New World Screwworm Infested Zone Requirements
Effective June 9, 2026 for all livestock and companion animals entering Indiana from an NWS Infested Zone must meet the following enhanced entry requirements (unless specifically exempted below):
- Be accompanied by an animal movement certificate (provided by state-of-origin) approved by the state-of-origin and BOAH prior to shipment.
- Be inspected by a USDA-accredited veterinarian within 5 days of departure and obtain a certificate of veterinary inspection (CVI) issued within 5 days of movement to Indiana.
- Be accompanied by a CVI documenting application of an effective treatment for NWS:
- Livestock and poultry species: applied within 14 days of movement unless going directly to slaughter.
- Cats and dogs: applied within 5 days of movement
Exceptions:
- Hatching and table eggs and chicks, poults, or ducklings younger than 5 days of age, or birds from National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) certified flocks under Subparts B, C, D, G, H, I, or J of the program moving on a NPIP 9-3 form.
- Small mammals (such as hamsters, gerbils, Guinea pigs) and exotic birds that are bred, born, and housed indoors. Proactive treatment, if deemed appropriate by the accredited veterinarian and if safe to administer prior to movement, is encouraged but not required. (CVI required.)
- Swine from indoor-housed commercial swine farms moving within a valid Swine Production Health Plan (SPHP), if either of the following requirements is met:
- Inspected and found free of wounds within 5 days of movement; or
- Effective treatment applied within 14 days of movement, unless going directly to slaughter.
Indiana Animals Returning to Indiana: Animals leaving Indiana for exhibitions or other temporary movements may return to Indiana on the same CVI used for travel if:
- The CVI is still valid (less than 30 days) and
- The animal has not traveled into an NWS infested zone.
- Requirements for entry from New World screwworm infested zones (Animal Health Advisory 6-9-2026)
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The following requirements apply to the transportation of domestic animals into Indiana.
- "Domestic animal" means an animal that is not wild (as defined in IC 15-17-2-26). The term is limited to:
- Cattle, calves, horses, mules, swine, sheep, goats, dogs, cats, poultry, ostriches, rhea, emus, or other birds
- An animal of the bovine, equine, ovine, caprine, porcine, canine, feline, avian, camelid, cervidae, or bison species; or
- An aquatic animal that may be the subject of aquaculture (as defined in IC 15-11-7-1).
