For Health Requirement Information:

Illinois Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Health

Richard D. Hull, D.V.M., State Veterinarian       

State Fairgrounds P.O. Box 19281 • Springfield, IL 62794-9281 • Phone (217) 782-4944

2003 Exhibition Livestock Health Requirements                      

County Fairs

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

1.             Exhibitors are requested to familiarize themselves with all rules applicable to their exhibits.

2.         All animals exhibited at any Illinois Fair or exhibition must be accompanied by a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (CVI) which shows that the animal meets all health requirements for the State of Illinois, EXCEPT that 1) Illinois equidae, 2) Illinois Steers, and 3) Illinois calves less than 6 months of age are not required to have a CVI. Certificates of Veterinary Inspection shall be made available to Bureau of Animal Health Personnel on request.

            Certificate of Veterinary Inspection means a legible record made on an official form of the state of origin which has been issued, signed and dated by an accredited veterinarian and which shows the name and address of the animal’s owner or exhibitor and the results of all required tests or vaccinations. A Certificate of Veterinary Inspection shall list only one animal identification per line; shall be presented in the form in which it was initially issued; and shall not be corrected, changed or altered in any manner.

3.         All animals shall be officially identified. The animal(s) official identification shall be recorded on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection.

4.         If animals are from tuberculosis accredited, brucellosis certified, pseudorabies qualified, or brucellosis validated herds, the identifying herd number(s) along with the date of the last herd test(s) shall appear on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection.

5.             Certificate of Veterinary Inspection for out-of-state livestock shall be void thirty (30) days after issuance.

6.             Certificate of Veterinary Inspection for Illinois-origin livestock shall be void ninety (90) days after issuance.

7.         All livestock shall be subject to examination upon entry to any Illinois Fair or exhibition. Any animal showing evidence of infectious, contagious or communicable diseases shall be immediately withdrawn and held in quarantine at the owner’s risk and expense until properly treated and recovered, or until the animal is released to return to the owner’s premise.

            Any livestock infected with scabies, mange, active lesions of ringworm, sore mouth, or multiple warts which are easily visible without close examination shall not be permitted to exhibit and are subject to quarantine or removal from the fairgrounds .

            Sheep and goats with caseous lymphadenitis as evidenced by draining abscesses shall not be exhibited and are subject to immediate quarantine or removal from the fairgrounds.

8.         Illinois Department of Agriculture personnel may collect blood, tissue, milk or urine samples from any animal being exhibited and/or raced at any Illinois Fair to test for the presence of illegal drugs. New examination techniques, such as ultrasound, may also be used at anytime while the animals are on the grounds of any Illinois Fair or exhibit.

            The Illinois Department of Agriculture may collect urine, blood, tissue or other test samples from exhibition animals at the time of slaughter.

9.         All exhibitors of animals at any Illinois Fair or exhibition shall comply with the provisions of the Illinois Humane Care for Animals Act. If violations are observed, the animal(s) will be excused from exhibition and ordered removed from the grounds with all awards being forfeited.