Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF
Title 23 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY
Chapter 12 - LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET REGULATIONS
Section 23-12-011 - Official Testing - Cattle Brucellosis

Current through September 17, 2024

011.01 All market test cattle that are sold or bartered through an auction market, except cattle sold to immediate slaughter, shall be brucellosis tested in the manner prescribed below.

011.02 The official brucellosis testing classifications shall be as follows:

011.02A The testing procedure to be utilized in auction markets shall be the card test, conducted by the approved veterinarian and confirmed in the State-Federal Laboratory by the same testing procedure. Any animal which is positive to such test shall be classified as a reactor. Any animal which is negative to such test shall be classified negative.

011.02B Notwithstanding 23 NAC 12-011.02A, above, any market may use the standard plate test in lieu of the card test upon a signed, written request to the State Veterinarian and approval by the State Veterinarian to conduct such test, which test shall thereafter be the sole test used at such facility. Results of the standard plate test shall be confirmed in the State-Federal Laboratory by the same testing procedure. Standard plate test classifications are as follows:

Official Vaccinates All Others
1:50 1:100 1: 200 1:50 1:100 1:200
- - - NEGATIVE - - -NEGATIVE
1 - - NEGATIVE 1 - - SUSPECT
+ - - NEGATIVE + - - SUSPECT
+ 1 - SUSPECT + 1 - SUSPECT
+ + - SUSPECT + + - REACTOR
+ + 1 SUSPECT + + 1 REACTOR
+ + + REACTOR + + + REACTOR

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