Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Part XXI - Animals and Animal Health
Chapter 7 - Cattle, Bison, and other Bovine (Formerly Chapter 3)
Subchapter A - General Provisions
Section XXI-701 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A. As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings ascribed to them, unless otherwise indicated herein:
Annual Test-tests conducted at intervals of not less than 10 months or more than 14 months.
Bovine Tuberculosis-a disease in cattle, bison, or dairy goats caused by Mycobacterium bovis.
Confirmatory Test-an additional PCR test requested by the owner of an animal that has previously tested positive for trichomoniasis; the test must be requested within five business days of receipt of positive result from lab to the state veterinarian and samples must be submitted to LADDL. If the confirmatory test is positive, the animal will be classified as infected with Trichomoniasis. If the confirmatory test is negative, the animal shall be tested again in not less than seven days of receipt of positive test from lab to determine its disease status. Two negative tests are required to reclassify a positive bull as negative.
Department-Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
Mexican Cattle-cattle that originated in Mexico.
PCR Test-Polymerase-Chain Reaction Test
Trichomoniasis-Infected Herd-a herd in which any cattle have been determined by an official test to be infected with trichomoniasis.
Virgin Bull-a bull of less than 18 months of age, whose permanent central incisor teeth are not present, and who has never been commingled with breeding females.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:2093.
