed herein are not
infected with paratuberculosis (Johne's disease) and have not been exposed to
animals infected with paratuberculosis."
5. Rabies. With respect to captive-bred
animals of the order carnivora, vaccination is required for species for which
there is an United States department of agriculture-approved vaccine. For
species for which there is no United States department of agriculture-approved
vaccination, the following statement must be included on the certificate of
veterinary inspection:
"The animals on the premises of origin have been free from
symptoms of rabies for the past 12 months."
Carnivores taken from the wild in other states may not enter
the state if rabies has been diagnosed in the past twelve months in the same
species in the state of origin. The animals may not come from an area that is
quarantined for rabies, unless approved by the North Dakota state
veterinarian.
6. Scrapie.
Nondomestic sheep must be free of any signs of scrapie as determined by an
accredited veterinarian. The certificate of veterinary inspection for sheep
must contain a written statement signed by the consignor stating that:
"To the best of my knowledge, the sheep listed on this
certificate originate from a flock that has not been diagnosed as a
scrapie-infected, source, or exposed flock in the past sixth months."
7. Tuberculosis.
a. Tuberculosis requirements for states with
tuberculosis-modified accredited cervid status:
(1) Cervids that are moved directly to
slaughter at an approved slaughtering establishment do not require tuberculosis
testing.
(2) Cervids from a herd
with a current accredited-free cervid status for tuberculosis may be moved to
any licensed nontraditional livestock facility provided the cervids meet the
following requirements:
(a) The cervids are
accompanied by a certificate stating that the accredited herd completed the
testing necessary for accredited status with negative results within thirty-six
months prior to the movement.
(b)
Cervids, except animals nursing negative-tested dams, originating in a state or
zone lacking bovine accredited-free status must test negative to an official
test for bovine tuberculosis within ninety days of movement or
consignment.
(3) Cervids
from a cervid tuberculosis-qualified herd may be moved to any licensed
nontraditional livestock facility provided the cervids meet the following
requirements:
(a) The cervids are accompanied
by a certificate stating that all animals in the movement, except animals
nursing negative-tested dams, were negative to an official test for bovine
tuberculosis conducted within six months prior to the movement.
(b) Cervids, except animals nursing
negative-tested dams, originating in a state or zone lacking bovine
accredited-free status must test negative to an official test for bovine
tuberculosis within ninety days of movement or consignment.
(4) Cervids from a cervid
tuberculosis-monitored herd may be moved to any licensed nontraditional
livestock facility provided the cervids are accompanied by a certificate
stating that all animals in the movement, except animals nursing
negative-tested dams, were negative to an official test for bovine tuberculosis
conducted within ninety days prior to the movement.
(5) Cervids from herds of unknown cervid
tuberculosis status may be moved to any licensed nontraditional livestock
facility provided the cervids meet the following requirements:
(a) The cervids are accompanied by a
certificate stating that all animals in the movement, except animals nursing
negative-tested dams, were negative to two official tests for bovine
tuberculosis. The required tests must be conducted not less than ninety days
apart, with the second test conducted within ninety days of the
movement.
(b) Cervids, except
animals nursing negative-tested dams, in a consignment that is being moved from
a herd located in a state or zone lacking accredited-free status for bovine
tuberculosis must be from a herd that has had a negative official test for
bovine tuberculosis within twelve months prior to the movement. All farmed
cervids in the movement, except animals nursing negative-tested dams, must be
negative to a second official test for bovine tuberculosis conducted within
ninety days prior to the movement unless the herd of origin herd test was
conducted within ninety days prior to the movement.
b. Tuberculosis requirements for
states without tuberculosis-modified accredited cervid status may be subject to
additional importation requirements at the discretion of the state
veterinarian.
c. Tuberculosis
requirements for all other species will be determined on a species-by-species
basis by the state veterinarian.
8. Diseases of birds:
a. Pullorum and fowl typhoid (galliformes):
(1) Galliformes, including prairie chicken,
quail, pheasant, chukar, gray (Hungarian) partridge, and wild turkey over five
months of age, imported for breeding purposes, must test negative for
pullorum-typhoid disease within thirty days prior to entry or originate from
qualified flocks, unless originating from a disease-free area as determined by
the state veterinarian.
(2) Poultry
under five months of age and hatching eggs imported or offered for sale in the
state must originate from qualified flocks.
(3) In lieu of pullorum and fowl typhoid
testing of other galliformes, the following statement, signed by the
veterinarian and the owner or owner's agent, may be included on the certificate
of veterinary inspection:
"To my knowledge, birds listed herein are not infected with
pullorum or fowl typhoid and have not been exposed to birds infected with
pullorum or fowl typhoid during the past twelve months."
b. Exotic Newcastle disease
(viscerotropic, velogenic viruses) psittacosis (Psittacines). The following
statement, which applies to all psittacine birds entering the state, must be
included on the certificate of veterinary inspection and be signed by the
veterinarian and the owner or owner's agent:
"To my knowledge, birds listed herein are not infected with
exotic Newcastle disease or psittacosis and have not been exposed to birds
known to be infected with exotic Newcastle disease or psittacosis within the
past thirty days."
c.
Mycoplasmosis. Wild turkeys, including eggs and hatchlings of the species
meleagris gallopavo, unless going directly to slaughter, must:
(1) Originate from a producer who is
participating in the mycoplasmosis control phase of the national poultry
improvement plan; or
(2) The birds
must have been tested serologically negative for mycoplasma gallisepticum and
M. synoviae within the past thirty days.
d. Avian influenza. The following statement,
which applies to birds entering the state, must be included on the certificate
of veterinary inspection and be signed by the veterinarian and the owner or
owner's agent:
"To my knowledge, birds listed herein are not infected with
avian influenza and have not been exposed to birds known to be infected with
avian influenza."
9. Additional disease testing may be required
by the board prior to importation or sale if there is reason to believe other
diseases, parasites, or health risks are present.
