NAC571.550. Exhibition or transfer of ownership of goat or sheep; removal of goat or sheep from slaughter channels.

     1. A person who exhibits a goat or sheep at an exhibition, show or fair shall provide for the goat or sheep official scrapie identification to its flock of birth.

     2. A person who transfers ownership of a goat or sheep within Nevada shall provide for the goat or sheep official scrapie identification to its flock of birth if the goat or sheep is:

     (a) A goat or sheep that is not in slaughter channels, excluding:

          (1) A low-risk commercial goat; or

          (2) A low-risk commercial sheep that is under 18 months of age from a low-risk commercial flock;

     (b) A sheep that is 18 months of age or older;

     (c) An exposed animal;

     (d) A suspect animal;

     (e) A test-positive animal;

     (f) A high-risk animal;

     (g) A low-risk exposed animal;

     (h) A genetically susceptible exposed animal;

     (i) A genetically less susceptible exposed sheep;

     (j) A genetically resistant exposed sheep; or

     (k) A goat or sheep from a noncompliant flock.

     3. A person shall not remove a goat or sheep from slaughter channels unless the animal:

     (a) Has official scrapie identification to its flock of birth;

     (b) Is not from an inconsistent state; and

     (c) Is not an:

          (1) Exposed animal;

          (2) Animal from an infected flock; or

          (3) Animal from a source flock.

     (Added to NAC by St. Quarantine Officer by R060-06, eff. 6-28-2006)