New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 21 - AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING
Chapter 35 - LIVESTOCK MARKETING
Part 4 - LIVESTOCK MARKETS AND FACILITIES
Section 21.35.4.11 - BRUCELLOSIS TESTS OF CATTLE AT LIVESTOCK MARKETS

Universal Citation: 21 NM Admin Code 21.35.4.11

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. Test eligible cattle originating from any zone, area, county or state determined by the USDA or the New Mexico state veterinarian to be high-risk for bovine brucellosis and entering New Mexico through specifically approved livestock markets may be required to be tested for brucellosis.

B. Reactors to the presumptive brucellosis test shall be quarantined at the market pending completion of confirmatory testing and final determination of brucellosis status.

C. Reactors as determined by confirmatory testing, shall either be B branded, or sealed by metal seal in the truck transporting them to slaughter and documented correctly on a USDA veterinary services form 127.

D. After the reactors are removed, the remaining cattle in the shipment may be returned to premises of origin under quarantine, or be S branded and sent directly to an approved feedlot or slaughter.

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