KDA announces updates to animal health regulations
According to the Kansas Department of Agriculture’s Animal Health Spring 2025 newsletter, there have been updates to several regulations for horses and livestock.
KDA updated several animal health regulations after recently considering stakeholder input. Those regulations include: Intrastate equine infectious anemia testing requirements for equine, changes to import certificate of veterinary inspection or CVI requirements for livestock imported from adjacent out-of-state counties, and public livestock market requirements.
Regulation changes are:
• KAR 9-7-14 establishes the requirement of a negative EIA test (Coggins) for horses that are changing ownership or are used for exhibition purposes which must be completed in the previous 12 months. This requirement includes horses that originate outside the state of Kansas or from within the state of Kansas.
• KAR 9-7-1(c)(4) defines when a CVI is not required for animals moving from out-of-state adjacent counties into Kansas, as long as there has not been a change of ownership and livestock have not been commingled with other livestock.
• KAR 9-7-1(e) establishes what are traceability records. Defining these records allows KDA to maintain them as confidential and not subject to open records.
Find more information at https://www.agriculture.ks.gov/home.
Kylene Scott can be reached at 620-227-1804 or kscott@hpj.com.
