WSR 17-13-068
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[Filed June 16, 2017, 7:56 a.m., effective July 17, 2017]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The department is amending chapter 16-54 WAC to:
1. Modify the requirement that rams must test negative on an ELISA test for Brucella ovis within thirty days before entering Washington state to sixty days;
2. Repeal the requirement that black face sheep imported for breeding purposes must be genetically tested before entry to be QR or RR at the 171 codon;
3. Repeal the equine infectious anemia test exemption for equine moving to Washington from Idaho and Oregon; and
4. Repeal the M. bovis test requirement for old world primates, gibbons, and great apes.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 16-54-071, 16-54-101, and 16-54-180.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 16.36.040.
Other Authority: Chapter 34.05 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 17-09-077 on April 19, 2017.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: In WAC 16-54-180 the language "or if prohibited under WAC 246-100-197" was added to subsection (8) at the request of Washington state department of health.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: June 16, 2017.
Derek I. Sandison
Director
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 16-23-108, filed 11/18/16, effective 12/19/16)
WAC 16-54-071 Domestic equine and equine reproductive productsImportation requirements.
Import health requirements.
(1)(a) In addition to the other requirements of this chapter, all domestic equine and equine reproductive products entering Washington state must be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection.
(b) Equine vaccinated against equine viral arteritis (EVA) must be accompanied by a vaccination certificate.
(c) Reproductive products from donors that test positive for EVA must be accompanied by an application and entry permit.
(d) Domestic equine from the western states of Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico may enter Washington state for shows, rides, or other events either with a certificate of veterinary inspection or with a document similar to the Equine Certificate of Veterinary Inspection and Movement Permit. Individual trips cannot exceed ninety days.
(e) An itinerary of interstate travel must be filed with the department within fourteen days of the expiration of the movement permit.
(2) All certificates and forms may be obtained from and sent to:
Washington State Department of Agriculture
Animal Services Division
1111 Washington Street S.E.
P.O. Box 42577
Olympia, Washington 98504-2577
Email: ahealth@agr.wa.gov
Fax: 360-902-2087.
Import test requirements.
Equine infectious anemia (EIA).
(3) All domestic equine, except foals under six months of age accompanying their negative tested dams, must have a negative test for equine infectious anemia (EIA) within twelve months before entering Washington state.
((Exemptions to EIA test requirements.
(4) Domestic equine moving to Washington from Idaho or Oregon are excluded from EIA test requirements.))
Equine viral arteritis (EVA).
(((5))) (4) Intact males over six months of age and equine reproductive products from donors that test positive for EVA may enter Washington state only if accompanied by an entry permit and a statement on the certificate of veterinary inspection verifying that the consignee:
(a) Has been advised of the positive antibody test results and the associated risks of EVA infection;
(b) Agrees to follow the recommendations of the Office International des Epizooties of the World Organization of Animal Health regarding EVA and USDA recommendations found in the Equine Viral Arteritis Uniform Methods and Rules, effective April 19, 2004; and
(c) Consents to the shipment.
(((6))) (5) Intact males that test antibody positive for EVA are required to have an entry permit and may be subject to quarantine or a hold order.
(((7))) (6) Equine semen and embryos require an entry permit and must originate from donors that have proof of vaccination or a negative antibody test for EVA during the current breeding season.
(((8))) (7) Equine semen and embryos from antibody positive donors must be used or implanted only in vaccinated or seropositive mares. These mares must be isolated for twenty-one days following insemination or implantation.
(((9))) (8) Additional testing for EVA may be required during emergency disease conditions declared by the director.
Piroplasmosis.
(((10))) (9) Any equine that has ever tested positive for piroplasmosis may not enter Washington state.
(((11))) (10) Any equine that has originated from a country or state where piroplasmosis is endemic must be negative to a C-ELISA test within thirty days before entry into Washington state, and are subject to a quarantine order upon arrival and retested within sixty to ninety days. Horses that test positive on the post-arrival C-ELISA test are not permitted to remain in the state and must be removed.
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 15-02-025, filed 12/30/14, effective 1/30/15)
WAC 16-54-101 SheepImportation and testing requirements.
Import health requirements.
(1) A certificate of veterinary inspection must accompany all sheep entering Washington state. The certificate of veterinary inspection must state that the sheep:
(a) Are clinically free from the signs of infectious diseases, including footrot, sore mouth, and caseous lymphadenitis; and
(b) Originated from a flock in which scrapie has not been diagnosed in the past five years or are from a flock enrolled in the USDA Voluntary Scrapie Flock Certification Program described in Title 9 C.F.R. Part 54 (January 1, 2014);
(c) Are officially identified with official individual identification. Sheep required to be officially individually identified include:
(i) All breeding sheep;
(ii) All sexually intact sheep imported for exhibition;
(iii) All sheep over eighteen months of age.
Import test requirements.
(2) All breeding rams over six months of age require an entry permit.
(3) The certificate of veterinary inspection must state that the rams:
(a) Tested negative on an ELISA test for Brucella ovis within ((thirty)) sixty days before entering Washington state; and
(b) Are palpated and certified free of any evidence of epididymitis; and
(c) Are individually identified with an official individual identification. Each ram's official individual identification number, test results, and the date of the test must be entered on the certificate of veterinary inspection accompanying the animal.
(((4) Any purebred rams of Suffolk, Hampshire, Shropshire, Southdown or Montadale descent, or cross thereof; any nonpurebred rams known to have Suffolk, Hampshire, Shropshire, Southdown or Montadale ancestors; and any nonpurebred rams of unknown ancestry with a black face, except for hair sheep, may enter Washington state for breeding purposes if they are determined by genetic testing before entry to be QR or RR at the 171 codon. Hair sheep known to have Suffolk, Hampshire, Shropshire, Southdown or Montadale ancestors are considered blackface sheep.))
Exemptions to import health and test requirements.
(((5))) (4) Sheep entering Washington for show or exhibition purposes and returning to their home state are exempt from testing requirements. A certificate of veterinary inspection is required.
(((6))) (5) Sheep entering Washington state for immediate slaughter at a federally inspected slaughter facility are exempt from the certificate of veterinary inspection and testing requirements.
(((7))) (6) Official individual identification is not required on slaughter sheep less than eighteen months of age.
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 16-23-108, filed 11/18/16, effective 12/19/16)
WAC 16-54-180 Wild and exotic animalsImportation and testing requirements.
Import health requirements.
(1) Wild and exotic animals entering Washington state must be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection issued by an accredited veterinarian licensed in the state of origin, or accompanied by an international certificate of health unless the animals are prohibited under chapter 16.30 RCW or 232-12 WAC.
(2) All wild and exotic animals must be accompanied by an entry permit.
Import test requirements.
(3) Brucellosis: Within thirty days before entering Washington state, negative serologic testing must be conducted on the following categories of captive wild or exotic animals that are more than six months of age:
Table 1.
Wild and exotic animals that must be tested for brucellosis
Tested For
Species Scientific Name
Common Name Examples
Brucella abortus
Camelidae
• Vicuna
 
• Guanaco
 
 
• Camel
 
Cervidae
• Elk
 
 
• Caribou
 
 
• Moose
 
 
• Reindeer
 
 
• Deer
 
Giraffidae
• Giraffe
 
 
• Okapi
 
Bovidae
• Wild cattle (gaur, banteng, kaupre, yak)
 
 
• Bison (American bison, European bison)
 
 
• Buffalo (Asian water buffalo, tamaraw, lowland anoa, mountain anoa, African buffalo)
 
Ovidae, Capridae
• Wild sheep (bighorn sheep, Dall's sheep, mouflon, argoli, uriol, blue sheep, barbary sheep, red sheep)
 
 
• Wild goats (Rocky Mountain goat, ibex, walia ibex, west Caucasian tur, east Caucasian tur, Spanish ibex, markhor)
Brucella suis
Suidae
• Wild swine (European wild boar, bearded pig, Jovan pig, pygmy hog, wart hog, giant forest pig, East Indian swine or Babirusa, African bush pig, peccaries)
Brucella suis biovar 4
Cervidae
• Caribou
• Reindeer
Brucella ovis
Ovidae, Capridae
• All wild sheep and goats must be tested and found negative to Brucella ovis within thirty days before entering Washington state
(4) Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis):
(a) Animals less than six months of age that are nursing negative tested dams may be excluded from tuberculosis test requirements.
(b) Within thirty days before entering Washington state, the animals listed in the following table must test negative for M. bovis and M. tuberculosis by a skin test or other approved test that follows federal tuberculosis protocols:
Table 2.
Wild and exotic animals that must be tested for tuberculosis
Species Scientific Name
Common Name Examples
Ceropithecidae
• Old world primates2
Hylobotidae
• Gibbons2
 
• Lessor apes2
Pongidae
• Great apes2
Elephantidae
• Elephants1
Bovidae
• Wild cattle
Ovidae, Capridae
• Wild sheep
 
• Wild goats
Cervidae((, Giraffidae))
• Elk
 
• Caribou
 
• Moose
 
• Reindeer
 
• Deer
Giraffidae
• Giraffe
 
• Okapi
1Negative trunk wash or other USDA-validated tuberculosis test every twelve months.
2All nonhuman primates are exempt from the M. bovis testing requirement.
(c) Cervidae, such as elk, deer, caribou, moose, and reindeer ((and Giraffidae, such as giraffe and okapi,)) must be from herds not known to be infected with, exposed to, or affected by tuberculosis. They must also test negative for M. bovis using the testing requirements defined in Title 9 C.F.R. Part 77.33 (January 1, 2014).
(d) For all captive wild or exotic animals not listed in Table 2 of this section, the following statement signed by the animal's owner or agent must be placed on the official certificate of veterinary inspection:
"To my knowledge, the animals listed on this certificate are not infected with tuberculosis and have not been exposed to animals infected with tuberculosis during the past twelve months."
(5) Pseudorabies: All wild swine imported for zoos, exhibitions or to a research facility must test negative for pseudorabies no more than thirty days before entry into Washington state and must be held in quarantine for thirty to sixty days pending a postentry retest.
(6) Equine infectious anemia: All wild horses, donkeys, and hybrids of the family Equidae must test negative on an approved test for equine infectious anemia no more than six months before entry into Washington state.
(7) Elaphostrongylinae (Parelophostrongylus tenvis (meningeal worm) and Elaphostrongylus cervis (muscle worm)): Before entering Washington state, all Cervidae must be examined for Elaphostrongylinae infection in the absence of anthelminthic treatment that could mask detection of the parasite.
(a) All Cervidae residing for at least six months west of a line through the eastern boundaries of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas or geographical boundaries as otherwise designated by the state veterinarian must have a negative fecal exam for dorsal-spined larvae made by an approved laboratory using the Baermann technique. Animals must be certified that they have not been treated with or exposed to anthelminthics for at least thirty days before testing.
(b) All Cervidae residing for less than six months west of a line through the eastern boundaries of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas or geographical boundaries as otherwise designated by the state veterinarian or from east of that line must be held in a preentry quarantine for thirty to sixty days and have two fecal tests for dorsal-spined larvae made by an approved laboratory using the Baermann technique.
(i) The first test must be conducted at least thirty days and not more than forty days before the second test.
(ii) Fecal samples of at least thirty grams per sample are to be collected by an accredited veterinarian from the animal's rectum and identified by the animal's official identification number.
(iii) During the thirty-day testing period, test animals must be held in quarantine and isolated from all other Cervidae not included in the shipment.
(iv) If any animal tests positive to either of the two fecal tests, neither that animal nor any other animal held in quarantine with the infected animal may be imported into Washington state.
(c) All imported Cervidae must be held for one hundred eighty days in an on-site quarantine and be available for inspection by the director during this time.
(d) Every thirty, sixty, ninety, one hundred twenty, one hundred fifty, and one hundred eighty days after arrival, fecal samples from the animals must be tested by the Baermann technique in an approved laboratory and be found negative for dorsal-spined larvae. Animals that test positive for dorsal-spined larvae must either be removed from Washington state or destroyed.
(e) To prevent the presence of the gastropod intermediate hosts of Elaphostrongylinae larvae, the quarantine site must be prepared and inspected before the imported animals enter. Preparation includes:
(i) Providing a hard surface, such as asphalt or concrete, on which to keep the animals;
(ii) Spraying the quarantine area with an EPA-registered molluscicide; and
(iii) Spraying a four-meter wide tract around the perimeter of the holding compound with an EPA-registered molluscicide. This perimeter tract must be treated once every five days and within twenty-four hours of precipitation (10 mm or more) to ensure that the gastropod population is kept to zero within the compound.
(8) Rabies: Any carnivorous mammal taken from the wild is prohibited from entering Washington state if rabies has been diagnosed in the state of origin during the past twelve months, or if prohibited under WAC 246-100-197.