Section 287.740 - Fair; veterinarian; duties of fair, exhibition, exposition, or show authority; removal of diseased livestock; responsibility of exhibitor; requirements for swine exhibition; presenta
ANIMAL INDUSTRY ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 466 of 1988
287.740 Fair; veterinarian; duties of fair, exhibition, exposition, or show authority; removal of diseased livestock; responsibility of exhibitor; requirements for swine exhibition; presentation of reports, test charts, and health certificates for inspection; swine exhibited or removed in violation of section.
Sec. 40.
(1) A fair shall have an accredited veterinarian on call whenever there are animals on the premises during the fair.
(2) 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 as defined in 1937 PA 284, MCL 287.121 to 287.131.
(d) Notify exhibitors whether or not poultry vaccinated against infectious laryngotracheitis are allowed in the fair, exhibition, or exposition.
(3) 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.
(4) 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.
(5) 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 before importation and that proof of fulfilling these requirements is provided to the director, fair, exhibition, exposition, or show authority upon request.
(6) Swine for exhibition within this state shall be individually identified by official identification.
(7) Swine shall not enter any fair, exhibition, exposition, or show facility unless it can be demonstrated that the swine presented for exhibition or exposition meet 1 or more of the following conditions:
(a) Originate as a direct movement from a swine premises located in a pseudorabies stage III area or region or other equivalent low prevalence area as recognized by the director.
(b) Originate directly from a pseudorabies qualified-negative herd as defined in title 9 C.F.R. part 85, which proof may consist of a copy of a valid certificate issued by the department stating that the herd meets the requirements for a pseudorabies qualified-negative herd.
(c) Unless the swine are piglets nursing a pseudorabies-negative sow, present an official swine test report that indicates the swine have been tested for pseudorabies within 45 days before exhibition and have tested negative.
(8) All swine removed from any exhibition facility shall be moved directly to a livestock auction market or slaughter facility premises for disposition in accordance with applicable laws concerning movement of swine to slaughter unless all swine present at the exhibition or exposition at any time for any reason have entered the exhibition facility according to the provisions of subsection (7)(b) or (c).
(9) Upon request, a person who exhibits livestock shall present for inspection all reports, test charts, and appropriate health certificates required by this act to accompany the livestock.
(10) Any swine found to be exhibited or removed from exhibition in violation of any provision of this section may be quarantined or ordered slaughtered, destroyed, or disposed of by the director without being eligible for indemnification as described in sections 14 and 15.
History: 1988, Act 466, Eff. Mar. 28, 1989 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 29, 1990 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 41, Imd. Eff. Mar. 14, 1994 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 369, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1996 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 323, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 2000