Section 40-7-20.3 - Waiver of calfhood vaccination requirement for import--Requirements--Restrictions. - South Dakota Statutes

40-7-20.3. Waiver of calfhood vaccination requirement for import--Requirements--Restrictions. Female dairy cattle, beef cattle, and bison may be brought into this state without having been officially calfhood vaccinated for brucellosis, as required by § 40-7-20, if:
(1) The person desiring to import the nonvaccinates appears in person before the Animal Industry Board and receives the board's approval;
(2) The nonvaccinates have passed a negative brucellosis test thirty to sixty days before shipment and again within ten days of shipment to this state;
(3) Upon arrival the nonvaccinates are quarantined and pass a negative brucellosis test ninety to one hundred twenty days after arrival; and
(4) Each nonvaccinate has a permanent identification.
Such nonvaccinated cattle or bison may be used only for breeding purposes and may be sold only for immediate slaughter. However, the Animal Industry Board may approve the resale of nonvaccinated cattle or bison imported into this state pursuant to this section if the buyer appears in person before the board and receives the board's approval. Such nonvaccinated cattle or bison may then be sold with the board's approval only for breeding purposes.

Source: SL 1984, ch 268; SL 1990, ch 325, § 101.