Kansas Animal Health Department

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

All animals are subject to examination by the exhibition staff or their representatives, and shall be free of clinical signs of infectious or contagious disease. Health certificates and additional requirements shall be a county option.

CATTLE & BISON

The Kansas Animal Health Department (KAHD) requires no test on cattle and bison of Kansas origin. Cattle determined by exhibition staff to have lesions of ringworm, warts or infested with mange will not be permitted to exhibit.

SWINE

Swine originating in Kansas must meet the general requirements. Kansas has obtained Stage V status in the National Pseudorabies Program and the state is classified free of swine brucellosis. A negative pseudorabies and brucellosis test are not required for Kansas origin swine.

SHEEP

In addition to the general requirements sheep shall:

• Be free of any signs of "sore mouth."
• Be free of signs of active fungal (ringworm) infection, including club lamb fungus.
• All sexually intact (ewes & rams) and wethers must be identified with an official USDA premise ID tag. Lambs, under 8 weeks of age, accompanying their dams are exempt from tagging requirements.

GOATS

• Goats shall meet the general requirements. Goats determined by exhibition staff to have sore mouth, lesions of ringworm, warts or infested with mange will not be permitted to exhibit.
• All sexually intact (does & bucks) and wethers must be identified with a registered tattoo or an official USDA premise ID tag. Kids, under 8 weeks of age, accompanying their dams, are exempt from identification requirements.

HORSES

Horses shall meet the general requirements. A negative coggins test within 12 months for equine infectious anemia should be considered but it is not required. Counties may want to consider requiring vaccination for West Nile Virus (not mandated by state).

POULTRY

All poultry, except waterfowl, must show proof that they are pullorum – typhoid clean by one of the following methods.

• Originate from a U.S. Pullorum – Typhoid clean flock as evidenced by an official VS Form 9-3, certifying all birds in the flock over 4 months of age have had a negative test for pullorum – typhoid within the past year.
• Present evidence that the entries were purchased from a U.S. Pullorum – Typhoid clean source and have been the only poultry on the premises.
• Present an official VS 9-2 Form, signed by an official testing agent showing the entries have had a negative pullorum – typhoid test within the proceeding 90 days.
• If an official tester is on site at the county fair, entries may be tested at the time of entry.  A VS 9-2 Form must be completed for each entry.  If any birds in an entry test positive for pullorum – typhoid, the entire entry as well as all other birds from the same premises will be  refused

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

• All animals (cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats and horses), shall be free of clinical signs of infectious or contagious disease and must be accompanied by a health certificate issued within 30 days of exhibit. This must be available, upon request, to the exhibition staff.

In addition to the general requirements, cattle and bison, except steers and spayed heifers, originating from other states and of test eligible age (females, 18 months of age or older - bulls, 12 months of age or older, and all springer heifers (expected to calf within 2 weeks), must meet one of the following requirements:

• Originate from a "brucellosis-free" state.
• Originate in and constitute part of a certified brucellosis-free herd. Herd certification number must be entered on the health certificate.
• Present evidence on the health certificate that the animal has been tested negative for brucellosis by an approved state/federal laboratory within 30 days of the exhibition date.
• Beef cattle and bison, except steers, not originating from a tuberculosis-free state shall be tested negative for tuberculosis within 90 days prior to the exhibition date. 
• All dairy cattle, used for breeding, 6 months of age and older, originating outside of Kansas, must be tested negative for tuberculosis within 90 days of the county fair.

SWINE

In addition to the general requirements, swine originating from other states must meet one of the following requirements:

• Originate from a qualified pseudorabies-free/validated brucellosis-free herd.  The current qualified/validated number must appear on the health certificate.  (Hogs from monitored pseudorabies herds do not qualify under this requirement.)
• Originate from a state of Stage IV or V status in the National Pseudorabies Program.
• Originate from a Swine Brucellosis free state
• Any swine not originating from Stage IV or Stage V Nation Pseudorabies Program states, and any swine not originating from swine brucellosis free states, must show evidence on the health certificate that swine have been tested negative for pseudorabies (by serum neutralization) and brucellosis within 30 days prior to entry into Kansas and that the herd of origin has had no positive cases of pseudorabies within the previous 12 months.

  NOTE: SWINE VACCINATED FOR PSEUDORABIES SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED INTO KANSAS FOR EXHIBITION OR ANY OTHER PURPOSE.

SHEEP

Sheep originating from other states must meet the general requirements.

• Be free of any signs of “sore mouth."
• Be free of signs of active fungal (ringworm) infection, including club lamb fungus.
• All sexually intact (ewes & rams) and wethers must be identified with an official USDA premise ID tag.  Lambs, under 8 weeks of age, accompanying their dams, are exempt from identification requirements.

GOATS

• Goats originating from other states must meet the general requirements.
• All sexually intact (does & rams) and wethers must be identified with a registered tattoo or an official USDA premise ID tag.  Kids, under 8 weeks of age, accompanying their dams, are exempt from the identification requirements.

HORSES

In addition to the general requirements, horses originating from other states shall show evidence of a negative EIA (Coggins) test conducted by a state-approved laboratory within 12 months prior to entry into Kansas. Foals, six month of age and younger, accompanying their negative testing dams, are exempt from EIA test requirements.

A valid “Horse Passport” may be used in lieu of a health certificate. If a passport is used, a negative EIA test within 6 months is required.

POULTRY

All poultry, except waterfowl, must show proof that they are pullorum – typhoid clean by one of the following methods.