Kansas Administrative Code

(Authorized by K.S.A. 47-418, 47-426; effective Jan. 1, 1966; transferred Aug. 19, 1970 to K.A.R. 9-15-2.)

(Authorized by K.S.A. 47-418, 47-426; effective Jan. 1, 1966; transferred Aug. 19, 1970 to K.A.R. 9-15-3.)

(Authorized by K.S.A. 1965 Supp. 47- 230; effective Jan. 1, 1966; transferred Aug. 19, 1970 to K.A.R. 9-16-1.)

(Authorized by K.S.A. 1965 Supp. 47- 230; effective Jan. 1, 1966; transferred Aug. 19, 1970 to K.A.R. 9-16-2.) Editor’s Note: Regulations transferred to Agency 9, Articles 15 and 16. 501 Articles 9-1. Anthrax Vaccine. 9-2. Bovine Brucellosis. 9-3. Swine Brucellosis and Cervids. 9…

Sale or distribution. It shall be un- lawful for any person to sell or distribute any an- thrax spore vaccine, any Sterns’ non-encapsulated spore vaccine, or any anthrax bacterin in the state of Kansas, without first having obtained, from the livestock sanitary commissioner of Ka…

Use. It shall be unlawful for any per- son to inject or use anthrax spore vaccine, Sterns’ non-encapsulated spore vaccine, or anthrax bacte- rin, except veterinarians having authority for such purpose from the livestock sanitary commissioner of Kansas, and injecting and using suc…

Requirement for sale. (a) The con- signor, at the time of unloading of livestock, shall 525 Public Livestock Markets 9-10-7 indicate to the public livestock market operator, or his representative in charge at the unloading dock, any and all known disease conditions, inju- ries or…

Swine. Release and quarantine of feeding and breeding swine from a public livestock market shall be in accordance with the following: (1) Identification of swine. Swine shall be identified by the market veterinary inspector, at 527 Public Livestock Markets 9-10-15 the time of ins…

Poultry. Chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, pigeons, and other poultry shall be given an inspection for communicable, infectious, or contagious diseases, before being offered for sale, sold, or exchanged at a public livestock market. When poultry is sold as “chicks” this regulation…

Quarantine of diseased and ex- posed animals. When livestock, including poul- try, is offered for sale, and the veterinary inspector finds evidence of such animals being infected with any contagious or infectious disease, by tempera- ture or other clinical symptoms, or finds same…

Limitation on sale of injured or physically defective livestock. The veterinary inspector shall have authority to prevent the sale of livestock which are found to have physical de- fects, produced by injury or disease. In the event that such animals are permitted to be sold, the …

Yard facilities. Facilities used for handling, penning or loading livestock shall be constructed in such a manner as will prevent physical injury to persons and livestock. Floors of pens in which swine are held, floors of alleyways used in the moving of swine, and the floors of p…

Limitation on use of public livestock market premises. The pens, yards, alleys and sale ring shall not be used for feeding, holding, trading, or assembling livestock, except twenty-four hours before or twenty-four hours after any sale day: Provided, This regulation shall not appl…

Disinfection of public livestock market premises and vehicles. Pens, and oth- er public livestock market facilities, and trucks and other vehicles used to transport or confine live- stock, found to be infected with or exposed to a contagious or infectious disease, shall be washed…

Special sales at irregular inter- vals. The public livestock market operator shall be responsible for the sale, purchase, or exchange of livestock at regular or irregular intervals at the public livestock market premises, including pri- vate sales, consignment sales, and breed as…

(Authorized by K.S.A. 47-610, K.S.A. 1971 Supp. 47-1010; effective Jan. 1, 1966; revoked, E-71-19, July 1, 1971; revoked Jan. 1, 1972.)

Quarantine pens and facilities. Each operator of a public livestock market shall provide and maintain adequate quarantine pens, separate and apart from such market pens as are regularly used to pen livestock consigned for sale. These quarantine pens shall be of ample size, and ha…

(Authorized by K.S.A. 47-610, 47- 1009, K.S.A. 1970 Supp. 47-1010; effective Jan. 1, 1966; revoked, E-70-40, Aug. 19, 1970; revoked Jan. 1, 1971.)

Veterinary testing fees. (a) Fees shall be collected by the public livestock market operator for blood testing of livestock for brucel- losis detection. Brucellosis testing shall include the following services: (1) Collecting the blood sample from the animal; (2) Making the agglu…

Regulatory fees. A regulatory fee of one cent per bird on all poultry over ten days old, and twenty-five cents per hundred, or a frac- tion thereof, on all poultry ten days old or under shall be collected by the operator of a public live- stock market, from the consignor of all c…

(Authorized by K.S.A. 47-657, 47- 658a, 47-610 and 47-1004; effective Jan. 1, 1969; revoked, E-70-40, Aug. 19, 1970; revoked Jan. 1, 1971.)

Backtagging procedures at public livestock markets. (a) Heifers, cows, and bulls over test-eligible age shall be tagged with the uniform backtag. This includes animals from oth- er states, as well as from Kansas origin. The own- er’s name, at the point of origin (farm location), …

(Authorized by K.S.A. 47-657, 47- 658a, 47-610 and 47-1004; effective Jan. 1, 1969; revoked, E-70-40, Aug. 19, 1970; revoked Jan. 1, 1971.)

Procedures for use of testing forms, blood samples; payment to market veterinarian for testing. (a) The special market brucellosis test chart shall be used at all markets. When completed, all copies, together with blood samples, shall be forwarded immediately to the state-federal…

(Authorized by K.S.A. 47-657, 47- 658a, 47-610 and 47-1004; effective Jan. 1, 1969; revoked, E-70-40, Aug. 19, 1970; revoked Jan. 1, 1971.)

Brucellosis testing procedures and status determination for cattle; handling of exposed cattle. (a) Testing procedures. (1) Backtagged animals, cows, heifers, and bulls of test-eligible age and from non-quarantined herds shall be tested for brucellosis before being re- leased fro…

(Authorized by K.S.A. 47-657, 47- 658a, 47-610, 47-1004; effective Jan. 1, 1969, re- voked,E-70-40,Aug.19,1970;revokedJan.1,1971.)

Procedures for handling bru- cellosis reactors and suspects. 1. Reactors. When reactors are found in animals tested, the re- actor animals shall be tagged and branded, and in- demnity papers shall be completed by the market veterinarian. The owner (seller or consignor) shall be e…

(Authorized by K.S.A. 47-657, 47- 658a, 47-610 and 47-1004; effective Jan. 1, 1969; revoked, E-70-40, Aug. 19, 1970; revoked Jan. 1, 1971.)

(Authorized by K.S.A. 47-610, K.S.A. 1971 Supp. 47-1010; effective Jan. 1, 1970; 531 Public Livestock Markets 9-10-34 revoked, E-71-19, July 1, 1971; revoked Jan. 1, 1972.)

Health certificates. Health certifi- cates covering all livestock consigned to, or sold through a public livestock market shall be issued to the purchasers. Said certificates shall show the kind of inspection made, any treatment adminis- tered, the kind of vaccination administere…

Swine rejected by the veteri- nary inspector. Swine rejected by the veteri- nary inspector for regular sale purposes may be released to be (1) returned to the farm of origin under quarantine, until released by the livestock commissioner or sold for slaughter; or (2) shipped direc…

Occasional livestock sale fees. The annual fee for an occasional livestock sales license shall be as follows: (a) 1-2 sales per year.................................$25.00 (b) 3-5 sales per year.................................$50.00 (c) 6-9 sales per year........................…

Exemption from occasional live- stock sale requirements. Occasional livestock sales held in conjunction with a county, district, regional, or state exhibition for junior exhibitors shall not be required to apply for or obtain an oc- casional livestock sale license. (Authorized by…

Livestock injured, disabled or unfit for sale. Definitions. As used in this act, these definitions shall apply. (a) “Actinomycosis” means the disease com- monly known as lump jaw. (b) “Livestock” or “animal” means animals as defined by K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 47-1001(b), and amendments…

Electronic auctions; health certificates. For each electronic auction, the costs associated with issuance of the health certif- icate required under K.S.A. 47-1008, and amend- ments thereto, shall be paid by the consignor. Each of these health certificates shall meet the requirem…

Notice. (a) Every operator of a public livestock market in Kansas shall post and maintain signs at the livestock market that state the following notice specified in subsection (b). Such signs shall be placed in a clearly visible loca- tion at the check-in dock, in the sale ring, …

Procedures. (a) Each animal pre- sented to the livestock market for public sale shall be inspected by the market veterinarian. (b)Veterinaryinspectionshalloccurbeforesale, with a determination made by the market veteri- narian as to whether or not the animal presented possesses a…

Diseases or conditions that shall render livestock unfit for sale at public live- stock markets. The following diseases or con- ditions shall render an animal unfit for sale at a public livestock market: (a) Ocular neoplasia, which is commonly known as “cancer eye,” unless the ne…

Injuries that shall render live- stock unfit for sale at public livestock mar- kets. Injuries rendering livestock unfit for sale at public markets shall include any of the following: (a) A fracture of the long bone, open fractures, or other fractures or dislocations of a joint th…

Euthanasia. (a) Euthanasia shall be accomplished by or under the direction of the public market veterinarian. (b) The cost of the euthanasia shall be posted at the livestock market and the commissioner noti- fied of the cost at each market. The cost of eutha- nasia shall be paid …

Disposal of euthanized carcass- es. (a) The owner may request the return of the carcass and may retrieve the carcass within six hours after euthanasia occurs. (b) If the owner does not retrieve the carcass within six hours after euthanasia, the carcass shall be disposed of pursua…

General inspection. All livestock, in- cludingpoultry,whendeliveredtoapubliclivestock market, whether held in outside pens, yards, sheds, barns, vehicles, crates or coops (whether loaded on vehicles or unloaded) or other places on such mar- ket premises, shall be inspected, and s…

License fees and renewals. (a) As part of the application for a public livestock mar- ket license, each owner or operator shall pay a li- cense application fee of $375 to the commissioner. (b)(1) Each owner or operator of a public live- stock market shall pay an annual license fe…

Inspection of cattle. (1) General: All cattle and calves shall be given an inspection for detection of any communicable, infectious and contagious disease. Cattle showing evidence of lump jaw (actinomycosis) or cancer-eye (carcino- ma) in the advanced stages, that in the judgment…

(Authorized by K.S.A. 47-610, K.S.A. 1970Supp.47-1010;effectiveJan.1,1966;revoked, E-70-40, Aug. 19, 1970; revoked Jan. 1, 1971.)

Inspection of sheep and goats. All sheep and goats shall be given an inspection for communicable, contagious or infectious diseases. Veterinary inspectors shall use particular care in making examination to detect scabies infestation. If sheep or goats are found to be infested wit…

Inspection of swine. (a) Feeder swine, of Kansas origin, shall not be eligible to sell at a public livestock market, unless they have been maintained on Kansas premises for at least thirty (30) days, and (1) have been held separately and apart from other swine, or (2) have been r…

Restrictions on sale of swine. (1) Out-of-state swine are not eligible to sell at a pub- lic livestock market except for slaughter, unless such swine are consigned direct by a producer in a recognized trade territory. (2) Feeder swine are not eligible to sell in Kan- sas at any p…

Tuberculosis: uniform methods and rules. “Bovine tuberculosis eradication: uni- form methods and rules,” adopted and approved by the United States department of agriculture, animal and plant health inspection service, veter- inary services, effective January 1, 2005, is hereby ad…