Missouri Department of Agriculture

Division of Animal Health

 

State Veterinarian – Dr. Shane Brookshire

1616 Missouri Boulevard, P O Box 630

Jefferson City, Missouri 65102

Phone: (573) 751-3377

Permits (573) 751-4359

 

*Revised July 28, 2006*

 

 

*****GENERAL REQUIREMENTS*****

 

Certificate of Veterinary Inspection.

  • All animals entering Missouri must be accompanied by an official Certificate of Veterinary Inspection and shall:
    • State that the animals are free of visible signs of contagious, infectious, or communicable diseases.
    • Describe the animals by species, breed, sex and age.
    • Individual identification will be listed
    •  Record all data for required tests and vaccinations, including date, results and the name of the laboratory.
    • Must be signed by an accredited, licensed veterinarian
    • Valid for thirty (30) days.

 

Entry Permits.

  • Entry permits are required for:

o       Baby calves two (2) months of age or younger moving without their mother.

o       Captive Cervids

o       Cattle from Class B or C states

o       Poultry and hatching eggs

o       Swine

  • Entry permits may be obtained by contacting the Missouri Department of Agriculture, Division of Animal Health at (573) 751-4359 from 7:30 a.m. to   4:30 a.m. CST (Central Standard Time), Monday through Friday.
  • Entry permits are valid for fifteen (15) days.

 

 

Relation to Federal Regulations.

  • All animals entering Missouri must be in compliance with state regulations as well as federal regulations.

 

 

*****CATTLE*****

 

Baby Calves.

  • Interstate movement of calves under two (2) months of age to a Missouri livestock market is prohibited unless calves are accompanied by their dams.
  • Calves under two (2) months of age not accompanied by their dams may be imported by resident buyers only, directly to a Missouri farm and must meet the following requirements.
    • All calves will be quarantined to receiving farm for sixty (60) days.
    • All calves must be individually identified by official eartag on the CERTIFICATE OF VETERINARY INSPECTION.

 

 

*BRUCELLOSIS REQUIREMENTS*

General Requirements.

  • A negative brucellosis test shall consist of one (1) of the following tests
    • Brucella Buffered Antigen (BBA) Card Test.
    • Buffered Acidified Plate Antigen Presumptive Test
    • Other official tests approved by the state veterinarian. 
    • All tests, regardless of method, must be confirmed at a state-or federally-approved laboratory.  Any discrepancies in test results must be reported to the state veterinarian’s office.
  • Test eligible animals include all sexually intact animals eighteen (18) months of age and over. 
  • Finished-fed heifers under two (2) years of age are exempt from test if consigned directly to an approved slaughter establishment or to an approved market en route to an approved slaughter establishment. 
  • Officially calfhood vaccinated (OCV) females are exempt from brucellosis testing if under the age of twenty-four (24) months on beef breeds and twenty (20) months on dairy breeds, provided they are not parturient or post-parturient.
  • All animals that are test-eligible must be individually identified by official eartag, registration tattoo, registration brand or any other means of permanent identification approved by the state of veterinarian on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection.
  • The state veterinarian may designate high incidence areas within certain states that must meet additional import restrictions and retest requirements.

 

 

Class Free States –

  • Farm of origin animals may move to an approved livestock market/sale and slaughter establishments accompanied by a waybill, bill of lading or owner/shipper statement showing origin and destination.
  • Other animal movement must be accompanied by a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection showing individual identification on all animals that are test-eligible.
  • No brucellosis test is required.

 

Class A States –

  • A negative brucellosis test within thirty (30) days prior to shipment is required on all test-eligible animals.
  • Farm of origin animals may move to an approved market or slaughter establishment accompanied by a waybill, bill of lading or owner/shipper statement showing origin and destination;
  • Animals from certified brucellosis-free herds may enter on herd status without additional testing, provided the certified herd number and current test date is shown on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection.

 

Class B States –

  • All females four (4) months of age or over must be OCV for brucellosis;

§         A negative brucellosis test within thirty (30) days prior to shipment is required on all test-eligible animals.

§         Permit required.

§         Farm of origin animals may move to an approved market or slaughter establishment accompanied by a waybill, bill of lading or owner/shipper statement showing origin and destination;

§         Animals from certified brucellosis-free herds may enter on herd status without additional testing, provided the certified herd number and current test date is shown on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection.

§         All animals entering on permits will be quarantined and retested sixty to one hundred twenty (60-120) days after arrival. 

§         Animals from certified herds are exempt from the quarantine and retest requirement;

§         Animals other than farm of origin animals consigned to approved slaughter establishments must –

o       Be tested negative for brucellosis within thirty (30) days prior to shipment and accompanied by a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection showing individual identification of animals;

o       Be “S” or “B” branded and consigned to slaughter on a VS 1-27 shipping permit; or

o       Move in an officially sealed vehicle accompanied by a VS 1-27 shipping permit.

 

Class C States –

  • Only the following classes of animals are eligible for entry into Missouri from a Class C state:
    • Steers
    • Spayed heifers (“spade” brand and identification required).
    • Animals from certified brucellosis-free herds may enter without a negative brucellosis test within thirty (30) days prior to shipment, in addition to the certified herd number and current herd test date shown on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection. 
    • All test-eligible animals entering on a permit will be quarantined and retested sixty to one hundred twenty (60-120) days after arrival.
    • All other animals must be “S” or “B” branded, accompanied by a VS 1-27 shipping permit consigned to an approved slaughter establishment.
    • Permit required

 

**TUBERCULOSIS**

  • All sexually intact dairy cattle six (6) months of age and older must be negative to an official tuberculosis test within sixty (60) days prior to entry, except dairy cattle that

Ø      Move from an accredited tuberculosis-free herd; or

Ø       Move through one (1) market without a test directly to slaughter on a VS-127; or

Ø      Move directly from a herd that has had one (1) complete herd of origin test.

  • All beef breeding cattle eight (8) months of age or over entering Missouri must meet one (1) of the following requirements:

Ø      Originate from a tuberculosis-free state or originate from tuberculosis accredited free herd.  The herd number and current herd test date must be shown on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection;

Ø      Test negative within sixty (60) days of shipment;

Ø      Originate from a state having a reciprocal agreement with Missouri.

  • All sexually intact cattle and bison, from any foreign country or part thereof with no recognized tuberculosis status comparable to the Uniform Methods and Rules standards of the U.S. Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication program, imported for reasons other than immediate slaughter or feeding for slaughter must contact the Missouri Department of Agriculture prior to entry for approval and an entry permit.

 

 

 

***HORSES AND OTHER EQUIDAE***

  • All equidae (except nursing foals accompanied by their dams) must be accompanied by a current VS Form 10-11 (or later revision) or an officially recognized state EIA test chart showing the graphic description of all markings needed for identification.
  • All equidae must be accompanied by a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection showing identification and description of each and every equidae in the shipment, negative test results of an official Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) test within twelve (12) months prior to entry, the name of the EIA accredited testing laboratory and the test accession number assigned by the laboratory.

 

 

 

***SWINE***

 

Breeding Swine.

§         Brucellosis.

o       All breeding swine, regardless of age, must be tested negative for brucellosis within thirty (30) days prior to entry or originate from a validated brucellosis-free herd or validated swine brucellosis-free state.

o       Permit required.

§         Pseudorabies.

o       All breeding swine, regardless of age, must be tested negative for pseudorabies within thirty (30) days prior to entry or originate from a qualified pseudorabies-free herd or from a stage IV or V state.

o       Permit required

 

Feeding Swine.

  • Swine entering Missouri for feeding purposes must originate from a state classified as Stage III, IV, or V in the National Pseudorabies Eradication Plan or a pseudorabies-monitored herd in a state classified as Stage II in the National Pseudorabies Eradication Plan.
  • Permit required.

 

 

 

**SHEEP**

  • All breeding sheep regardless of age and all sheep eighteen (18) months of age must be individually identified by eartags, electronic implant or registration tattoo accompanied by registration papers.
  • Farm-of-origin sheep consigned directly to approved market/sale or slaughter establishment must have official individual identification identifying them to the farm of origin but will not be required to have a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection.
  • Sheep from a scrapies quarantined area must be dipped or treated by officially approved methods within ten (10) days prior to entry.
  • No test required.
  • No permit required

 

 

**GOATS**

  • All sexually intact goats, except low-risk commercial goats must be individually identified by eartags, electronic implant or registration tattoo accompanied by registration papers.
  • Farm-of-origin goats consigned to a licensed market/sale must have official individual identification but will not be required to have a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection.
  • No tests required.
  • No permit required

 

 

**DOGS AND CATS**

  • Dogs and cats over four (4) months of age must be vaccinated for rabies by one (1) of the methods and within the period published in the current Compendium of Animal Rabies Vaccines prepared by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, INC.
  • These requirements do not apply to performing dogs or cats or those brought in for exhibition or breeding purposes if kept on a leash while in Missouri, exemption not to exceed thirty (30) days.
  • No permit required

 

 

**POULTRY AND HATCHING EGGS**

  • Live poultry (except those consigned directly to slaughter) shall be accompanied by an official Certificate of Veterinary Inspection or a VS Form 9-3.  If a VS Form 9-3 is used, a signed and dated owner/shipper statement must be included stating that to his/her best knowledge, the birds are healthy.  Poultry known to be infected with pullorum or typhoid that are consigned directly to slaughter must be identified as such by the consignor.
  • Live poultry entering Missouri must be tested negative for pullorum-typhoid within the past ninety (90) days or originate from a flock approved by the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) or an equivalent program which has been tested within the past twelve (12) months with no change of ownership.
  • Hatching eggs must be accompanied by an official Certificate of Veterinary Inspection certifying the eggs to be from pullorum-free flocks or by a                VS Form 9-3.
  • An entry permit is required on all poultry and hatching eggs imported into Missouri.  Annual entry permits shall be issued by the department to participants in the NPIP or an equivalent program Producers not approved by NPIP or an equivalent program must request a permit with each shipment.
  • Psittacine birds, except budgerigar, must have a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection to enter Missouri.

 

 

*****RATITES*****

  • Ratities include but not limited to Ostrich and Emu.
  • Ratites must be individually identified by a means approved by the Missouri state veterinarian on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection.

 

**CAPTIVE CERVIDS**

 

BRUCELLOSIS –

  • All sexually intact animals six (6) months of age or older must test negative for brucellosis within thirty (30) days prior to movement, except:
    • Brucellosis-free herd – captive cervids originating from certified brucellosis-free herds may enter on herd status without additional testing provided the certified herd number and current test date is shown on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection.
    • Brucellosis-monitored herd-must test negative for brucellosis within ninety (90) days prior to movement provided current test date is shown on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection. 

 

TUBERCULOSIS -

  • Must have two (2) negative tuberculosis tests, not less than ninety (90) days apart, using the single cervical method.

o       The second test must be within (90) days prior to movement.

o       Animals must have been isolated from other captive cervids during the testing period.

  • Animals from status herds-

o       Monitored or Qualified tuberculosis herd must have one (1) negative tuberculosis test using the single cervical method within ninety (90) days of movement.

o       If less than twelve (12) months of age and were born in monitored or qualified herds, animal s may be moved without further tuberculosis testing, provided they are accompanied by a certificate stating animal originated from herd and has not been exposed to animals of lower status.

o       Accredited herd may enter on herd status without additional testing.

 

CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE SURVEILLANCE (CWD) –

 

  • Captive cervids will not be allowed to enter the state if within the last five (5) years the animal:
    • Is from an area that has been reported as a chronic wasting disease (CWD) endemic area;
    • Has been in a CWD endemic area; or
    • Originates from a CWD positive captive herd.

 

  • Until 2008, elk, elk-hybrids, red deer, sika deer, white-tailed deer, and mule deer entering Missouri from any state must have participated in a surveillance program since 2002.  Beginning in 2008, surveillance will be required for five (5) consecutive years before the above-mentioned animals will be allowed to enter Missouri from any state.
  • Other captive cervids other than elk, elk-hybrids, red deer, sika deer, white-tailed deer and mule deer must have participated in a surveillance program recognized by the state of origin prior to entering Missouri.
  • All captive white-tailed deer that enter Missouri with two (2) years of CWD monitoring in an approved surveillance program and remained in Missouri at the time of death, must be tested for CWD.

 

 

**MISCELLANEOUS AND EXOTIC ANIMALS**

  • Exotic bovids eight (8) months of age and over must have a negative brucellosis test and a negative tuberculosis test within thirty (30) days prior to shipment. Exotic bovids include Bos gaurus (Indian bison, Gaur), Bos javanicus (Banteng), Bos sauveli (Kouprey), Bos grunniens (domesticated yak), Bubalus bubalis (water buffalo), Bubalus mindorensis (Tamarau), Bubalus quarlesi (Mountain Anoa), Bubalus depressicornis (Lowland Anoa) and Snycerus caffer (buffalo group).
  • Exotic cattle must meet the same entry requirements as domestic cattle. 
  • Camels, llamas, alpaca and other of that group must be identified by tattoo, microchip, eartag or other approved device.
  • Exotic equine, donkeys, asses, burros and zebras must meet domestic equine requirements.
  • Exotic goats, sheep and antelope – no test required
  • Feral swine, javalena, and peccaries must be in compliance with domestic swine requirements.
  • Elephants (Asiatic, African) must be tested negative for tuberculosis within one (1) year prior to entry.
  • Importation of skunks and raccoons into Missouri is prohibited by the Missouri Wildlife Code, 3 CSR 10.9
  • Animals moving between publicly-owned American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) accredited zoos are exempt from the requirements contained in this section.

 

**AQUATIC ANIMALS/AQUACULTURE**

 

Aquaculture importation regulations can be found at www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/current/3csr/3c10-9.pdf

 

 

Contact Person(s):

 

Devona Weirich

MDC Fish Pathologist

Lost Valley Hatchery

Rt 5 Box 30A

Warsaw, MO 65355

660.438.4465

660.428.1256 fax

Devona.Weirich@mdc.mo.gov

 

Missouri Department of Agriculture

 

Bart Hawcroft

Aquaculture Promotion Specialist

Missouri Department of Agriculture

1616 Missouri Blvd,

PO Box 630

Jefferson City, MO 65102

Phone (573) 526-6666, FAX (573) 751- 2868