Section 0080-02-05-.05 - TESTING FOR CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP(1) No test eligible bovine animal shall be sold, offered for sale, traded, given away, or moved for purpose of changing ownership unless accompanied by evidence of a negative official test for brucellosis which was conducted within thirty (30) days prior to the sale or movement except:(a) Cattle originating directly from a Certified Brucellosis-free Herd.(b) Cattle moving directly from a farm of origin to an approved livestock market and tested prior to sale.(c) Cattle moving directly from a farm of origin to an approved slaughter establishment for immediate slaughter.(2) Official private negative tests on farms will meet the requirements set out in (1) for thirty (30) days. Negative market tests will meet the requirement for eight (8) days.(3) Cattle may be sold or otherwise transferred to a licensed livestock dealer without the required prior test provided that dealer meets the testing requirement within seventy-two (72) hours by:(a) Having the cattle tested by an accredited veterinarian at private expense; or(b) Consigning them to an approved livestock market for test and sale; or(c) Consigning all test eligible cattle originating from a single premises to an approved slaughter establishment without assembly with test eligible cattle from any other origin.(4) The burden of satisfying the change of ownership test requirement shall be upon the person who sells or offers for sale any test eligible animal, and upon any licensed dealer who purchases such animal.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0080-02-05-.05
Original rule filed June 20, 1983; effective July 20, 1983.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 44-2-1302;44-10-204; 44-11-112 and 4-3-203.