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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 226 / Monday, November 29, 2021 / Proposed Rules
7 days. On day 7, prior to the horses release, the horses must be examined by a veterinarian at the expense of the owner or broker. For this examination, male horses must be tranquilized or sedated so that the external genitalia of the horses can be thoroughly examined.
If screwworm is found during this examination, the horses must be held in quarantine and treated until free of infestation.

11 Protocols for testing equines in import quarantine are available on the APHIS
website at https www.aphis.usda.gov/
aphis/ourfocus/importexport/animal-importand-export/equine/guidelines-docs-relatedto-importing-equine.

8. Section 93.314 is amended as follows:
a. By revising paragraphs a introductory text and a1;
b. By redesignating paragraphs a4
and 5 as paragraphs a6 and 7, respectively, and adding new paragraphs a4 and 5;
c. By revising newly redesignated paragraph a7i; and d. By adding paragraph d.
The revisions and additions read as follows:

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93.314 Horses, certification, and accompanying equipment.

a Horses offered for importation from any part of the world shall be accompanied by an original certificate endorsed by a salaried veterinary officer of the national government of the region of origin, or if exported from Mexico, shall be accompanied either by such a certificate or by a certificate issued by a veterinarian accredited by the National Government of Mexico and endorsed by a full-time salaried veterinary officer of the National Government of Mexico, thereby representing that the veterinarian issuing the certificate was authorized to do so. The certificate shall specify the name and address of the importer; the species, breed, number or quantity of horses or horse test specimens to be imported; the purpose of the importation; individual horse identification which requires a description of the horse, name, age, markings and, when present, registration number, tattoo, microchip, eartag, brand, if any; the region and premises of origin; the name and address of the exporter; and the destination address for release into the United States; and shows that:
1 The horses described in the certificate have been in said region during the 60 days preceding exportation, or, for horses described in 93.301g, for the duration of their
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temporary exportation to each CEMaffected region;

4 The horse, if applicable, has not been gelded during the 14 days preceding exportation. If gelded, the horse is accompanied by certificate of castration including date of completion and removal of both testicles;
5 The horse will be accompanied by documentation of pre-export examination occurring within 48 hours of export endorsed by a salaried veterinary medical officer;

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i The horses, except horses described in 93.301f, have not been in any region listed in accordance with 93.301c1 on the APHIS website as affected with CEM during the 12 months immediately prior to their importation into the United States;

d For purposes of this section, the term original means documentation is prepared and issued directly from the national government of the region of origin or annotated by the national government of the region of origin to indicate how the documentation may be verified. Any declaration, permit, or other required document for horses may be issued and presented using a United States Government electronic information exchange system or other method authorized by APHIS.
9. Section 93.317 is amended as follows:
a. By revising paragraph a;
b. In paragraph b, by removing the words , without USDA veterinary port inspection, after the words 30-dayperiod; and c. By redesignating paragraph c as paragraph d and adding a new paragraph c.
The revision and addition read as follows:
93.317

Horses from Canada.

a Except as provided in paragraph d of this section, horses from Canada shall be accompanied by a certificate as required by 93.314, which shall include evidence of a negative test for equine infectious anemia for which blood samples were drawn during the 180 days preceding exportation to the United States and which test was conducted in a laboratory approved by the Canada Department of Agriculture or the United States Department of Agriculture. Horses accompanying their dams, which were foaled after their dam was so tested negative, need not be so tested and shall otherwise be handled as provided in 93.314. Certificates
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required for horses from Canada must be issued and endorsed by a salaried veterinarian of the Canadian Government.

c Any horse imported into the United States from Canada through air or ocean ports of entry must obtain an import permit under 93.304 and shall otherwise be handled as provided in 93.305 and 93.314.

93.318

Amended
10. In 93.318, paragraph b is amended by removing the words :
And, provided further, That all horses offered for re-entry upon examination by the veterinary inspector at the U.S.
port of entry, are found by the inspector to be free of pests or diseases of livestock and exposure thereto and are determined to be the identical horses covered by said certificates or are the natural increase of such horses born after official test dates certified on the dams health certificate after the words offered for return to the United States.
11. Section 93.319 is revised to read as follows:

93.319
horses.

Import permit and declaration for
For all horses offered for importation from or transiting through regions of Central America or of the West Indies, the importer or his or her agent shall have obtained an import permit under 93.304 and shall present two copies of a declaration as provided in 93.305.
93.320

Amended
12. Section 93.320 is amended by adding the words or transiting through after the word from.
13. Section 93.321 is amended by adding a sentence after the last sentence to read as follows:

93.321 Import permits and applications for inspection for horses.

Horses quarantined at a U.S.
facility designated in 93.303 must obtain an import permit under 93.304.
14. Section 93.324 is amended by revising footnote 19 to read as follows:
93.324

Detention for quarantine.

19 Protocols

for testing equines in import quarantine are available on the APHIS
website at https www.aphis.usda.gov/
aphis/ourfocus/importexport/animal-importand-export/equine/guidelines-docs-relatedto-importing-equine.

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