Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) The department of agriculture may
designate a herd of cattle to be certified brucellosis free if:
(1) It passed at least two consecutive
negative herd blood tests which were not less than twelve months nor more than
eighteen months apart; or
(2) It
passed the first herd blood test without any evidence of brucellosis infection
and passed one additional negative herd blood test conducted not earlier than
six months nor more than eighteen months from the date of the first test; and
(3) All herd blood tests were
conducted at a laboratory approved by or operated by the department.
(B) The department may recertify a
herd as brucellosis free for 365 days if;
(1)
It passes a negative herd blood test prior to the end of 455 days after the
date of the certification or recertification test;
(2) All herd blood tests were conducted at a
laboratory approved by or operated by the department.
(C) If a blood test of a certified
brucellosis free herd, or of an animal from such a herd, reveals:
(1) One positive the department shall:
(a) Suspend the certified brucellosis free
status of the herd;
(b) Continue
the suspension until the herd passes a negative herd blood test conducted not
earlier than sixty days following removal of the positive.
(2) More than one positive the
department shall:
(a) Suspend the certified
brucellosis free status of the herd;
(b) Require that the herd comply with all
requirements stated in division (A) of this regulation before the department
may recertify the herd as brucellosis free;
(3) One or more suspects the department shall
suspend the certified brucellosis free status of the herd and prior to
recertification of the herd, shall require:
(a) That each suspect be classified as
negative to a brucellosis test; or
(b) A complete negative herd blood retest if
any suspect is not available for retest, unless only one suspect is not
available and that animal is identified as an official brucellosis vaccinate.
(D) The
department shall suspend the certified brucellosis free status of a herd if
each addition to the herd is not:
(1) A
natural herd addition; or
(2) From
a herd with equal brucellosis free status; or
(3) An official vaccinate:
(a) Under 24 months of age; and
(b) Neither parturient or post-parturient;
and
(c) For which a certificate of
vaccination is available; or
(4) An animal for which evidence is available
that it passed negative brucellosis tests:
(a) Thirty days prior to addition to the
herd; and
(b) Not less than sixty
days after addition to the herd; and
(c) Such tests were conducted at a laboratory
approved by or operated by the department.
(E) The department shall not grant status as
a member of the certified brucellosis free herd, for sale purposes, to any
animal added to the herd under subdivisions (D)(3) or (4) of this regulation
until the animal:
(1) Has been in the herd at
least 120 days; and
(2) Has been
included in a complete herd retest.
(F) The department may conduct additional
blood tests of any certified brucellosis free herd at any time which the
department deems advisable.
R.C. 119.032 review dates:
03/25/2010 and
03/25/2015
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 941.03, 941.22
Rule
Amplifies: 941.22
Prior Effective Dates: 8/9/68
