# Title 48.1 — State Board of Animal Health

## Article 48.1-08 — Goats

## Chapter 48.1-08-01 — Goats

Exemptions
### § 48.1-08-01-01. Definitions.

Definitions contained in title 9, Code of Federal Regulations, part 79.1 are adopted by the board
and apply to this chapter, unless otherwise defined or ordered by the board.
History: Effective July 1, 2016.
General Authority: NDCC 36-01-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 36-01-08, 36-01-12, 9 CFR 79.1, 9 CFR 161
### § 48.1-08-01-02. Importation requirements - Certificate of veterinary inspection - Identification

- Exemptions.
1. Goats imported into the state must be accompanied by an official certificate of veterinary
inspection except:
a. Meat breed goats originating directly from a producer's premises, not diverted en route,
and consigned to an auction market approved by the board;
b. Goats consigned to a state or federally inspected slaughtering establishment;
c. Goats granted an exception by the board, if in the opinion of the state veterinarian the
animals are free of contagious or infectious diseases;
d. Goats leaving the state for exhibition or competition with a valid certificate of veterinary
inspection may return to the state with the same certificate of veterinary inspection if the
goat has not been out of the state for more than thirty days; or
e. Other goats as otherwise provided for by these rules.
2. Certificates of veterinary inspection for goats must include an importation permit number
issued by the state veterinarian before entering the state. Goats imported on an approved
electronic certificate of veterinary inspection platform, not originating in an area classified as
infected with contagious disease by the board or state veterinarian, may be exempt from the
requirement for an importation permit number.
3. The state veterinarian may deny a request for an importation permit number if the state
veterinarian has information that goats:

a. Have not met the disease testing, vaccination, or identification requirements set forth in
North Dakota Century Code title 36 or this title, or as otherwise required by the state
veterinarian;
b. Have not met any pre-entry quarantine conditions imposed by law;
c. Have been exposed to, may have been exposed to, is infected with, or may be infected
with any contagious or infectious disease;
d. Are from or may originate from an area or premises under quarantine or other form of
official or regulatory action relating to contagious or infectious disease; or
e. May be a threat to the health and well-being of the human or animal population of the
state, or both.
4. Goats entering the state must be officially identified with an official scrapie tag or by another
method approved by the state veterinarian.
5. Goats from foreign countries must be permanently officially identified with a method
prescribed by the state veterinarian and an electronic identification compatible with the federal
animal identification plan.
6. The state veterinarian may require additional disease testing, treatment, vaccination, or
identification if the state veterinarian has reason to believe that other health risks are present.
7. Goats infected, or recently exposed to any contagious or infectious disease, may not be
imported into the state.
History: Effective July 1, 2016; amended effective July 1, 2024.
General Authority: NDCC 36-01-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 36-01-08, 36-01-12, 36-14-04.1
### § 48.1-08-01-03. Importation disease testing requirements.

1. Brucellosis.
2. Scrapie. The certificate of veterinary inspection must contain a written statement, signed by
the owner of the goat, stating that:
"To the best of my knowledge, the goat or goats listed on this certificate originate from a
herd that has not been diagnosed as a scrapie-infected, source, or exposed flock in the
past sixty months."
3. Tuberculosis.
History: Effective July 1, 2016; amended effective July 1, 2024.
General Authority: NDCC 36-01-08, 36-01-12
Law Implemented: NDCC 36-01-08, 36-01-12, 36-14-04.1
### § 48.1-08-01-04. Disease control.

1. Anthrax.
a. Goats susceptible to anthrax located on farms where anthrax has been diagnosed must
be vaccinated. Animals must be quarantined for thirty days after the death of the last
animal or thirty days following vaccination, whichever occurs last.
b. Sale of hides removed from animals infected with anthrax is prohibited.

2. Brucellosis.
a. The recommended brucellosis eradication uniform methods and rules as they appear in
publication of USDA-APHIS-VS are hereby adopted and constitute a rule of the board,
unless otherwise ordered by the board.
b. Condemnation of infected goats.
(1) The state veterinarian shall determine when an animal is infected with brucellosis,
and if infected, shall condemn the animal.
(2) Goats that are condemned due to brucellosis must be marked in accordance with a
method prescribed by the state veterinarian.
(3) Animals must be slaughtered within thirty days following condemnation.
c. Sale of goats out of brucellosis-infected herds. Herds of goats infected with brucellosis
must be quarantined, with the quarantine prohibiting sale of all intact males and females,
except to licensed, monitored feedlots or for slaughter, under written permit. Such goats
must be held separate and apart. The state veterinarian may grant an exception to the
quarantine by official permit based upon an epidemiological risk assessment.
3. Tuberculosis.
a. Uniform methods and rules - Tuberculosis. The current uniform methods and rules on
goat tuberculosis eradication as they appear in publication of USDA-APHIS-VS are
hereby adopted and constitute a rule of the board, unless otherwise ordered by the
board.
b. Slaughter of condemned goats.
(1) The state veterinarian shall determine when an animal is infected with tuberculosis,
and if infected, shall condemn the animal.
(2) Goats that are determined to be infected with tuberculosis must be marked in
accordance with a method prescribed by the state veterinarian.
(3) Animals must be slaughtered within thirty days following condemnation.
c. Reactors to tuberculosis must be accompanied by the proper official permit and are to be
slaughtered in slaughter establishments under the supervision of the federal government
or in another facility approved by the state veterinarian.
4. Scrapie.
a. Identification.
(1) The owner of a herd or the owner's agent shall officially identify all animals upon
change of ownership to the herd of birth or the herd of origin if the herd of birth
cannot be determined. Goats are required to be officially identified except:
(a) Slaughter goats (goats in slaughter channels) less than eighteen months of
age. If a sexually intact goat is sold at an unrestricted sale (any sale that is not
a slaughter or feeding for slaughter sale), it must be identified.
(b) Wether goats less than eighteen months of age.

(c) Animals 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 premises
of origin and are accompanied by an owner's statement.
(d) Animals moved for grazing or similar management reasons whenever the
animals are moved from a premises owned or leased by the owner of the
animals to another premises owned or leased by the owner of the animals.
(2) No animal that is required to be individually identified or that originates from any
area where in the determination of the board scrapie may exist may be sold,
transported, received for transportation, or offered for sale or transportation in
intrastate commerce unless each animal is identified in accordance with this
section.
(3) No person may remove or tamper with any means of identification required to be on
animals pursuant to this section while the animals are in intrastate commerce, and,
at the time of slaughter, animal identification must be maintained throughout post-
mortem inspection.
(4) The recommended scrapie eradication uniform methods and rules as they appear in
publication of USDA-APHIS-VS are adopted and constitute a rule of the board,
unless otherwise ordered by the board.
b. Herd records disclosure.
(1) The owner of a herd or the owner's agent shall allow breed associations and
registries, livestock markets, and packers to disclose records to the board, to be
used in an epidemiological investigation of source herds, infected herds, and
exposed animals.
(2) The owner of a herd enrolled in the voluntary scrapie herd certification program
described in title 9, Code of Federal Regulations, part 54, or the owner's agent,
selling or otherwise disposing of breeding stock shall make animals in the herd and
records required to be kept under paragraph (a)(2)(iv) of title 9, Code of Federal
Regulations, part 79.2, available for inspection by USDA-APHIS-VS representatives
or the board, given reasonable prior notice.
History: Effective July 1, 2016; amended effective July 1, 2024.
General Authority: NDCC 36-01-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 36-01-12; 9 CFR 54, 9 CFR 79.2
### § 48.1-08-01-05. Removal or damaging of official identification or marks.

Official identification or marks may not be removed or tampered with without approval by the state
veterinarian.
History: Effective July 1, 2016.
General Authority: NDCC 36-01-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 36-01-08
