Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 051 - Livestock Board
Sub-Agency 0001 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules
Chapter 12 - RULES GOVERNING BRUCELLA OVIS
Section 12-3 - Certification Requirements
Current through September 21, 2024
(a) The Board will issue a Brucella ovis free certificate for a Flock upon receipt of Official Test results showing that all Test Eligible Rams in the Flock have tested negative for Brucella ovis on two, consecutive Official Tests performed on samples taken 45 to 120 days apart. If a Flock owner receives Indeterminate Test Results for any Test Eligible Ram, that ram must be retested more than 30 days after receiving the Indeterminate Test Results with either the ELISA Test or the PCR Test and test negative.
(b) All samples for an Official Test shall be collected by a Wyoming Accredited Veterinarian or a veterinary technician working under the supervision of a Wyoming Accredited Veterinarian. The person who collected the samples shall record the Official Individual Identification of the rams tested on the test chart and shall submit the test chart and the samples to an approved laboratory for testing.
(c) A Flock owner must apply annually for renewal of their Brucella ovis free Flock certificate by testing all Test Eligible Rams between the 30th day before the certificate's expiration date and the 30th day after the certificate's expiration date and by submitting the Official Test results to the Board's office. If all Official Test results are negative, the Board will renew the Flock owner's Brucella ovis free Flock certificate.
