A3B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 19, 2003 A Reference Guide For Exhibiting Animals At Fairs Kristen Rotz Director Of Regulatory Programs Pennsylvania Farm Bureau In 2002, legislation was enacted which affected the rules gov erning health requirements for animals enrolled for competition or show in exhibitions such as county agricultural fairs or the state farm show. As we enter into the fair season, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau has developed a summary, by species, of require ments that must be met in accordance with the new state law, which aims to ensure the health and safety of Pennsylvania's an imal population, as well as the health of people attending the fair. This law not only affects procedures for enrolling in an exhibi tion it will also slightly alter the look of the fairground this Grumbine To Head Lebanon Valley Expo On the move, Dennis Grumbine drives in his pickup truck near his Myerstown home this spring. Photo by Dave Lefever LEBANON (Lebanon Co.) Dennis Grumbine, former Penn sylvania Farm Show director, was recently named CEO of the Lebanon Valley Exposition Cor poration. “Mr. Grumbine will be respon sible for administering any and all business functions-of the cor poration,” according to Richard Kreider, president. “He brings a wealth of knowledge and exper tise to the position ” The cornerstone event at the 72-acre Lebanon Fairgrounds and Expo Center is the Lebanon Area Fair conducted annually the DUTCH WONDERLAND “RENOVATION AUCTION” Mon., July 28 at 9 A.M. - 2249 Rte. 30 East, Lane., PA Preview at 7:30-This auction has something for everyone! (Collectors, contractors, retailers, restaurateurs & curiosity seekers) Monorail; Park Signs; Select-O-Matic 200LU3; Memorabilia; Costume Characters. Games; Restaurant Equip; 20 Qt Hobart Mixer; 2 Berkel Slicers; Refrigeration; Sandwich unit; grill; misc. smalls; Manitowoc ice machines; Dean fryers; Pizza dough boxes; bun pans; Gold Medal “Corn Treat” Center; Maint. & Const. 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According to Kreider, the board of directors has recognized the need to position the Lebanon Fairgrounds and Expo Center to “grow and prosper as our busi ness interests continue to grow.” Grumbine was terminated from his position as Pennsylvania Farm Show director by the new administration of Gov. Ed Ren dell this spring. year. Several sanitation standards are implemented by this legis lation, including an “adequate hand-cleansing facility for adults and children” which will be conveniently located on the animal exhibition grounds with notices posted encouraging handwash ing after touching animals or using the restroom and before eat ing. The following rules are applicable to: • An agricultural fair, defined as one operated in a manner which makes it eligible for a grant under the Pennsylvania Agri cultural Fair Act (Act 92 of 1986). • A petting zoo. • An event where animals are displayed on animal exhibition grounds for view and physical contact under one of the three fol lowing conditions: if the operator advertises the event, if the op erator charges an admission fee for access to the animals, or if there is a retail food establishment on the grounds. Act 211 of 2002 states, “A person may not bring an animal to an animal exhibitio'n unless the per son has an established veterinarian-client-patient relationship,” (3 Pa.C.S.A 2502 (3)). Because of this new regulation, ail species up for show will re quire an “Animal Owner or Caretaker’s Verifica tion of Veterinarian-Client-Patient Relationship Form” which must be presented at all shows and fairs in Pennsylvania. For clarification purposes, what has popularly been called a health certificate or health chart, has now been renamed the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection, also known as Form AAI-13. As was previously applicable according to section 102.23 of the Pennsylvania Code: • No poultry or livestock from a premises under quarantine for a contagious or infectious disease is eligible to be exhibited. • No poultry or livestock showing evidence of infectious, contagious, or parasitic diseases will be admitted to a show. • Livestock or poultry not representative of their species due to conformation conditioning or of a fractious nature is not eligible to be exhibited. All participants should consult fair premium books containing rules for a particular fair. There may be additional animal health specifications for each individual event. An “Animal Owner or Caretaker’s Verification of Veterinarian-Client-Patient Relationship Form” must be presented upon arrival at all shows and fairs in Pennsylvania, including out-of- state en tries. Horses must be accompanied by an approved Certificate of Veterinary Inspection which must be available at all times for additional inspections. Solid color animals must be identified by some method of unique identification, e.g. lip tattoo, brand, distinctive marks, etc. In order to avoid spread of equine infectious anemia, all horses must be official ELISA or AGID test negative within one year of admission to the show. Immunizations for contagious respiratory dis ease should be administered not less than 15 days before a show. In addition, 4-H Horse and Pony Rules require that animals entered in 4-H horse shows must be vaccinated against rabies at least one month, but not more than 12 months before the opening of the show. Dairy And Beef Cattle An “Animal Owner or Caretaker’s Verification of Veterinarian-Client-Patient Relationship Form” must be presented upon arrival at all shows and fairs in Pennsylvania, including out-of- state en tries. Animals must bear unique, permanent identifi cation, such as an official ear tag or breed registra tion tattoo, and be accompanied by an ap proved Certificate of Veterinary Inspection which must be available at all times for addi tional inspections. The Certificate of Veterinary Inspection must certify that an animal has been immu nized against Infectious Bovine Rhinotrachei tis (IBR), Parainfluenza? (PI3), and Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD). TOY AUCTION Toys, Lionel and HO Trains, Train Books and Ball Cards Location: Arthur Auction Gallery, Corner of Railroad and Water Streets, Hughesville, PA Saturday - July 26, 2003 9:30 A.M. Ertl toys; Nylmt; Matchbox; Hot Wheels; Gorgi; Nascar; Revell; GI Joe; Solido; Brumm; Hess Trucks; C.I. Banks; Lots of Ball and Sports Cards; Lionel Standard gauge steam engine w/tender No. 384, 512, 514, 517, 332, 339, 114 and 511; Lionel ZW transformer switches; R.R. Slides; 100’s of Railroad Magazines from the 1930’s and up, Model Railroader, Trains, Railroad Model, Model Craftsman, Railpace, The Scale Coupler and oth ers; several HO brass- engines and kits; Steam engines; Sets; All kinds of HO accessories; Model kits; Plus a whole lot more! Auction Note: All toys and trains are from 2 estate collections. Terms: Cash or Check. Lunch Available. Auction by AflHpß Auctioneering Rk*, 563 Reed Road, Hughesville, PA 17737 * 570-584-3697 570-584-6434 1-800-ARTHUR 3 Member of Locel, State end National Auctioneers Association - ANOTHER ARTHUR AUCTION - Horses Note: If your animal has never been vaccinated against BVD, it must receive one dose of modified live virus vaccine at least IS days, or not more than 180 days before the show, or two doses of killed vaccine two to four weeks apart with the last vaccine given not less than 15 days and not more than 180 days from the opening day of the show. No tuberculosis test or brucellosis test is required for Pennsyl vania cattle. For out-of-state cattle, a tuberculosis test is re quired, and a brucellosis test is required if the state is not classi fied as brucellosis-free. An “Animal Owner or Caretaker’s Verification of Veterinar ian-Client-Patient Relationship Form” must be presented upon arrival at all shows and fairs in Pennsylvania, including out-of state entries. An official Certificate of Veterinary Inspection must accom pany the sheep to the show and be available at all times for ad ditional inspections. Purebred animals must be identified by registry name and number corresponding to the ear tag or tattoo number. Grade animals must be identified by a farm-flock number, which corre sponds to the ear tag or tattoo number. Flocks must be examined within 30 days of the opening date of show. The veterinarian who has examined the entries and the flocks from which they come must certify on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection that he has found no evidence of trans missible disease and to the best of his knowledge, no exposure thereto and the animals are not subject to any quarantine re strictions. The owner and an accredited veterinarian must provide certi fication stating that the identified animal is not known to have been exposed to Scrapie. Dipping is not required of sheep from officially recognized scabies free areas: all other sheep must be dipped in an officially permitted solution within 10 days of the opening date of the show. All sheep except wethers must bear an official USDA/APHIS eartag to be exhibited at the show. Sheep from flocks on the Vol untary Scrapie Eradication program must bear the official tag, tattoo, or electronic ear implant. An “Animal Owner or Caretaker’s Verification of Veterinar ian-Client-Patient Relationship Form” must be presented upon arrival at all shows and fairs in Pennsylvania, including out-of state entries. An official certificate of veterinary inspection must accompa ny all swine and be issued within 30 days of the opening date of the show. For Pennsylvania swine, a pseudorabies test is required, but a brucellosis test is not required. All swine must be negative to a USDA approved pseudorabies test conducted within 30 days of arrival at the show OR be a member of a qualified Pseudorabies-Negative Herd. The Qualifi ed Pseudorabies Negative Herd number and the date of the last quarterly or monthly herd test must be on the Certificate of Vet erinary Inspection. The certificate of veterinary inspection must show this statement: Herd of origin has shown no evidence of pseudorabies within the past twelve months. For out-of-state swine: All breeding swine over 6 months of age must be negative to a brucellosis test within 30 days of open ing date of show OR originate from a validated brucellosis-free swine herd. An “Animal Owner or Caretaker’s Verification of Veterinar ian-Client-Patient Relationship Form” must be presented upon arrival at all shows and fairs in Pennsylvania, including out-of state entries. An official Certificate of Veterinary Inspection should accom pany the animals and be available at all times for additional in spections. Each animal should be individually identified on the certificate. All goats must have an official eartag or legible breed registra tion tattoo. All goats except wethers must bear an official USDA/APHIS ear tag to be exhibited at the show. The only exceptions are those goats that have a registration tattoo and have been coded with a premise I.D. number. Neither tuberculosis nor Brucellosis tests are required. Poultry/Pigeons An “Animal Owner or Caretaker’s Verification of Veterinar ian-Client-Patient Relationship Form” must be presented upon arrival at all shows and fairs in Pennsylvania, including out-of state entries. A Certificate of Veterinary inspection must be presented upon arrival and be available for further inspections. All entries of live poultry, whether for exhibition or education al purposes, shall be accompanied by a declaration or certification from the owner or exhibitor that to the best of his/her knowledge, the poultry entries and source flock are free from any evidence of transmissible dis ease. • This certificate or declaration must contain the date of pullorum disease blood testing as well as the name and address of the owner/exhibitor, the name and location of the show, and identification information for each bird to be exhibited. Exhibit animals must originate from a flock in which a minimum of twenty birds four weeks of age or older were tested serologically negative for avian influenza within sixty days of shipment. The shipment must be ac companied by the test report. Health certificates of Pull orum eradication must be completed and accompany the fowl entries. Pennsylvania flocks must be from home flocks vaccinated for Laryngotracheitis (LT) no more than one year and no less than thirty days before the opening date of the exhibition. Note: The LT vent brush vaccine must never be used. Use a tissue culture LT in traocular administration vaccine only. After returning from show, all birds that were exhibi ted should be isolated from the rest indefinitely, or at least until it has been established that the birds are not carriers of disease producing agents. Exemptions While the new law is applicable to all agricultural fairs as defined above, the new law is not applicable to some agricultural events, including: • An event sponsored by an agricultural organization and held not more than two days per year. • An event authorized by a farmer to permit individ uals to view or have contact with the animals a farmer is raising in the course of normal agricultural operation. • An event performed or authorized in the normal course of operation of an equine boarding, riding, or training exercise by the person who owns the enterprise. Sheep Swine Goats
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