Utah Admin. Code R58-20-9 - Health Standards and Requirements
(1) The state veterinarian may require
disease testing or quarantine when there is reason to believe diseases,
parasites, or other health concerns are present.
(2) A licensed elk ranch shall immediately
destroy or remove any elk identified as having red deer genetic
factor.
(3) Per Subsection
4-39-303(5),
domesticated elk being imported from an international herd shall be:
(a) only male;
(b) imported to an elk ranch for use in the
elk ranch; and
(c) harvested in the
same season in which the domesticated elk enters the state.
(4) The state veterinarian may
approve an exception to Subsection R58-20-9(3) which may require
quarantine.
(5) The department may
not allow elk to be imported from a herd of origin that:
(a) is a CWD-positive, a Trace Back, or a
Trace Forward Herd; or
(b) has any
animals infected with or exposed to meningeal worm, Johne's disease
(paratuberculosis), CWD, or malignant catarrhal fever.
(6) An elk facility importing live elk, eggs,
or semen into Utah shall submit a complete Utah Domesticated Elk and Reindeer
Import Application to the department.
(a) The
state or provincial animal health official in the state or province of origin
shall sign the application before submitting the application.
(b) The state or provincial animal health
official shall include a statement that accompanies the application that
includes:
(i) the date of enrollment in a
herd certification program;
(ii)
declaration that the herd of origin has CWD "certified" status;
(iii) explanation of any involvement in CWD
epidemiologic investigations;
(iv)
statement of CWD certification status of any source herds for herd imports or
introductions during the 60 months before the application; and
(v) for herds originating in a
brucellosis-designated surveillance area, the application shall include a
statement that the herd participates in the state brucellosis surveillance
program.
(c) The herd of
origin shall provide the following documentation from the previous 60 months in
the application:
(i) a list of elk that died,
were slaughtered or were hunted, and the CWD test results on those
elk;
(ii) a list of each elk that
is imported or introduced, other than natural additions; and
(iii) a disclosure statement indicating any
non-compliances, CWD exposure, epidemiological investigations, escapes, or
wildlife ingresses.
(d)
The department may approve each import application that meets the requirements
found in Subsections R58-20-9(3) through R58-20-9(6).
(e) The department shall deny an application
if the destination is not a licensed elk facility or official slaughter
facility.
(7) After the
department approves the import application and before the elk facility imports
elk, the owner of the herd of origin shall:
(a) apply an RFID tag and a unique visual tag
to each elk;
(b) treat each elk for
internal and external parasites with a product effective against
Parelaphostrongylus tenuis (meningeal worm) within 60 days
before entering Utah;
(c) complete
brucellosis testing within 30 days before entry, if:
(i) the elk is imported from Canada;
or
(ii) the elk is imported from
the brucellosis Designated Surveillance Areas of Idaho, Montana, or Wyoming, or
from a state not classified as brucellosis-free and the herd does not provide
proof of participation in the state brucellosis surveillance program;
and
(d) complete
tuberculosis testing within 90 days before entry, unless:
(i) the elk is coming from a US herd that is
accredited, qualified, or monitored;
(ii) the elk is under six months of age and
accompanied by a negative testing dam; or
(iii) the elk is imported directly to an
official slaughter facility.
(8) Elk imported from Canada shall originate
from a herd that has performed a whole herd tuberculosis test and a whole herd
brucellosis test within the previous five years.
(9) After the required testing is completed,
the veterinarian inspecting the elk to be imported shall request an import
permit from the department.
(a) The Canadian
Food Inspection Agency shall endorse a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection for
Canadian elk before the veterinarian requests the import permit.
(b) The veterinarian requesting the import
permit shall submit the following documents to the department:
(i) a signed Certificate of Veterinary
Inspection that includes the sex, age, visual tag number, and RFID tag number
for each elk;
(ii) the signed
statement "To the best of my knowledge, the elk listed are not infected with
Johne's disease (Paratuberculosis), CWD, or Malignant Catarrhal
Fever;"
(iii) test charts for
brucellosis and tuberculosis, if required; and
(iv) a statement with the date of deworming
and the name of the product used.
(c) An elk facility may not import elk into
Utah until the department approves the import permit.
(10) A licensed elk facility that imports elk
from east of the 100-degree meridian shall:
(a) harvest or treat the elk for internal and
external parasites no later than 150 days after arrival in the state;
and
(b) provide documentation of
treatment or harvest to the department.
(11) A licensed elk ranch shall hold any elk
for harvest until the elk has completed any slaughter withdrawal periods for
parasite treatments and other administered products.
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