Listen in with Karla Blackstock the Executive director of the American Dorpership Breeders Society and Sharon Holman with Texas Sheep and Goat Raiser Association. As we discuss the proposed rule changes for Texas Animal Health Commission. Know that this could affect all sheep producers across the United States when trying to sell across state lines let your voices be heard as we continue to support American agriculture
comments@tahc.texas.gov.
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TAHC Rule Proposals Open for Public Comment
Sheep Entry Requirements and Scrapie
AUSTIN, TX – The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) held a regularly scheduled Commission meeting
April 30, 2024, at its headquarters in Austin.
The following amendments were proposed during the meeting and are open for comment from June 14 – July
14, 2024.
Chapter 51, Entry Requirements
The proposed amendments set forth requirements for sheep entering Texas and require that all female
breeding sheep and crossbred female breeding sheep originate from an Export Certified Flock or have
documentation supporting that the animals are of the genotype RR at codon 171 or AA at codon 136 and QR
at codon 171.
Chapter 60, Scrapie
The proposed amendments eliminate the definition for “Blackfaced Sheep” and reorganize the definition of
“Breed Associations and Registries” to conform to alphabetical order. Additionally, the proposed amendments
add a definition for “Breeding Sheep.”
Comments on the rule proposals may be submitted to Amanda Bernhard, Texas Animal Health Commission,
by mail at 2105 Kramer Lane, Austin, Texas 78758, by fax at (512)-719-0719 or by email to
comments@tahc.texas.gov.
Complete details of the rule proposals are also available on the TAHC website at
https://www.tahc.texas.gov/regs/proposals.html#proposals.
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The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) was established in 1893 as the Livestock Sanitary Commission and charged with protecting
the state’s domestic animals “from all contagious or infectious diseases of a malignant character.” TAHC remains true to this charge while
evolving with the times to protect the health and marketability of all Texas livestock and poultry. Learn more about the TAHC by visiting
www.tahc.texas.gov
