Kansas Administrative Code

Confinement, handling, and health. (a) Perimeter fencing. Each owner shall confinedomesticatedcervidswithperimeterfenc- ing, which shall meet the following requirements: (1) Provide a barrier that prevents the escape of the domesticated cervids confined within and prevents the en…

Escaped domesticated cervids. (a) The owner of any domesticated cervid that has escaped confinement shall report the animal as missing to the commissioner within 48 hours of noticing the animal missing. This report shall in- clude the following information: (1) The breed or speci…

Handling, care, treatment, and transportation.Thefollowingportionsof9C.F.R. part 3, as in effect on January 1, 2013, as applied to cervids, are hereby adopted by reference: (a) Secs. 3.125 through 3.133, except sec. 3.127(d); and (b) secs. 3.136 through 3.142, except that in sec.…

Participation in the chronic wast- ing disease monitoring program. (a) Each par- ticipating herd shall be maintained or held only on premises for which a current domesticated cervid permit has been issued by the commissioner. If a herd owner wishes to maintain separate herds, the…

Program levels. (a) Each participat- ing herd shall be assigned herd status based on the following: (1) The number of years that the participating herd has been under surveillance with no evi- dence of CWD; and (2) the herd owner’s compliance with K.A.R.

CWD-infected herds. Each CWD- infected herd shall be subject to the following re- quirements: (a) A herd quarantine shall be issued by the commissioner immediately after receiving a re- port from an approved laboratory of a positive test for CWD in an animal from a herd. (b) A he…

Validated brucellosis-free swine herd. (1) Validation: A herd may be validated when the swine therein have passed one negative herd test. This includes all animals 6 months of age and over, with no agglutination tests being positive in the dilution of 1:100, or higher, on the pla…

Plans for eradicating brucellosis from infected swine herds. If infection is dis- closed in swine herds, one of the following plans should be selected for eradicating the disease and for subsequent qualifying the herd for validated brucellosis-free status, if desired. Infected he…

Official program work and reports. All official work shall be conducted by an autho- rized licensed, accredited veterinarian and the work shall be at the expense and liability of the 506 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE—DIVISION OF ANIMAL HEALTH 9-3-5 swine owners, except fee-basis test…

Quarantine. When brucellosis is found in a herd, all swine on the premises where such disease is found, shall be under quarantine until released by the livestock sanitary commis- sioner of Kansas. Shipments to slaughter may be authorized by a shipping permit issued by the livesto…

Definitions. As used in K.A.R. 9-3-6 through 9-3-17, each of the following terms shall have the meaning specified in this regulation: (a) “Adult domesticated cervid” means any do- mesticated cervid that is 12 months of age or older. (b) “Affected herd” means any domesticated cerv…

Fees. (a) Each applicant for an annu- al domesticated cervid permit issued pursuant to K.S.A. 47-2101 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall pay one of the following application fees: (1) For 1-19 domesticated cervids, $75.00; (2) for 20-49 domesticated cervids, $125.00; or (3)fo…

Records. Each holder of a domesticat- ed cervid permit shall maintain records for each domesticated cervid purchased, acquired, held, transported, sold, or disposed of in any other man- ner. Each cervid, regardless of age, that enters a herd or leaves a herd alive for any purpose…

Certificate of veterinary inspec- tion; importation and intrastate movement requirements and permits. (a) Each cervid im- ported into Kansas shall be identified with official identification and shall be accompanied by a cer- tificate of veterinary inspection. (b) Each individual …

Notification. Each testing laborato- ry approved by the United States department of agriculture (USDA) shall notify the livestock com- missioner of the test results for each equidae of Kansas origin that is tested for equine infectious anemia and that is bled within the state of …

Testing positive for equine infec- tious anemia. (a) Each equidae testing positive for equine infectious anemia shall be quarantined. Each owner of a quarantined equidae shall take one of the following actions: (1) confine the equidae no fewer than 200 yards from any other equida…

Infected equidae moving to an- other state. (a) If an equidae located in Kansas is known to be infected with equine infectious ane- mia and is to be moved to another state, the live- stock commissioner or the commissioner’s desig- nee shall brand the equidae on the left side of t…

Definitions. (a) Only the following terms and their definitions from part I of “scrapie eradication: uniform methods and rules,” publica- tion APHIS 91-55-079 of the United States de- partment of agriculture’s animal and plant health inspection service (USDA/APHIS), dated June 1,…

Identification requirements. (a) Before any change of ownership, the following categories of sheep and goats shall be individual- ly identified with official identification sufficient to trace the sheep and goats to the premises of origin: (1) All sexually intact animals, except …

Movement of scrapie-infected or scrapie-exposed sheep and goats. (a) No sheep or goat known to be or suspected of being infect- ed with scrapie and no exposed animal from any flock that is not in compliance with a flock plan shall be imported into Kansas. (b) No sheep or goat fro…

Movement into Kansas of sheep and goats intended for breeding. (a)(1) All sheep and goats imported into Kansas for breed- ing purposes, except those moving directly to a licensed Kansas livestock market, shall be accom- panied by a certificate of veterinary inspection issued by a…

Movement into Kansas of sheep and goats intended for slaughter. (a) All sheep and goats moving interstate into Kansas directly to a licensed slaughter facility shall be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection or by an owner statement as defined in K.A.R. 9-32-1. In …

Exhibition sheep and goats. All exhibition sheep and goats in Kansas, except any lamb or kid under two months of age accompa- nying its dam, shall be individually identified by a means of official identification, regardless of their sex or premises of origin. (Authorized by K.S.A…

Sheep and goats consigned to Kansas livestock markets. (a) Any sheep or goat originating outside Kansas may be consigned to a Kansas livestock market if the sheep or goat is ac- companied by an owner statement. (b) All sexually intact sheep and goats and all wethers over 18 month…

Recordkeeping requirements. (a) Each individual who applies official identification to an animal shall maintain the associated records for a minimum of five years from the date of ap- plication. These records shall be made available upon request during normal business hours to an…

Definitions. (a) “Commissioner” means the livestock sanitary commissioner of the state of Kansas. (b) “Inedible meat” means meat and meat prod- ucts derived from dead, dying, disabled, diseased, or condemned animals, or animals whose meat or meat products are otherwise unsuitable…

Inedible meats. Inedible meats, (ex- cepthides,meatmeal,orbonemeal,beingshipped from a disposal plant) shall be packed in type of container approved by the commissioner. The con- tainer so used, shall be clearly marked or stamped with the legend “unfit for human consumption.” Let…

Handling of inedible meats; iden- tification and decharacterization. Inedible meats, placed into overnight cooler storage, shall 512 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE—DIVISION OF ANIMAL HEALTH 9-4-4 be readily identified as an inedible product, by the direct application of green ink, or …

Records. Each disposal plant operator shallmaintaincompleteandaccuraterecordsasto amount of inedible meats denatured, the amount sold, to whom sold, the address of the consignee, and how and by whom hauled. Such records shall be open to inspection by the commissioner, or his auth…

Sales of inedible meats; registra- tion. Inedible meat products (1) may be sold, when properly decharacterized, for shipment di- rectly to a plant producing dog food, or (2) may be sold to a person for use in feeding dogs, pets, mink or other animals, as allowed by the commis- si…

Exemptions. Disposal plants operat- ing under federal inspection are exempt from the application of these regulations. (Authorized by K.S.A.47-610and47-1215;effectiveJan.1,1968.)

Movement or sale of garbage fed hogs. All swine fed garbage or slaughter house re- fuseshallbesofedandhandledunderquarantine. It shall be unlawful to move or sell any animals which have been fed garbage or slaughter house refuse, unless such garbage or slaughter house re- fuse ha…

Receiving, purchasing or slaugh- tering, animals fed garbage or slaughter house refuse. It shall be unlawful for any person, knowingly, to receive or to purchase from anoth- er, or to slaughter any animal which has been fed garbage or slaughter house refuse; unless such animal ha…

Destruction of diseased swine: in- demnity. Swine that develop the disease of vesicu- lar exanthema shall be slaughtered under directive of the livestock sanitary commissioner, or shall be otherwise disposed of under supervision of the fed- eral agricultural research service (ARS…

Feeding platforms and other feed- ing equipment. It shall be unlawful for any per- son to feed cooked garbage or cooked slaughter house refuse to animals, except on a feeding plat- form constructed of concrete or other approved impervious material. Curbs or feeding troughs shall …

Disposal of materials removed from feeding platforms. Feeding platforms and troughs shall be cleaned daily, or frequent- ly enough to maintain sanitary conditions as re- quired by the livestock sanitary commissioner. It shall be unlawful for anyone to dispose of ma- terials clean…

Veterinarian inspectors to supervise garbage and refuse feeding operations.Itshall be unlawful for anyone to feed cooked garbage or cooked slaughter house refuse to animals which willbeofferedforsaleorforslaughter,withoutfirst having obtained the approval of the livestock sani- t…

Heating requirements. All garbage and packing house refuse which is cooked for feeding to animals shall be cooked in a mixture with water, with the water to be added in such quantity as to equal one-third the depth of the garbage and refuse at the time the cooking pro- cess is st…

Records. All persons feeding cooked garbage or cooked slaughter house refuse shall keep a record, showing the number of all animals added to the herd; the date of such additions; number of all animals removed; the destination of all animals removed; and the date of such remov- al…

Reportable disease. Hog cholera is hereby recognized as an infectious and contagious disease which shall be reported to the state live- stock sanitary commissioner when diagnosed or suspected. (Authorized by K.S.A. 47-610, 47-629; effective Jan. 1, 1966.)

Quarantine requirements. All swine in herds where hog cholera is diagnosed by any veterinarian shall be placed under herd quaran- tine. (Authorized by K.S.A. 47-610, 47-629; effec- tive Jan. 1, 1966.)

Supervision of quarantined herds. All swine, which have been quarantined for hog cholera in herds or otherwise, shall be under the supervision of the state livestock commissioner, or his authorized representative, until released from such quarantine. (Authorized by K.S.A. 47-610;…

Disinfection of premises. Buildings, pens and enclosures, in which swine have been held under quarantine for hog cholera, shall be cleaned and disinfected with an approved disin- fectant, after evidence that hog cholera has been eliminated. (Authorized by K.S.A. 47-610, 47-629; e…

(Authorized by K.S.A. 47-610; effec- tive Jan. 1, 1966; revoked Jan. 1, 1970.)

Movement to slaughter. All swine moved to slaughter from hog cholera quarantined herds shall be moved in a manner approved by the 514 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE—DIVISION OF ANIMAL HEALTH 9-6-7 livestock commissioner of Kansas. (Authorized by K.S.A. 47-610; effective Jan. 1, 1968; …

Hog cholera modified live virus. The sale or use of hog cholera modified live vi- rus vaccines is prohibited in the state of Kansas. (Authorized by K.S.A. 47-629, 47-653b; effec- tive, E-68-25, Aug. 9, 1968; effective Jan. 1, 1969; amended Jan. 1, 1970; amended Jan. 1, 1974.)

Inactivated hog cholera vaccines. The sale of or the use of inactivated hog cholera virus vaccine in the state of Kansas is prohibited. (Authorized by K.S.A. 47-610, 47-629, K.S.A. 1968 Supp. 47-653b; effective, E-68-25, Aug. 9, 1968; effective Jan. 1, 1969.)

Vaccination with serum alone. When serum alone is used for prophylaxis, swine vaccinated at public livestock markets in Kansas, and swine vaccinated in Kansas for interstate ship- ment, or swine vaccinated for shipment into the state of Kansas, shall be injected with the amount o…

General. (a) Livestock shall not be im- ported into Kansas except in accordance with the laws and rules and regulations of the state of Kan- sas, and of the animal and plant health inspection service, veterinary services, United States depart- ment of agriculture. (b) Livestock s…

Livestock for exhibition purposes. Except for rodeo stock, livestock may be moved into Kansas for exhibition purposes, if accompa- nied by a health certificate or a certificate of veter- inary inspection signed by a licensed veterinarian. The certificate shall be on a form approv…