TITLE 8: AGRICULTURE
AND ANIMALS
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE
SUBCHAPTER b: ANIMALS
AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
(EXCEPT MEAT AND
POULTRY INSPECTION ACT REGULATIONS)
PART 75
BOVINE BRUCELLOSIS
Section
75.5 Definitions
75.7 Incorporation by
Reference
75.10 Official
Classification of the Results of the Brucellosis
Blood Test
75.15 Permits to
Conduct Official Brucellosis Tests
75.20 Reports Required
75.30 Tests Conducted
at State Expense or for Interstate or Export Shipment
75.40 Tests Conducted
at Owner's Expense for Intrastate Movement (Repealed)
75.50 Indemnity
75.60 Identification
of Cattle or Bison
75.70 Herds Revealing
Reactors
75.80 Sale of Suspects
and Negative Animals From Quarantined Herds
75.90 Release of Herds
of Cattle or Bison Under Quarantine
75.100 Herds Revealing
Suspects Only
75.110 Identification
Tags
75.120 Requirements
for Establishing and Maintaining Certified
Brucellosis-Free Herds of Cattle or Bison
75.130 Feeding or
Grazing Cattle
75.140 Sale of
Quarantined Feeding or Grazing Cattle
75.150 Cattle or Bison
for Immediate Slaughter
75.160 Female
Cattle--Beef Breeds--18 Months and Over
75.170 Release of
Feeding or Grazing Cattle from Quarantine
75.180 Dairy or
Breeding Cattle or Bison
75.190 Additional
Requirements on Cattle and Bison from States
Designated as Class B and Class C States
75.200 Slaughter
Cattle and Bison from Class B or Class C States
75.210 Official
Calfhood Vaccination
75.220 Recognition of
Brucellosis State Status
TABLE A Brucellosis
Standard Plate Test of Officially Vaccinated Cattle
and Bison (Repealed)
TABLE B Brucellosis
Standard Plate Test of Non-Vaccinated Cattle and
Bison (Repealed)
AUTHORITY:
Implementing and authorized by the Illinois Bovine
Brucellosis Eradication Act [510 ILCS 30].
SOURCE: Regulations
Relating to Bovine Brucellosis, filed January 17,
1972, effective January 27, 1972; amended, filed May
3, 1972, effective May 13, 1972; filed Dec. 6, 1972,
effective Dec. 16, 1972; filed June 20, 1973,
effective June 20, 1973; filed Dec. 14, 1973,
effective Dec. 24, 1973; filed Aug. 19, 1975,
effective Aug. 29, 1975; filed Mar. 12, 1976,
effective March 22, 1976; filed June 21, 1976,
effective July 1, 1976; filed Dec. 29, 1976,
effective Jan. 8, 1977; amended at 2 Ill. Reg. 24, p.
55, effective June 15, 1978; amended at 3 Ill. Reg.
34, p. 96, effective Aug. 24, 1979; amended at 5 Ill.
Reg. 720, effective January 2, 1981; codified at 5
Ill. Reg. 10453; amended at 7 Ill. Reg. 1737,
effective January 28, 1983; amended at 7 Ill. Reg.
1733, effective February 2, 1983; amended at 8 Ill.
Reg. 5891, effective April 23, 1984; amended at 9
Ill. Reg. 4483, effective March 22, 1985; amended at
9 Ill. Reg. 19647, effective January 1, 1986; amended
at 10 Ill. Reg. 9741, effective May 21, 1986; amended
at 11 Ill. Reg. 10169, effective May 15, 1987;
amended at 12 Ill. Reg. 3386, effective January 22,
1988; amended at 13 Ill. Reg. 3636, effective March
13, 1989; amended at 14 Ill. Reg. 1911, effective
January 19, 1990; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 1833,
effective January 24, 1994; amended at 20 Ill. Reg.
1509, effective January 12, 1996; amended at 20 Ill.
Reg. 16181, effective January 1, 1997; amended at 21
Ill. Reg. 17040, effective January 1, 1998; amended
at 23 Ill. Reg. 397, effective January 1, 1999;
amended at 23 Ill. Reg.9764, effective August 9,
1999.
NOTE: Capitalization
denotes statutory language.
Section 75.5
Definitions
The definitions for
this Part shall be as stated in 8 Ill. Adm. Code
20.1. The following definition shall also apply:
"Act"
means the Illinois Bovine Brucellosis Eradication
Act [51- ILCS 30].
"Registered
animal" means an animal for which individual
records of ancestry are recorded and maintained
by a breed association whose purpose is the
improvement of the bovine species, and for which
individual registration certificates are issued
and recorded by such breed association. The breed
associations recognized by the Department are
those recognized by the United States Department
of Agriculture (9 CFR 51.1, 1999).
(Source: Amended
at 23 Ill. Reg. 9764, effective August 9, 1999)
Section 75.7
Incorporation by Reference
No incorporation
by reference in this Part includes any future
amendments, additions or deletions beyond the
date specified.
(Source: Added at
9 Ill. Reg. 4483, effective March 22, 1985)
Section 75.10
Official Classification of the Results of the
Brucellosis Blood Test
a) The official
tests and classification of results for the
brucellosis blood and milk tests shall be as
prescribed in the Brucellosis Eradication Uniform
Methods and Rules as approved by the United
States Animal Health Association (P.O. Box K227,
Suite 114, 1610 Forest Avenue, Richmond, Virginia
23228, February 1, 1998) and the United States
Department of Agriculture and/or 9 CFR 78.1
(1999).
b) The card
(Buffered Brucella Antigen) test and Buffered
Acidified Plate Antigen (BAPA) test shall be the
official tests used at licensed livestock auction
markets in the State. The CITE7 test shall be used as an
optional supplemental test whenever the card test
is used.
c) The official
brucellosis test for cattle or bison imported
into Illinois shall be one conducted at an
approved laboratory.
(Source: Amended
at 23 Ill. Reg. 9764, effective August 9, 1999)
Section 75.15
Permits to Conduct Official Brucellosis Tests
a) A permit to
operate a laboratory to conduct blood serum
agglutination tests for brucellosis will be
issued when the applicant has:
1) Completed a
Department permit application and returned it
to the Department.
2) Received
oral instruction on testing procedures from
State-Federal Serology Laboratory personnel.
3) Completed a
check test conducted at the State-Federal
Serology Laboratory of 100 bovine brucellosis
serum samples, with a score of at least 90%
accuracy.
b) Retesting of
the person permitted to operate a laboratory to
conduct brucellosis tests will occur when tests
performed by the permittee fail to disclose three
or more reactors as determined by confirmation
tests at the State-Federal Serology Laboratory.
(Source: Amended
at 20 Ill. Reg. 1509, effective January 12, 1996)
Section 75.20
Reports Required
a) The
veterinarian is required to report in writing to
the Department all brucellosis blood tests within
seven days of the date of test. The report must
accompany the blood sample and shall be reported
on forms furnished by the Department. This report
shall contain the date of the test, a statement
of results obtained, the name and address of the
owner, together with proper identification of
each animal tested. The identification of a grade
animal shall include the predominating breed,
sex, approximate age, and ear tag or microchip
number. A purebred or crossbred registered animal
shall be identified by its breed, sex, age, and
registration number or record association
approved individual tattoo, or microchip.
b) The
veterinarian shall report in writing to the
Department all brucellosis vaccinations of cattle
within 30 days of the date of vaccination.
(Source: Amended
at 20 Ill. Reg. 1509, effective January 12, 1996)
Section 75.30 Tests
Conducted at State Expense or for Interstate
or Export Shipment
The official test
for the detection of bovine brucellosis, if tests
are made at State expense or for interstate or
export shipment, shall be one made by an approved
laboratory. Tests of a herd shall be made at
State expense when a reactor has been revealed
through the Market Cattle Identification Program.
Tests made for interstate or export shipment
shall be at owner's expense.
(Source: Amended
at 8 Ill. Reg. 5891, effective April 23, 1984)
Section 75.40 Tests
Conducted at Owner's Expense for Intrastate Movement
(REPEALED)
(Source: Repealed
at 18 Ill. Reg. 1833, effective January 24, 1994)
Section 75.50
Indemnity
a) If State funds
are available, indemnity will be paid to owners
of dairy and breeding cattle which react to the
official test for the detection of bovine
brucellosis and are destroyed provided:
1) Tests are
read at an approved laboratory.
2) A report
has been received from the veterinarian that
the entire herd has been officially tested,
except calves under 6 months of age and
official vaccinates under 24 months of age
for beef breeds and 20 months of age for
dairy breeds.
3) Indemnity
forms are completed by an accredited
veterinarian or a regularly employed State or
Federal veterinarian and all the requirements
of Sections 4 and 5 of the Act governing the
payment of indemnity are observed.
b) Indemnity will
not be paid for reactors disclosed on tests for
release of feeder quarantine in accordance with
Section 6.3 of the Act or where incomplete herd
tests are conducted.
c) When State
funds are available for paying indemnity, the
Department shall pay to the owner an indemnity at
the rate specified in Section 4 of the Act for
each female calf destroyed which was nursing a
cow classified as a brucellosis reactor.
d)
Depopulation--When a herd is found to be severely
infected as evidenced by disclosure of one or
more reactors on 2 or more herd tests, or by more
than 10% of the herd being disclosed as reactors
on a single herd test, or through bacteriological
culture of Brucella abortus from milk or tissue
samples from a reactor, the entire herd shall be
depopulated; provided, the herd owner agrees to
such depopulation and State and/or federal
indemnity funds are available to pay for the
depopulation.
1) When the
complete herd depopulation procedure is
followed, and when State and United States
Department of Agriculture funds are
available, the State shall pay to the owner
of cattle destroyed an indemnity of $50 for
any nonregistered animal and $100 for any
registered purebred or crossbred animal.
2) If at any
time the United States Department of
Agriculture fails to provide indemnity for
herd depopulation, the State of Illinois
shall, if State funds are available, pay to
the owner of cattle destroyed an additional
indemnity of $50 for any nonregistered beef
animal and $250 for any registered beef or
dairy and nonregistered dairy animal. For the
purpose of this Section, "dairy
animal" means a female bovine over 20
months of age, which has calved or is within
90 days of parturition and which is a member
of a dairy herd used to produce milk for
commercial use.
(Source: Amended
at 20 Ill. Reg. 1509, effective January 12, 1996)
Section 75.60
Identification of Cattle
a) All purebred or
crossbred cattle or bison subject to registration
vaccinated with Brucella abortus vaccine shall be
identified on the report of vaccination by their
registration number, or dam's registration
number, or record association approved individual
tattoo or microchip. All grade or not permanently
identified cattle or bison so vaccinated shall be
ear tagged in the right ear with an official
identification tag. In addition to the above
identification, all animals shall be identified
at the time of vaccination by a tattoo in the
right ear. When using a Strain 19 vaccine, the
tattoo shall show the quarter and year of
vaccination and the letter "V" in the
Federal shield. The number of the quarter shall
precede the letter "V" in the shield
and the last figure of the year shall follow the
letter "V" in the shield, as for
example, 4V7--"4" means the last
quarter (Oct., Nov., Dec.) of the year,
"V" means vaccinated, and "7"
means the year (example 1997). When using a RB-51
vaccine, the tattoo shall show the letters
"R", then the Federal shield followed
by the last number of the year the animal was
vaccinated (example RV6 would be an animal
vaccinated with the RB-51 vaccine in 1996).
b) All cattle or
bison, except permanently identified purebred or
crossbred animals, tested for brucellosis in the
State of Illinois shall be identified by an
official ear tag placed in the right ear, which
tag shall bear a prefix number or letter followed
by the number on the face of the tag, and on the
reverse side shall bear the word
"Illinois."
c) Purebred or
crossbred registered cattle may be identified for
test or vaccination by the purebred or crossbred
registration number or individual registration
breed tattoo, or microchip.
(Source: Amended
at 23 Ill. Reg. 397, effective January 1, 1999)
Section 75.70 Herds
Revealing Reactors
a) The entire herd
shall be placed under quarantine and the reactor
animals shall be immediately isolated from the
remainder of the herd. Reactors shall be shipped
for slaughter to a public stockyards, or a
marketing center, or directly to a recognized
slaughtering establishment accompanied by United
States Department of Agriculture VS Form 1-27
Permit For Movement of Animals and shipment
reported to the Department. Reactors shall not be
diverted from the destination listed on the VS
Form 1-27 and any other shipping forms must
accompany the cattle or bison to their
destination. The buyer of such animals must also
ensure that the VS Form 1-27 and any other
shipping forms are given to the driver
transporting the animals to their destination.
b) All reactors
shall be reactor tagged and branded by an
accredited veterinarian or a veterinarian in the
employ of the Department or the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service within 10 days of
report by the laboratory. ADE Form 1-23
(Indemnity Claim for Cattle Slaughtered) shall be
submitted in duplicate. Such reactor animals
shall be shipped within 15 days after tagging and
branding.
(Source: Amended
at 23 Ill. Reg. 397, effective January 1, 1999)
Section 75.80 Sale
of Suspects and Negative Animals From Quarantined
Herds
Suspects or
negative exposed animals from herds under
quarantine may be shipped by the owner direct to
a recognized slaughtering establishment, a public
stockyards, marketing center or to a licensed
livestock auction market, accompanied by Federal
Form VS 1-27 to be sold for slaughter only and
shipment reported to the Department. Suspects
shall not be diverted from the destination listed
on the VS Form 1-27 and any other shipping forms
must accompany the cattle or bison to their
destination. The buyer of such animals must also
ensure that the VS Form 1-27 and any other
shipping forms are given to the driver
transporting the animals to their destination.
Such cattle or bison are to be identified by an
ear tag supplied by the Department and by
branding with a hot iron the letter "S"
on the left jaw in letters not less than 2 nor
more than 3 inches in height, before the animals
leave the premises where they are quarantined,
except that cattle or bison for slaughter shall
be exempt from the "S" branding
requirements of this regulation when moved direct
from a feedlot on the quarantined premises to a
recognized slaughtering establishment in a
vehicle which has been sealed by a Department
employee, or a person designated by the
Department.
(Source: Amended
at 23 Ill. Reg. 397, effective January 1, 1999)
Section 75.90
Release of Herds or Cattle Under Quarantine
a) Herds which
disclose reactors shall be quarantined until
depopulated or official tests indicate
brucellosis infection no longer exists in the
herd.
b) An additional
official test of all test-eligible cattle or
bison in the herd is required not less than 6
months after release of the herd quarantine or
not less than 10 months after removal of the last
reactor. For the purpose of this Section,
"test-eligible" cattle or bison means
all cattle or bison 6 months of age or over
except steers, spayed heifers, and official
brucellosis calfhood vaccinates under 24 months
of age for beef breeds or bison and 20 months of
age for dairy breeds.
c) Such herd
retests shall be conducted at State-Federal
expense; provided, funds are available. The blood
samples shall be submitted for diagnosis to an
approved laboratory.
(Source: Amended
at 21 Ill. Reg. 17040, effective January 1, 1998)
Section 75.100
Herds Revealing Suspects Only
Only the suspects
are restricted, using State Form C-41, and only
the suspects need to be retested at 30-day
intervals until all suspects test negative.
Retest of suspects shall be conducted at
State-Federal expense, provided funds are
available.
(Source: Amended
at 8 Ill. Reg. 5891, effective April 23, 1984)
Section 75.110
Identification Tags
No person shall
remove identification tags, numbers, brands, ear
tags, microchips, or market cattle identification
program backtags from livestock except:
a) Backtags
shall only be removed when an animal is blood
tested or is slaughtered and a Market Cattle
Identification sample collected.
b)
Identification tags shall be removed only
when an animal is slaughtered and a Market
Cattle Identification sample collected.
(Source: Amended
at 20 Ill. Reg. 1509, effective January 12, 1996)
Section 75.120
Requirements for Establishing and Maintaining
Certified Brucellosis-Free Herds of Cattle or Bison
Certified
brucellosis-free herds shall be established and
maintained in accordance with the Brucellosis
Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules as approved
by the United States Animal Health Association
(P.O. Box K227, Suite 114, 1610 Forest Avenue,
Richmond, Virginia 23228; February 1, 1998) and
the United States Department of Agriculture
and/or 9 CFR 78.1 (1999).
(Source: Amended
at 23 Ill. Reg. 9764, effective August 9, 1999)
Section 75.130
Feeding or Grazing Cattle
a) All steers and
spayed heifers, and calves of the beef breeds
under 6 months of age may enter Illinois when
accompanied by an official interstate health
certificate OR by a permit from the Department. A
permit may be obtained by telephoning or writing
the Department. Steers and spayed heifers are not
subject to quarantine restrictions.
b) Heifers,
untested, of the beef breeds over 6 months of age
and under 18 months for feeding and grazing
purposes only from Class A, B, or C states may
enter Illinois when accompanied by an official
interstate health certificate AND a permit from
the Department. They are placed under quarantine
at destination and shall be held under quarantine
for the period of feeding, not to exceed 12
months, with an extension of 90 days granted on
request to the Department. Heifers, untested, of
the beef breeds over 6 months of age and under 18
months for feeding and grazing purposes only from
Class Free states may enter Illinois when
accompanied by an official interstate health
certificate and will not be placed under
quarantine at destination.
c) The owner shall
report to the Department the disposition of
heifers which are under quarantine for feeding
and grazing purposes. If such heifers are
retained longer than the allowed feeding period,
they shall be tested for brucellosis at owner's
expense. All brucellosis blood tests for release
of quarantine shall be conducted at an approved
laboratory.
(Source: Amended
at 20 Ill. Reg. 1509, effective January 12, 1996)
Section 75.140 Sale
of Quarantined Feeding or Grazing Cattle
The sale or
transfer of feeding or grazing cattle under
quarantine is permitted provided that the
original quarantine holder shall, within 10 days,
report to the Department such transfer of
quarantined animals, giving name and address of
person to whom animals were transferred, date of
transfer, and number of animals transferred.
There may be one transfer of ownership only. No
second transfer of quarantine will be permitted.
The feeder animals which were transferred will be
quarantined to the new owner for the remainder of
the feeding period and any extension thereof
granted by the Department.
(Source: Amended
at 20 Ill. Reg. 1509, effective January 12, 1996)
Section 75.150
Cattle or Bison for Immediate Slaughter
Cattle or bison
for immediate slaughter accompanied by a
consignment and consigned to a recognized
slaughtering establishment or markets identified
under Section 17a of the Act may be shipped into
Illinois without brucellosis test or official
interstate health certificate. Such cattle or
bison shall not be diverted en route and shall be
held in quarantine until slaughtered within 10
days of entry.
(Source: Amended
at 21 Ill. Reg. 17040, effective January 1, 1997)
Section 75.160
Female Cattle--Beef Breeds--18 Months and Over
Female cattle of
the beef breeds 18 months of age and over, for
feeding or grazing purposes only, may enter
Illinois if they are accompanied by an official
interstate health certificate showing:
a) Negative
brucellosis blood test conducted at a State
or Federal Laboratory within 30 days prior to
entry, OR
b) The animals
to be under 24 months of age and officially
calfhood vaccinated against brucellosis.
c) Originated
from a Brucellosis Class Free state or
country or a Certified Burcellosis-Free Herd.
(Source: Amended
at 23 Ill. Reg. 397, effective January 1, 1999)
Section 75.170
Release of Feeding or Grazing Cattle from Quarantine
The quarantine on
feeding or grazing cattle is released when:
a) The owner
reports to the Department the shipment of the
quarantined animals to a public stockyard or
a licensed livestock auction market, OR
b) The owner
reports to the Department the sale of the
quarantined cattle for immediate slaughter to
a person regularly engaged in the slaughter
of cattle, or reports the slaughter of the
cattle for his own use, OR
c) The owner
reports to the Department the death of the
quarantined animals, OR
d) The
Department receives a report of required
negative brucellosis blood test conducted by
an accredited veterinarian for the release of
the quarantine on the animals. The report of
test for release from quarantine should bear
a notation that the test is conducted for
quarantine release. Such test shall be at the
owner's expense. All brucellosis blood tests
for release of feeder quarantine shall be
conducted at an approved laboratory, OR
e) The owner
reports to the Department the transfer within
10 days of the feeder females. Name and
address of purchaser shall be furnished for
transfer of quarantine for remainder of
feeding period and any extension thereof
granted by the Department.
(Source: Amended
at 20 Ill. Reg. 1509, effective January 12, 1996)
Section 75.180
Dairy or Breeding Cattle or Bison
All dairy or
breeding cattle or bison transported or moved
into the State of Illinois, unless said cattle or
bison are consigned direct to and delivered by
the transportation company within the confines of
a public stockyards, livestock auctio market or
marketing center, shall be accompanied by an
official certificate of health showing:
a) All such
cattle or bison over 6 months of age are
negative to brucellosis blood test within 30
days prior to shipment, OR
b) All cattle
originated from a certified brucellosis-free
herd, Class Free State or country, or bison
from a certified-free herd. State status is
not recognized for bison. Certified herd
number shall be given and the cattle or bison
shall be identified by ear tag number,
registration name and number, dam's
registration number, or record association
approved individual tattoo, OR
c) Cattle are
official brucellosis calfhood vaccinates
under 24 months of age for beef breeds and 20
months of age for dairy breeds.
All unvaccinated
dairy or breeding heifers or bison over 6 months
of age or bulls more than 18 months of age moving
through an out of state auction market or
marketing center must be accompanied by an
official health certificate showing a negative
test for brucellosis within 30 days prior to
entry, irregardless of state or herd status.
Official brucellosis calfhood vacciantes do not
need to be tested until they are 24 months of age
for beef breeds and 20 months of age for dairy
breeds.
(Source: Amended
at 21 Ill. Reg. 17040, effective January 1, 1998)
Section 75.190
Additional Requirements on Cattle and Bison from
States Designated as Class B and Class C States
a) In addition to
other entry requirements, a prior permit must be
obtained for dairy, feeding or breeding cattle or
bison, except those consigned direct to slaughter
or calves under 6 months of age except as further
provided for in this Section, entering Illinois
from states designated by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture as Class B and Class C under
provisions of the Brucellosis Eradication Uniform
Methods and Rules as recommended and approved by
the United States Animal Health Association (P.O.
Box K227, Suite 114, 1610 Forest Avenue,
Richmond, Virginia 23228) and by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (February 1, 1998).
Such prior permits shall be obtained by
contacting the Bureau of Animal Health, Illinois
Department of Agriculture, State Fairgrounds,
P.O. Box 19281, Springfield, Illinois 62794-9281,
telephone 217/782-4944. Information regarding the
origin, destination and description of the cattle
along with the number of animals in the shipment
is necessary for obtaining a permit.
b) Breeding cattle
or bison 12 months of age or over from such
states shall be placed under quarantine and in
isolation until retested and negative to an
official test for brucellosis conducted not less
than 45 days nor more than 120 days after
entering Illinois. Breeding cattle or bison
originating from certified brucellosis-free herds
are exempt from this provision.
c) All female
cattle or bison born after July 1, 1985, if more
than 4 months of age, except spayed heifers
(female cattle or bison may be spayed after entry
into Illinois with prior approval from the
Department which will be given upon receipt of
the name of the veterinarian who will be
performing the operation) or those consigned
directly to slaughter, entering Illinois from
Class B or Class C states must be official
calfhood vaccinates and vaccination status shall
be recorded on the official interstate health
certificate. In lieu of calfhood vaccination,
cattle from Class B states entering Illinois for
feeding purposes only may be identified with a
hot iron brand on either or both jaws or either
hip using the letter F of not less than three
inches in height.
d) Female cattle
or bison, except those consigned directly to
slaughter, entering Illinois from Class C states
shall, in addition to present entry requirements
now on file, either originate from a certified
brucellosis-free herd or be spayed and be
officially identified by a hot iron brand on
either or both jaws or on either hip using an
open spade design (e.g., as used in playing
cards) of not less than three inches in height.
Certification of spaying by an accredited
veterinarian is to be shown on the official
interstate health certificate. Female cattle or
bison may be spayed after entry into Illinois
with prior approval from the Department which
will be given upon receipt of the name of the
veterinarian who will be performing the
operation.
e) Calves under
two months of age not accompanied by their dams
may be imported from Class C states if they meet
the following requirements:
1) An entry
permit shall be obtained on all shipments.
All such calves shall be quarantined until
shipped to slaughter or neutered (spayed or
castrated).
2) All calves
shall be accompanied by the Certificate of
Veterinary Inspection (i.e., health
certificate) and shall be individually
identified by official eartags. The eartag
numbers shall be recorded on the Certificate.
(Source: Amended
at 23 Ill. Reg. 9764, effective August 9, 1999)
Section 75.200
Slaughter Cattle and Bison from Class B or Class C
States
a) Prior to
movement for slaughter, all test-eligible cattle
or bison of unknown status originating in Class B
or Class C states in accordance with the
Brucellosis Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules
(February 1, 1998; as recommended and approved by
the United States Animal Health Association (P.O.
Box K227, Suite 114, 1610 Forest Avenue,
Richmond, Virginia 23228) and by the United
States Department of Agriculture) shall:
1) Be
subjected to an official test for brucellosis
within 60 days prior to movement from the
farm of origin, OR
2) Be
subjected to an official test for brucellosis
at the market or stockyards (first point
testing), OR
3) Be
permanently identified with a hot iron
"S" brand on the left jaw and be
accompanied to slaughter by USDA Form VS
1-27, OR
4) Be
accompanied by USDA Form VS 1-27 and moved
direct to slaughter in sealed trucks and/or
compartments, with no intermediate stops.
b) For the purpose
of this Section, "test-eligible" means
all cattle or bison 18 months of age or over,
except steers, spayed heifers, and official
brucellosis calfhood vaccinates under 24 months
of age for beef breeds and bison and 20 months of
age for dairy breeds. Finished fat heifers moving
in marketing channels direct to slaughter will
not be considered as test-eligible cattle or
bison.
(Source: Amended
at 23 Ill. Reg. 9764, effective August 8, 1999)
Section 75.210
Official Calfhood Vaccination
A female bovine
animal is recognized as an official vaccinate if
the animal is not less than 120 days nor more
than 240 days of age when inoculated against
brucellosis. SUCH VACCINATIONS SHALL BE BY AN
ACCREDITED VETERINARIAN WHO SHALL PROPERLY
IDENTIFY EACH ANIMAL VACCINATED AND REPORT ALL
SUCH VACCINATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN 30
DAYS (Section 1.12 of the Act).
(Source: Amended
at 18 Ill. Reg. 1833, effective January 24, 1994)
Section 75.220
Recognition of Brucellosis State Status
If there are
multiple brucellosis classifications within a
state, the lowest classification shall be
recognized by this Department as the
classification for that entire state. State
status is not recognized for bison.
(Source: Added at
21 Ill. Reg.17040 , effective January 1, 1997)
Section 75.TABLE A
Brucellosis Standard Plate Test of Officially
Vaccinated Cattle and Bison (Repealed)
(Source: Repealed
at 18 Ill. Reg. 1833, effective January 24, 1994)
Section 75.TABLE B
Brucellosis Standard Plate Test of Non-Vaccinated
Cattle and Bison (Repealed)
(Source: Repealed
at 18 Ill. Reg. 1833, effective January 24, 1994)
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