Indiana Administrative Code
Title 345 - INDIANA STATE BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH
Article 5 - SCRAPIE
Rule 6 - Scrapie Affected Animals and Herds
Section 6-2 - Animal and flock designations
Universal Citation: 345 IN Admin Code 6-2
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 15-17-3-21
Affected: IC 15-17-3-13
Sec. 2.
(a) The state veterinarian shall determine the following:
(1) If an animal is scrapie-positive,
high-risk, exposed, or suspect.
(2)
If a flock is a source, infected, exposed, or noncompliant flock.
The state veterinarian may redesignate the scrapie status of an animal or a flock.
(b) The state veterinarian shall make the determinations in subsection (a) based on the following:
(1) The definitions in 345 IAC 5-2.
(2) The standards in Part VII - Epidemiology
in the uniform methods and rules incorporated by reference in
345 IAC
5-3-3.
(3)
The standards in this rule.
(c) When determining the scrapie status of an animal or flock the following apply:
(1) The
state veterinarian may utilize sale, movement, breeding, and flock records and
any other information that is relevant.
(2) The state veterinarian may test animals,
including the following:
(A) A live animal
official test.
(B) An official
genotype test.
(C) Culling and
postmortem examination and testing.
(D) Postmortem examination and testing of
animals found dead or cull animals at slaughter.
(3) A flock will be designated a source,
infected, or exposed flock as the case may be if an owner:
(A) does not make his or her animals
available for testing within sixty (60) days of official notification or as
mutually agreed; or
(B) fails to
submit required postmortem samples.
(4) While a flock status determination is
pending, the flock owner shall comply with movement restrictions for infected
flocks.
(d) The state veterinarian shall make an effort to notify each flock owner of the designation assigned to the owner's animals and flock under this section.
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