South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 12 - Department of Agriculture
Article 12:68 - Disease control and meat inspection
Chapter 12:68:21 - Brucellosis control in goats
Section 12:68:21:01 - Definitions

(1) "Blood test" means an official test, including the card test, buffered acidified plate antigen, plate, particle concentration fluorescence immunoassay, Rivanol, and complement fixation tests, as described in 9 C.F.R. § 78.1 (January 1, 2021);

(2) "Brucellosis" means a disease of goats caused by the Brucella species of bacteria;

(3) "Certified brucellosis-free goat herd" means a goat herd for which the owner holds a certified free herd certificate;

(4) "Infected herd" means a herd of goats in which one or more reactors have been disclosed and which has not regained a negative herd status;

(5) "Negative" means a goat showing no reaction on a blood test for Brucella;

(6) "Reactor" means a goat showing a positive reaction on the test or proven infected by other diagnostic methods, as determined by a state or federal epidemiologist, as described in 9 C.F.R. § 78.1 (January 1, 2021); and

(7) "Suspect" means a goat that shows a reaction to a test but does not qualify as negative or as a reactor, as determined by a brucellosis epidemiologist employed by the state or federal government, as described in 9 C.F.R. § 78.1 (January 1, 2021).