LAC 46:LXXXV.707. Accepted Livestock Management Practices

A. The following are hereby declared to be accepted livestock management practices as provided by R.S. 37:1514(3): 1. the practice of artificial insemination (A.I.) and the non-surgical impregnation (with frozen embryo) of livestock to include that performed for a customer service fee or that performed on individually-owned livestock; 2. the procedure involving the collection, processing, and freezing of semen from privately owned livestock carried out by NAAB-CSS approved artificial insemination business organizations; 3. the carrying out of schools and short courses, teaching A.I. techniques for livestock and equine, prospective A.I. technicians, and university agricultural students by qualified university faculty, cooperative extension service specialists, and qualified employees of NAAB-CSS approved A.I. organizations; 4. performing the operation of male castration, docking, or earmarking of livestock raised for human consumption; 5. performing the normal procedure of dehorning livestock, with the exception of surgical cosmetic dehorning, which is defined as the practice of veterinary medicine; 6. aiding in the nonsurgical birth process in livestock management; 7. treating livestock for disease prevention with a non-prescription medicine or vaccine; 8. branding and/or tattooing for identification of livestock; 9. reciprocal aid of neighbors in performing accepted livestock management practices without compensation; 10. shoeing horses.