7 Pa. Code § 3a.4 - Intrastate transportation of cervids
(a)
Identification required.
A cervid that is transported from one location within this Commonwealth to
another location within this Commonwealth for sale, exhibition or commingling
with other domestic animals shall be individually identified by a unique ear
tag issued or approved by the Department, or by a permanent tattoo or unique
mark approved by the Department, or by some other device or means of
identification used with the advance written approval of the
Department.
(b)
Health
requirements. As a condition of intrastate transportation of cervids
for sale, exhibition or commingling with other domestic animals, each cervid
that is 12 months of age or older shall be accompanied by the written
certification of a USDA-accredited veterinarian that the animal identified in
that document is brucellosis test-negative and tuberculin test-negative,
according to USDA recommended protocols, no more than 180 days prior to
movement.
(c)
Exemptions. A cervid shall be exempt from the identification
and health requirements of subsections (a) and (b) if the cervid is moved
intrastate directly to slaughter, a hunting preserve for purposes of being shot
or to an exhibition where there are no other hoof stock.
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