Dairy exhibitors acknowledge the associated risks of showing and exhibiting lactating dairy cattle at shows and exhibitions in light of HPAI concerns.
Dairy exhibitors also acknowledge that shows and exhibitions are employing reasonable, yet responsible bio security measures, but shall not be considered the authority or the regulation enforcer. For all federal and Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s regulations and updates, exhibitors are encouraged to consult https://www.fdacs.gov/ and https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disea.... The South Florida Fair should not be considered to provide the financial means, supplies or staffing for implementation of bio security measures.
Whether for show or exhibition at the South Florida Fair, the following criteria must be met and verified for all lactating cows:
- Official documentation showing the current negative test for each individual cow with the date, time and test results. Copies must be provided to the South Florida Fair at the time of check-in.
- Only farms identified and approved by the USDA’s Monitoring Program and issued a valid program number are exempt from individual cow tests. However official documentation showing the date, time and results of the current test is required. Copies of the current testing results must be provided to the South Florida Fair by the exhibitor at check-in.
Exhibitors with lactating cows at the South Florida Fair must also agree to:
- Abide and follow all federal and Florida orders and rules surrounding HPAI and all other animal health regulations
- Bring own tools: blowers, fans, wheel barrows, forks, rakes, water/feed bucks
- No communal watering troughs
- No teat stripping on open shavings, pavement; must use containers
- No unloading animals until inspectors conduct their reviews on trailers
- Only fair-issued credentialed exhibitors allowed in barn areas
- Milk disposal; no ground dumping
- No use of fair’s milking facility/equipment.. Exhibitors must bring their own