MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

ANIMAL INDUSTRY DIVISION

Revised February 2006

2006 HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR *LIVESTOCK EXHIBITED IN MICHIGAN

(SUMMARY ---  Extended version on file in Fair Office)

* Livestock means those species of animals used for human food and fiber or those species of animals used for service to humans.  Livestock includes but is not limited to cattle, sheep, new world camelids (llamas, alpacas, vicunas, and guanacos), goats, bison, captive cervidae, ratites (cassowaries, kiwis, ostriches, and emus), swine, equine, poultry, aquaculture, and rabbits.  Livestock does not include dogs and cats.

 

GENERAL

Exhibitors at State, County, and District fairs, along with other livestock exhibitions, expositions, and shows, are required to comply with all of the statutory and regulatory provisions of the State of Michigan relating to animal health outlined in Act No. 466 of the Public Acts of 1988, as amended and rules promulgated for the implementation and enforcement of the act.

 1.   The following is a summary of the requirements for livestock exhibited in Michigan.  The full version    

       of the requirements can be downloaded from the website www.michigan.gov/mda-exhibitinfo or you 

       can contact the fair livestock entry office for a complete set.

 2.   A fair shall have an accredited veterinarian on call whenever there are animals on the premises

       during the fair.  A fair, exhibition, exposition, or show authority shall do all of the following:

a.           Notify exhibitors of health tests and certificates required for importation and exhibition in this state.

b.           Examine and approve required health certificates, reports, test charts, certificates, 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 swine exhibited that are to be removed from the fair, exhibition, exposition, or show facility for direct movement to slaughter or a livestock auction market.

d.           Notify exhibitors whether or not poultry vaccinated against Infectious Laryngotracheitis (ILT) are allowed in the fair, exhibition or exposition.

e.           Assure that all participating equine test negative for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA)

 3.   Livestock with clinical signs of infectious, contagious, or toxicological disease shall be removed from

       the fair, exhibition, or exposition, or by permission of the director, shall be isolated on the premises.

       Livestock that have known exposure to, or that show clinical signs of, infectious, contagious, or

       toxicological disease, as determined by a veterinarian shall not be displayed or housed at an

       exhibition, exposition, or fair unless permission to do so is granted by the director.  The exhibition,

       exposition, fair or show authority is responsible for ensuring that the livestock are removed from  the 

       premises.

 4.   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.

 5.   A bird shall not be handled except by the exhibitor, attendant, fair veterinarian, director, or judge

       after the bird is placed in an exhibition coop.

 6.   All cattle, goats, sheep and privately-owned cervids shall bear official identification before they leave

       their home premises.

 7.   It is the responsibility of the exhibitor to ensure that all requirements for testing, identification, and

       official interstate health certificate or official interstate certificate of veterinary inspection are fulfilled

       prior to importation and that proof of fulfilling these requirements is provided to the director, fair,

       exhibition, exposition, or show authority upon request

 8.   Upon request, a person who exhibits livestock shall present for inspection all reports, test charts, and

       appropriate health certificates required to accompany the livestock.

 9.   Out of state livestock for exhibition shall meet the requirements prescribed for importation of

       breeding animals of that species and shall be accompanied by a copy of an official interstate health

       certificate or an official interstate certificate of veterinary inspection issued by an accredited

       veterinarian from the state of origin.   Livestock shall not be diverted to premises other than the

       destination site named on the official interstate health certificate.

10.   Whenever an official test is conducted or an official vaccination is administered, livestock shall,

       unless exempted by the director, be permanently identified in a manner approved by the director.

11.   Unless otherwise approved by the director, a facility for exhibition of livestock shall be constructed

       to allow sufficient separation of each exhibitor's livestock.  The facility shall be constructed of a

       material that can be adequately cleaned and disinfected.

12.   An exhibition building or yarding facility shall be cleaned and disinfected with an United States

       Department of Agriculture approved disinfectant used in accordance with label instructions before

       livestock are admitted by removing from the premises all manure, litter, hay, straw, and forage from

       pens, runways and show rings, and thoroughly disinfecting walls, partitions, floors, mangers,

       awarding facilities, and runways in a manner approved by the director.  MDA is currently using

       Virkon S for field activities.  For a complete list of disinfectants, please refer to

       www.michigan./gov/mda-exhibitinfo.

13.   Feed and water containers provided for exhibition coops shall be new or properly cleaned.

14.   A feed or water container from which a bird has eaten or drunk shall be refilled to prevent

       contamination  of the common supply of feed and water.  A feed or water container may not be   

       removed from an exhibition coop except for the purpose of cleaning.

15.  An exhibition coop shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected before and after each exhibition.

16.  An exhibition coop shall be constructed and placed to provide adequate light for proper inspection of

       poultry for evidence of transmissible diseases.

17.  Litter for an exhibition coop shall be clean and shall be replaced daily, or as often as needed.

18.  A shipping crate used in the shipment of birds by common carrier may not be used as an exhibition

      coop.  Shipping crates shall be cleaned and disinfected on the day of arrival after the birds have

      been removed for exhibition and before being used again.  Unless otherwise necessary, shipping

      crates shall not be stored in the exhibition area.

 

2006 OUT OF STATE LIVESTOCK FOR EXHIBITION

(SUMMARY --- Extended version on file in Fair Office)

Out of state livestock for exhibition shall meet the requirements prescribed for importation of breeding animals of that species and shall be accompanied by an official interstate health certificate or an official interstate certificate of veterinary inspection issued by an accredited veterinarian from the state of origin.   Livestock shall not be diverted to a premises other than the destination site named on the official interstate health certificate.

 

If vesicular stomatitis outbreaks have occurred in the state of origin within the past 30 days, the following statement must be included by the accredited veterinarian on any official interstate health certificate or official certificate of veterinary inspection for importation of equidae, cattle, sheep, goats, bison, New World camelids, swine, or privately owned cervidae into Michigan:

                  "I have examined the animals listed on this certificate and have found no clinical

                  signs of vesicular stomatitis.  To the best of my knowledge, these animals have

                  not been exposed to vesicular stomatitis within the previous 30 days, no have

                  they been vaccinated with vesicular stomatitis vaccine."

 

All cattle, goats, and bison of any age and reproductive capability, unless transported directly to a USDA inspected slaughter facility, must be identified with a USDA approved official identification eartag, or official breed registration tattoo, prior to importation.  An official breed registration tattoo may only be used if the animal is accompanied by the official breed registratin certificiate during the movement. The official identification must be recorded on the required official interstate health certificate or official certificate of veterinary inspection.

 

Dairy cattle, breeding cattle, feeder heifers, horses and other equidae, breeding swine, feeder swine, market hogs, llamas, alpacas, privately-owned cervidae, aquaculture, and wild animals for exhibition originating outside the state of Michigan shall meet the requirements found at www.michigan.gov/mda-exhibitinfo or you can contact the fair livestock entry office for a complete set.

 

Steve Halstead, D.V.M., M.S.

State Veterinarian and Animal Industry Division Director