Fair, exhibition, exposition, or show; veterinarian; duties of fair, exhibition, exposition, or show authority; removal of diseased animals; responsibility of exhibitor; exhibition or exposition of poultry requirements.
MCL 287.740
in effect287.740. Fair, exhibition, exposition, or show; veterinarian; duties of fair, exhibition, exposition, or show authority; removal of diseased animals; responsibility of exhibitor; exhibition or exposition of poultry requirements.
Sec. 40.
(1) A fair, exhibition, exposition, or show shall have an accredited veterinarian on call whenever there are animals on the premises during the event.
(2) A fair, exhibition, exposition, or show authority shall do all of the following:
(a) Notify exhibitors of the official identification, health tests, and certificates required for importation into and exhibition in this state.
(b) Examine and approve required official certificates of veterinarian inspection, reports, test charts, or other required documentation before displaying, exhibiting, or stabling the animals in the exhibition area or before commingling with other animals.
(c) Provide shipping arrangements for all livestock exhibited that are to be removed from the fair, exhibition, exposition, or show facility for direct movement to slaughter or a market for livestock auction as that term is defined in 1937 PA 284, MCL 287.121 to 287.131.
(d) Notify exhibitors whether or not poultry vaccinated against infectious laryngotracheitis are allowed in the fair, exhibition, or exposition.
(3) A fair, exhibition, exposition, or show authority may require additional testing or vaccination of animals before entry and during the fair, exhibition, exposition, or show.
(4) An animal with clinical signs of infectious or toxicological disease observed at check-in or during the event shall be removed from the fair, exhibition, or exposition or, by permission of the director, shall be isolated on the premises. An accredited veterinarian's knowledge and advice may be sought by an exhibitor or exhibition staff to assess for clinical signs of an infectious, contagious, or toxicological disease.
(5) It is the responsibility of the exhibitor to ensure that all reports, test charts, official identification, and official interstate health certificates or official interstate certificates of veterinary inspection required by this act accompany the animals of the exhibitor and that proof of fulfilling these requirements is provided to the director, fair, exhibition, exposition, or show authority upon request.
(6) Swine shall not enter any fair, exhibition, exposition, or show facility unless it can be demonstrated that the swine presented for exhibition or exposition meet 1 or more of the following conditions:
(a) Originate as a direct movement from a swine premises located in a pseudorabies stage III area or region or other equivalent low prevalence area as recognized by the director.
(b) Originate directly from a pseudorabies qualified-negative herd as defined in title 9 CFR part 85, which may consist of a copy of a valid certificate issued by the department stating that the herd meets the requirements for a pseudorabies qualified-negative herd.
(c) Unless the swine are piglets nursing a pseudorabies-negative sow, present an official swine test report that indicates the swine have been tested for pseudorabies within 45 days before exhibition and have tested negative.
(7) The exhibition or exposition of poultry is subject to all of the following requirements:
(a) All poultry, except for waterfowl, pigeons, and doves, shown at a public exhibition or exposition in this state shall meet 1 or more of the following requirements:
(i) Originate directly from a U.S. pullorum-typhoid clean flock as defined in 9 CFR part 145 and all amendments to that publication adopted in rules promulgated by the director.
(ii) Have a negative official test for salmonella pullorum-typhoid within the 90 days before the exhibition or exposition and remain segregated from all poultry of unknown or positive salmonella pullorum-typhoid test status.
(b) A shipping crate used in the shipment of birds by common carrier shall not be used as an exhibition coop. A shipping crate shall be cleaned and disinfected on the day of arrival after the birds have been removed for exhibition or exposition and before being used again. Unless otherwise necessary, a shipping crate shall not be stored in the exhibition or exposition area.
(8) Exhibitors shall provide adequate feed and water to animals being exhibited.
(9) Exhibitors shall clean and replace bedding material as often as necessary to maintain health.
1988, Act 466, Eff. Mar. 28, 1989; Am. 1990, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 29, 1990; Am. 1994, Act 41, Imd. Eff. Mar. 14, 1994; Am. 1996, Act 369, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1996; Am. 2000, Act 323, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 2000; Am. 2019, Act 132, Eff. Feb. 19, 2020
Source: Michigan Legislature (legislature.mi.gov)URL: https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-287-740Fetched: 10/20/2026