Okla. Admin. Code § 35:15-40-46

Current through Vol. 42, No. 4, November 1, 2024

Section 35:15-40-46 - Quarantine procedures

(a) All herds with reactor animals shall be quarantined. Exposed animals shall remain on the premises where disclosed unless a state or federal permit is obtained. Movement for immediate slaughter shall be directly to an approved slaughtering establishment where state or federal inspection is administered. Animals shall be identified by official identification. Use of the "S" brand is required on cattle and bison or animals shipped in a sealed vehicle.

(b) Sale of feeder calves from quarantined herds shall be restricted. Feeder calves under twelve (12) months of age that have passed a caudal fold tuberculin test within sixty (60) days may be permitted to move intrastate to an approved feedlot.

(c) Herds in which mycobacterium bovis infection is confirmed shall remain under quarantine if not depopulated and shall pass two tuberculin tests of intervals of at least sixty (60) days and one (1) additional test after one hundred eighty (180) days. All animals moved from the farm shall be shipped directly to slaughter and shall be accompanied by slaughter permit issued by a state or federal representative.

(d) Herds in which only NGL reactor(s) occur and in which no evidence of mycobacterium bovis infection is disclosed may be released from quarantine after a sixty (60) day negative caudal fold retest of the entire herd.

(e) Suspects in herds where only suspect animals are disclosed shall be quarantined on the premises until retested and classified negative or shipped directly to slaughter under permit. If an animal is slaughtered as a comparative cervical test reactor following two (2) CCT tests as a suspect and shows no gross lesions, results in an entire herd retest at sixty (60) days by caudal fold test and released from quarantine as in 35:15-40-46(d). If animals are slaughtered as suspects, but show no gross lesions, a sixty (60) day herd retest is recommended.

(f) Herds indicated as the source of slaughter trace back case investigations shall be placed under quarantine within thirty (30) days of notification, and a herd test scheduled.

(g) The issuance of a quarantine may be waived if the State Board of Agriculture or the State Veterinarian enters into a formal cooperative agreement with the affected party that will control and eradicate bovine tuberculosis.

Okla. Admin. Code § 35:15-40-46

Added at 12 Ok Reg 481, eff 12-12-94 (emergency); Added at 12 Ok Reg 2997, eff 7-27-95; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 1809, eff 7-1-09; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 2433, eff 7-25-10

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 34, Issue 24, September 1, 2017, eff. 9/11/2017