An owner shall not sell or transfer ownership of a designated animal, allow the commingling of designated animals belonging to two or more owners, or allow the commingling of designated animals with other designated animals under feeder quarantine on a state-approved premises, unless the commingled designated animals are accompanied by a negative brucellosis test report issued by a veterinarian, conducted within thirty days. The provisions of this section do not apply to the following:
 1. Bovine animals under six months of age, spayed heifers, or steers.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 164.13

  • Animal: means a nonhuman vertebrate. See Iowa Code 164.1
  • Bovine animal: means bison or cattle. See Iowa Code 164.1
  • certificate: means the same as defined in section 163. See Iowa Code 164.1
  • Class free state: means there has been no known brucellosis in bovine animals for a period of twelve months. See Iowa Code 164.1
  • Department: means the department of agriculture and land stewardship. See Iowa Code 164.1
  • Designated animal: means a bovine animal or any other species of animal that the department by rule determines is capable of carrying and spreading brucellosis, including elk or goats. See Iowa Code 164.1
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Owner: includes any person owning or leasing a designated animal. See Iowa Code 164.1
  • Quarantine: means the entire herd of designated animals must be confined to a premises designated by the department, if any reactor is disclosed. See Iowa Code 164.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • State-approved premises: means an area, including a feedlot or grazing area, established at the discretion of the department for the care and feeding of untested designated animals as provided by the department. See Iowa Code 164.1
  • Veterinarian: means a licensed accredited veterinarian authorized by the department. See Iowa Code 164.1
 2. Official vaccinates of bovine animals other than dairy cattle under twenty-four months of age or dairy cattle under twenty months of age, if not postparturient.
 3. Designated animals which are consigned directly to slaughter.
 4. Designated animals which are imported for exhibition purposes, if any of the following apply:

 a. When under the test-eligible ages as provided by the department for designated animals other than bovine. For bovine the test-eligible ages are as provided in this section. The designated animal must be accompanied by an official vaccination certificate as provided by the department. A bovine animal which is six months or older must be accompanied with a vaccination certificate.
 b. Designated animals of any age when accompanied by a report of a negative brucellosis test conducted within thirty days.
 c. Designated animals originating from a herd in a class free state or designated animals from a brucellosis-free herd.
 5. Designated animals originating from a herd in a class free state or designated animals from a certified brucellosis-free herd.
 6. Designated animals moved to a state-approved premises.
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