Kan. Admin. Regs. § 9-32-2

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 24, August 22, 2024

Section 9-32-2 - Identification requirements

(a) Before any change of ownership, the following categories of sheep and goats shall be individually identified with official identification sufficient to trace the sheep and goats to the premises of origin:

(1) All sexually intact animals, except any lamb or kid under eight weeks of age accompanied by its dam;

(2) all animals for exhibition purposes, except any lamb or kid under eight weeks of age accompanied by its dam; and

(3) all sheep and goats over 18 months of age, as evidenced by the presence of the second set of permanent incisors.

(b) All animals in the following categories shall be permanently and individually identified with official identification before movement of any kind from the premises on which the animals currently reside:

(1) All exposed animals and high-risk animals regardless of age, reproductive status, or genetic susceptibility as determined by an official genotype test; and

(2) all suspect animals and scrapie-positive animals.

(c) The seller shall be required to ensure that all sheep and goats requiring official identification have been identified accordingly and that records are maintained showing either the name of the purchaser of these animals or the name of the market and the date on which the animals were consigned.

(d) Any sheep or goat required to have official identification that is sold at a licensed Kansas livestock market may be identified accordingly at the market if the market maintains records sufficient to trace the animal back to the consignor and the buyer of that animal.

(e) For purposes including genetic testing, exhibition, and interstate movement, any designated agent approved to apply official identification under agreement with the livestock commissioner and the USDA/APHIS may apply the identification to sheep and goats, if the agent maintains records sufficient to trace the animals back to the individual or premises for which the identification was applied.

(f) All sheep and goats in commerce requiring official identification that have not yet been identified and are to be commingled with animals from a different flock shall be identified by the person delivering, hauling, or handling these animals.

(g) If a sheep or goat requiring official identification is received without this identification on a premises where the animal is to be commingled with animals from different flocks, the receiver of the animal shall be required to apply official identification to that animal.

(h) The following categories of sheep and goats shall not be required to be identified:

(1) Wethers under 18 months of age in slaughter channels;

(2) sheep or goats, or both, from a single premises maintained in a separate trailer or section of a transport and accompanied by an owner statement sufficient to allow the slaughter plant or slaughter market to identify the animals; and

(3) sheep or goats, or both, moved for grazing or similar management purposes whenever the animals are moved without a change of ownership from a premises owned or leased by the owner of the animals to another premises owned or leased by the owner of the animals.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 9-32-2

Authorized by K.S.A. 47-607d and 47-610; implementing K.S.A. 47-608 and 47-610; effective, T-9-1-9-06, Jan. 9, 2006; effective April 21, 2006.