Importation disease testing requirements

1. Brucella ovis. a. Breeding rams twelve months of age or older imported into the state must have tested negative for brucella ovis within thirty days prior to entry; b. The flock of origin must have a negative brucella ovis status. To qualify a flock as a negative brucella ovis status flock, two negative tests for brucella ovis must have been administered, forty-five to sixty days apart, during the same year, to all rams one year of age or older, and thereafter a yearly negative test must have been administered to all rams in the flock one year of age or older; c. The state veterinarian may authorize the importation of registered breeding sheep and exempt them from the initial import requirements of this subsection. Registered breeding sheep imported by this authorization must be held under quarantine and isolated from other sheep until they have met the requirements of this subsection; d. Animals testing positive on a post-entry test must be euthanized and no indemnity is paid to the owner or the animals may be immediately returned to the state of origin; e. All tests for brucella ovis administered pursuant to this section must be tests officially recognized or otherwise approved by the state veterinarian: and f. Rams imported temporarily for exhibition and return to state of origin may be exempt from the test requirement. 2. Scrapie.