Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a)
Bovine
tuberculosis-related quarantines. If the Department imposes a
quarantine as a result of the suspected presence of bovine tuberculosis in a
herd containing camelids or cervids, or on the basis that a herd containing
camelids or cervids has been exposed to bovine tuberculosis, one of the
following minimum requirements shall be met as a precondition to the release of
the quarantine:
(1) Exposed or infected
animals have been removed from the quarantined premises, a sanitation protocol
approved by the Department has been completed and no susceptible domestic
animals have been on the premises for at least 30 days after completion of the
sanitation protocol. In a newly assembled herd on premises where a tuberculous
herd has been depopulated, two annual whole-herd tests shall be given. The
first test is to be given approximately 6 months after assembly of the new
herd. If the premises has been vacated for 1 year, these requirements may be
waived at the Department's discretion.
(2) Tuberculin test reactors have been
removed from the quarantined premises, and the animals remaining at the
quarantined premises have been tuberculin test-negative, according to USDA
protocol, on at least three separate tests of all the animals on the
quarantined premises. The first test of the animals on the premises shall be
conducted at least 90 days after the last reactor has been removed from the
quarantined premises. The second and third tests shall be conducted at least
180 days following the immediately preceding test.
(b)
Brucellosis-related
quarantines. If the Department imposes a quarantine as a result of the
suspected presence of brucellosis in camelids or cervids, or on the basis that
camelids or cervids have been exposed to brucellosis, one of the following
minimum requirements shall be met as a precondition to the release of the
quarantine:
(1) Exposed or infected animals
have been removed from the quarantined premises, a sanitation protocol approved
by the Department has been completed and no animals have been on the premises
for at least 30 days after completion of the sanitation protocol.
(2) Brucellosis test reactors have been
removed from the quarantined premises, and the animals remaining at the
quarantined premises have been brucellosis test-negative, according to USDA
protocol, on at least two separate tests of the animals on the quarantined
premises. The first test of the animals on the premises shall be conducted at
least 30 days after the last reactor has been removed from the quarantined
premises. The second test shall be conducted at least 180 days following the
immediately preceding test. Additionally, a postquarantine test shall be
conducted 6 to 12 months after release from quarantine.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
3a.7 (relating to epidemiological
investigation and follow-up).
