Iowa Administrative Code

64.191(1) The flock owner, the owner’s veterinarian, if requested, and the epidemiologist shall develop a plan for eradicating LPAI in each affected flock. The plan must be designed to reduce and then eliminate LPAI from the flock, to prevent spread of the disease to other flocks…

The housing facilities must be cleaned and disinfected under state supervision within 15 days after affected poultry and manure have been removed. 21—64.193 to 64.199 Reserved. These rules are intended to implement Iowa Code chapter 163. [Filed emergency 9/25/03 after Notice 8/20…

Whenever the chief of division of animal industry shall have knowledge of an outbreak of any contagious, infectious or communicable disease among domestic animals in the state, the chief of the division of animal industry shall take such action as necessary for the prevention and…

Definitions used in rules 21—64.200(163) through 21—64.211(163) are as follows: “Accredited veterinarian” means a veterinarian approved by the administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the state ve…

The scrapie eradication program is a cooperative program between the department and APHIS and is supervised by full-time animal health veterinarians employed by the state or federal government.

Animals required to be officially identified shall have official identification applied upon, or before, departure from the current flock of origin by the flock owner or the owner’s agent. An animal that already has identification recognized as official for Iowa does not need to …

No person may remove or tamper with any approved means of identification required to be on sheep or goats, unless the identification must be removed for medical reasons, in which case new official identification must be applied to the animal as soon as possible and prior to commi…

64.204(1) Record-keeping requirements for owners. Records on every animal that requires official ID shall be maintained for five years from the time the animal leaves the flock or dies. For animals not born in the flock, records must include the flock-of-origin number or the prev…

Licensed sheep dealers and auction markets and those that provide transport must ensure that animals are properly identified upon taking possession of the animals. Animals lacking official ID must either be declined or be identified by the licensed dealer or market with official …

Veterinarians may be called upon to officially identify animals and may be issued official identification for the animals in the form of the serial number ear tags for carrying out this duty. The veterinarian may apply the ID only if the flock-of-origin information is available. …

Infected and source flocks will be quarantined by the department upon the determination of their status. A written flock cleanup plan shall be signed by the owner of an infected or source flock, and the requirements set out in the plan shall be adhered to until its completion. Th…

Certificates of Veterinary Inspection (CVIs) issued by licensed accredited veterinarians shall be obtained whenever animals change ownership, other than when animals are sold for slaughter, except as provided in this rule. For animals that require official identification, the CVI…

Official identification is required for any sexually intact sheep or goat to be exhibited. Positive, suspect, sexually intact exposed, and high-risk animals may not be exhibited. Exposed animals that have been redesignated and had restrictions removed by the DSE according to USDA…

A sexually intact animal shall not be moved from an infected or source flock, except under permit. Permitted animals may be moved to slaughter, to a research or diagnostic facility, or to another facility as specified in the flock plan. High-risk, suspect, and sexually intact exp…

Approved terminal feedlots allow purchasers of young sexually intact feeder animals from out of state to bring those animals into Iowa without official identification provided that the animals are restricted to an inspected and approved premises and all are delivered to slaughter…

Whenever rabies is known to exist in any community it shall be the duty of all owners of dogs or other exposed animals to immediately confine such dogs or animals securely to prevent them from spreading the infection should they develop the disease. This rule is intended to imple…

When quarantine is established in any community on account of the existence of rabies all dogs not confined or muzzled shall be promptly destroyed. This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 351.40.

64.25(1) Antirabies vaccine. a. Vaccines and immunization procedures recommended in the Compendium of Animal Rabies Vaccines prepared by the National Association of Public Health Veterinarians, Inc. are approved by the Iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship. b. Reser…

Whenever notice is given to the trustees of a township or to a local board of health that animals are suspected of being affected with or having been exposed to any contagious, infectious or communicable disease, they may impose such restrictions as deemed necessary to prevent th…

Whenever the state veterinarian shall have knowledge of any horses, cattle, sheep or swine affected with scabies or mange, owners of any horses, cattle, sheep or swine affected shall medicate the animals at intervals the state veterinarian deems necessary with a method approved b…

[Filed 6/3/55] [Filed 1/13/84, Notice 12/7/83—published 2/1/84, effective 3/7/84] [Filed emergency 7/8/88 after Notice 6/1/88—published 7/27/88, effective 7/8/88] [Filed Emergency After Notice ARC 9102B (Notice ARC 8976B, IAB 7/28/10), IAB 9/22/10, effective 9/1/10] DISEASE CONTR…

It shall be the duty of the chief of division of animal industry to supervise the disinfection of all buildings, stalls and pens at the state fairgrounds just prior to the opening of such fair and to supervise the disinfecting daily of hog pens and such other enclosures. This rul…

It shall be the duty of all secretaries of all county fairs or exhibitions of livestock in the state of Iowa, excepting the Iowa state fair, to supervise the disinfecting of all buildings, stalls and pens prior to the opening of such county fair or exhibition of livestock and to …

64.34(1) General requirements. All animals, poultry and birds intended for any exhibition will be considered under quarantine and not eligible for showing until the owner or agent presents an official Certificate of Veterinary Inspection. Unless otherwise indicated herein, the Ce…

Each county fair shall have an official veterinarian who will inspect all livestock, poultry and birds when they are unloaded or shortly thereafter. No Certificate of Veterinary Inspection will be required on livestock, poultry and birds exhibited at a county 4-H or FFA show. Qua…

All railroad and transportation companies are hereby required to provide for proper drainage of all stockyards, pens, alleyways and chutes, and to clean and disinfect the same between April 15 and May 15 of each year and at such other times as may be deemed necessary. All expense…

It is hereby ordered by the state of Iowa, secretary of agriculture, that all cars or vehicles that have been used for conveying any animal or animals that have been found to have suffered or are suffering from any contagious or infectious diseases must be cleaned and disinfected…

An animal must be considered as “exposed” when it has stood in a stable with, or been in contact with, any animal known to be affected with a contagious, infectious or transmissible disease; or if placed in a stable, yard or other enclosure where such diseased animal or animals h…

[Filed 6/3/55] [Filed emergency 7/8/88 after Notice of 6/1/88—published 7/27/88, effective 7/8/88] INTRASTATE MOVEMENT OF LIVESTOCK

All places where livestock is assembled, either bought or sold for purposes other than immediate slaughter, whether by private sale or public auction, when not under federal supervision must be under state supervision. 64.41(1) The management of all livestock auction markets shal…

64.42(1) All livestock markets shall be under the general supervision of the Chief, Bureau of Animal Industry, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Des Moines, Iowa 50319, and the direct supervision of the approved veterinary inspector. Markets shall pay inspectio…

64.43(1) Brucellosis. All breeding swine four months of age or over moving through a livestock market or offered for sale or sold by the owner by private treaty must: a. Originate from a validated herd, or from a validated brucellosis-free state according to Title 9 CFR as amende…

Rescinded IAB 11/26/03, effective 12/31/03. 21—64.45 and 64.46 Reserved. [Filed 7/14/64; amended 1/12/66, 5/14/68, 7/9/68, 4/18/73] [Filed 12/21/76, Notice 11/3/76—published 1/12/77, effective 2/17/77] [Filed 1/13/84, Notice 12/7/83—published 2/1/84, effective 3/7/84] [Filed emer…

64.47(1) “Department” means the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Wallace State Office Building, Des Moines, Iowa. 64.47(2) “Federal Office” means the Animal, Plant and Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Federal Building, Des Mo…

In order to qualify a herd of cattle as brucellosis-free and receive a certificate evidencing same, the owner thereof shall comply with the following requirements: 64.49(1) Certified brucellosis-free herd. A herd may qualify for initial certification by a minimum of three consecu…

No attenuated or live culture vaccine or virus shall be sold or offered for sale at retail except to a licensed veterinarian of this state, nor shall it be administered to any livestock or poultry except by a licensed veterinarian of the state of Iowa. This does not apply to the …

To facilitate the vaccination, taking of blood sample or identifying animals as reactors, it shall be the duty of the owner to confine the animals in a suitable enclosure and to restrain the individual animal in a manner sufficient to permit the veterinarian to perform any of the…

64.51(1) Bovine animals classified as reactors shall be quarantined on the premises and not permitted to mingle with other cattle until disposed of for slaughter under a permit issued by the department or its authorized agent. 64.51(2) All bovine animals comprising a herd operati…

64.52(1) Identification tag. Every veterinarian, in conjunction with the testing of any bovine animal for brucellosis or the vaccination of any such animal, shall insert an identification tag of the type approved by the department in the right ear of each animal which is not so i…

After any disclosure of reactors to the brucellosis test and following their disposal for slaughter, the owner of such cattle shall be required to clean and disinfect all barns and premises in which said cattle have been held. Such cleaning and disinfection shall be done in accor…

64.54(1) Reactor cattle disclosed in herds operating under Plan A shall be tagged and branded within 15 days of the date the blood samples were taken. In accordance with Iowa law, an additional 30 days will be allowed for slaughter. 64.54(2) All reactors shall be disposed of for …

64.55(1) All brucellosis tests conducted at state-federal expense must be performed at a state-federal laboratory as determined by the department. 64.55(2) The department shall approve a veterinarian as eligible to conduct brucellosis tests upon successful completion of a course …

64.56(1) A nonvaccinated animal classified as a suspect on the brucellosis test may be reclassified as a reactor by the veterinarian obtaining the blood sample provided that such an animal is known to have aborted and is from a herd containing reactors. 64.56(2) Animals so design…

64.57(1) No indemnity shall be paid unless the test was previously authorized by proper state or federal authority. 64.57(2) No indemnity may be paid on an animal which was vaccinated when it was more than eight months of age. 64.57(3) Rescinded. 64.57(4) No indemnity may be paid…

64.58(1) Counties shall be tested in the order that valid petitions are received unless the department shall decide that it is not expedient to make tests in that order. 64.58(2) All provisions of the rules as promulgated under authority of Iowa Code section 164.2 are also in eff…

The term “quarantine” shall be construed to mean the perfect isolation of all diseased or suspected animals from contact with other animals as well as the exclusion of other animals from yards, stables, enclosures or grounds where suspected or diseased animals are or have been ke…