051-13 Wyo. Code R. § 13-6 - Identification Requirements of Caprine and Ovine

(a) The owner of Caprine or Ovine required to be individually identified (listed in subsection b below) shall apply Official Individual Identification to each Caprine or Ovine not already officially identified prior to change of ownership and prior to Commingling with another producer's Caprine or Ovine.

(b) Caprine and Ovine required to have Official Individual Identification:

(i) All breeding Caprine and Ovine;

(ii) All Caprine and Ovine for exhibition;

(iii) All sexually intact Caprine and Ovine upon change of ownership; and

(iv) All Caprine and Ovine over eighteen (18) months of age.

(c) Animals not required to be individually identified include:

(i) Caprine and Ovine shipped directly to an approved slaughter facility or an approved market when all the animals in a section of a truck are from the same Premise of origin and are accompanied by an Owners Statement; and

(ii) Caprine and Ovine moved for grazing or similar management reasons whenever the animals are moved from a Premise owned or leased by the owner of the animals to another Premise owned or leased by the owner of the Caprine or Ovine.

(d) Premise identification may be used as Official Individual Identification as provided in the UMR.

(e) No person shall apply a Premise identification number or a brand or earnotch pattern to any Caprine or Ovine that is not from the Flock of origin to which the identification number, brand or earnotch pattern was assigned or recorded.

(f) If a Caprine or Ovine is already identified with Official Individual Identification, do not apply additional Official Individual Identification.

Notes

051-13 Wyo. Code R. § 13-6

Amended, Eff. 5/20/2016.