Importation and Interstate Movement of Certain Land Tortoises
trade · Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Rule · Published 2000-03-22 · Effective 2000-03-22 · 65 FR 15216
Document
Document number
00-7014
Federal Register citation
65 FR 15216
CFR reference
9 CFR 74
Type
Rule
Action
Interim rule and request for comments.
Category
trade
Sub-agency
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Publication date
2000-03-22
Effective date
2000-03-22
USDA docket
Docket No. 00-016-1
Abstract
We are prohibiting, until further notice, the importation into the United States of certain land tortoises. We are also prohibiting, until further notice, the interstate movement of these land tortoises. These actions are necessary to prevent the introduction and spread of exotic ticks known to be vectors of heartwater disease, an acute infectious disease of ruminants. These actions will provide protection against an outbreak of heartwater disease in domestic and wild populations of ruminants in the United States.