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CDA Agricultural Commission approves emergency ruleColorado The Colorado Agricultural Commission approved an emergency rule Aug. 1 to protect the state's livestock while allowing cattle feeders access to sufficient supplies of feeder cattle. The "Colorado Import Approved Feedlot" program sets entry procedures for cattle being transported from states with downgraded disease status, including feedyard perimeter requirements, on-site feedyard inspections and record keeping requirements. This rule will require cattle to remain in the feedyard, limiting their exposure to other livestock until they are transported directly to slaughter. "The primary purpose of the emergency rule is to protect Colorado's breeding herds and allow our cattle feeders to remain competitive with other states," said Dr. Keith Roehr, assistant state veterinarian. Currently, six states have lost or may lose their disease-free status for brucellosis or tuberculosis. Colorado cattle feeders rely on ranchers in those states for cattle to feed to harvest weights. Feedyards must apply to become an approved import feedlot; all cattle within that feedyard must go to a USDA Food Safety Inspection Service inspected processing facility, other slaughter plants approved by the state veterinarian, or to another Colorado Import Approved Feedlot. For more information, including the entire rule and an application form, visit www.colorado.gov/ag and click on "Colorado Import Approved Feedlots." 8/25/08 Date: 8/20/08 Advertisement
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