Terms Used In Michigan Laws 287.740

  • Accredited veterinarian: means a veterinarian approved by the administrator of the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in accordance with 9 C. See Michigan Laws 287.703
  • Animal: means mollusks, crustaceans, and vertebrates other than human beings including, but not limited to, livestock, exotic animals, aquaculture species, and domestic animals. See Michigan Laws 287.703
  • Commingling: means concurrently or subsequently sharing or subsequent use by livestock or other domestic animals of the same pen or same section in a facility or same section in a transportation unit where there is physical contact or contact with bodily excrements, aerosols, or fluids from other livestock or domestic animals. See Michigan Laws 287.703
  • Department: means the department of agriculture and rural development. See Michigan Laws 287.703
  • Direct movement: means transfer of animals to a destination without unloading the animals en route. See Michigan Laws 287.703
  • Director: means the director of the department or his or her authorized representative. See Michigan Laws 287.703
  • Disease: means any animal health condition with potential for economic impact, public or animal health concerns, or food safety concerns. See Michigan Laws 287.703
  • Exhibition or exposition: means a congregation, gathering, or collection of animals that are presented or exposed to public view for show, display, swap, exchange, entertainment, educational event, instruction, advertising, or competition. See Michigan Laws 287.703
  • Exhibitor: means a person that presents an animal for public display, exhibition, or competition or enters an animal in a fair, show, exhibition, or exposition. See Michigan Laws 287.703
  • Fair: means a competition and educational exhibition of agricultural commodities and manufactured products for which premiums may be paid. See Michigan Laws 287.703
  • Flock: means all of the poultry on 1 premises or, in the discretion of the department, a group of poultry that is segregated from all other poultry on the same premises. See Michigan Laws 287.703
  • Herd: means an isolated group of livestock maintained on common ground for any purpose, or 2 or more groups of livestock under common ownership or supervision that are geographically separated but that have an interchange or movement of livestock without regard to health status as determined by the director. See Michigan Laws 287.703
  • Isolated: means the physical separation of animals by a physical barrier or geographical distance in such a manner that other animals do not have access to the isolated animals' bodies, excrement, aerosols, or discharges, as approved by the director. See Michigan Laws 287.703
  • Livestock: means those species of animals used for human food or for fiber or those species of animals used for service to humans. See Michigan Laws 287.703
  • Official identification: means an identification ear tag, tattoo, electronic identification, or other identification approved by the United States Department of Agriculture or the department. See Michigan Laws 287.703
  • Official test: means a sample of specific material collected from an animal with official identification by an accredited veterinarian, state or federal veterinary medical officer, or other person authorized by the director and analyzed by a laboratory certified by the United States Department of Agriculture or the department to conduct the test, or a diagnostic injection administered and analyzed by an accredited veterinarian or a state or federal veterinary medical officer. See Michigan Laws 287.703
  • Originate: means the direct movement of animals from a herd or flock of origin. See Michigan Laws 287.703
  • Poultry: means , but is not limited to, chickens, guinea fowl, turkeys, waterfowl, pigeons, doves, peafowl, and game birds that are propagated and maintained under the husbandry of humans. See Michigan Laws 287.703
  • Pullorum-typhoid: means a disease of poultry caused by Salmonella pullorum or Salmonella gallinarum. See Michigan Laws 287.703
  • Sow: means a female swine that has farrowed or given birth to or aborted 1 litter or more. See Michigan Laws 287.703
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Swine: means any of the ungulate mammals of the family suidae. See Michigan Laws 287.703
  • Toxicological disease: means any condition caused by or related to a toxic substance. See Michigan Laws 287.703
  • Veterinarian: means a person licensed to practice veterinary medicine under article 15 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 287.703
  (1) A fair, exhibition, exposition, or show shall have an accredited veterinarian on call whenever there are animals on the premises during the event.
  (2) A fair, exhibition, exposition, or show authority shall do all of the following:
  (a) Notify exhibitors of the official identification, health tests, and certificates required for importation into and exhibition in this state.
  (b) Examine and approve required official certificates of veterinarian inspection, reports, test charts, or other required documentation before displaying, exhibiting, or stabling the animals in the exhibition area or before commingling with other animals.
  (c) Provide shipping arrangements for all livestock exhibited that are to be removed from the fair, exhibition, exposition, or show facility for direct movement to slaughter or a market for livestock auction as that term is defined in 1937 PA 284, MCL 287.121 to 287.131.
  (d) Notify exhibitors whether or not poultry vaccinated against infectious laryngotracheitis are allowed in the fair, exhibition, or exposition.
  (3) A fair, exhibition, exposition, or show authority may require additional testing or vaccination of animals before entry and during the fair, exhibition, exposition, or show.
  (4) An animal with clinical signs of infectious or toxicological disease observed at check-in or during the event shall be removed from the fair, exhibition, or exposition or, by permission of the director, shall be isolated on the premises. An accredited veterinarian’s knowledge and advice may be sought by an exhibitor or exhibition staff to assess for clinical signs of an infectious, contagious, or toxicological disease.
  (5) It is the responsibility of the exhibitor to ensure that all reports, test charts, official identification, and official interstate health certificates or official interstate certificates of veterinary inspection required by this act accompany the animals of the exhibitor and that proof of fulfilling these requirements is provided to the director, fair, exhibition, exposition, or show authority upon request.
  (6) Swine shall not enter any fair, exhibition, exposition, or show facility unless it can be demonstrated that the swine presented for exhibition or exposition meet 1 or more of the following conditions:
  (a) Originate as a direct movement from a swine premises located in a pseudorabies stage III area or region or other equivalent low prevalence area as recognized by the director.
  (b) Originate directly from a pseudorabies qualified-negative herd as defined in title 9 C.F.R. part 85, which may consist of a copy of a valid certificate issued by the department stating that the herd meets the requirements for a pseudorabies qualified-negative herd.
  (c) Unless the swine are piglets nursing a pseudorabies-negative sow, present an official swine test report that indicates the swine have been tested for pseudorabies within 45 days before exhibition and have tested negative.
  (7) The exhibition or exposition of poultry is subject to all of the following requirements:
  (a) All poultry, except for waterfowl, pigeons, and doves, shown at a public exhibition or exposition in this state shall meet 1 or more of the following requirements:
  (i) Originate directly from a U.S. pullorum-typhoid clean flock as defined in 9 C.F.R. part 145 and all amendments to that publication adopted in rules promulgated by the director.
  (ii) Have a negative official test for salmonella pullorum-typhoid within the 90 days before the exhibition or exposition and remain segregated from all poultry of unknown or positive salmonella pullorum-typhoid test status.
  (b) A shipping crate used in the shipment of birds by common carrier shall not be used as an exhibition coop. A shipping crate shall be cleaned and disinfected on the day of arrival after the birds have been removed for exhibition or exposition and before being used again. Unless otherwise necessary, a shipping crate shall not be stored in the exhibition or exposition area.
  (8) Exhibitors shall provide adequate feed and water to animals being exhibited.
  (9) Exhibitors shall clean and replace bedding material as often as necessary to maintain health.
  
  

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