Haw. Code R. § 4-16-18 - Brucellosis surveillance, control, and eradication
(a) Upon
direction of the state veterinarian, blood samples shall be collected at
slaughter from all cattle two years age and older and forwarded to the
veterinary laboratory of the department for brucellosis testing.
(b) Upon direction of the state veterinarian,
samples of milk produced In licensed dairies shall be collected and forwarded
to the veterinary laboratory for brucellosis testing as often as deemed
necessary by the state or federal veterinarian to maintain surveillance of
brucella Infection within the herd.
(c) Whenever laboratory test results Indicate
Infection, the herd of origin shall be quarantined and tested within thirty
days following official notification of the Infection.
(d) When reactors are found In tests
conducted under subsection (a), the entire herd shall be quarantined and
subject to the conditions required In the current USDA APHIS Uniform Methods
and Rules for the Eradication of Brucellosis, until eligible for release from
quarantine.
(e) All testing of
cattle in compliance with requirements of this section shall be done in a safe
manner. Cattle shall be stanchioned or otherwise securely restrained to the
satisfaction of the veterinarian conducting the test.
(f) All reactors to the brucellosis test
shall be identified with a reactor tag affixed to the left ear by the state
veterinarian or designee. All reactors shall be slaughtered under direction of
the state veterinarian within fifteen days after official notification in
writing of the reaction. The owner shall give advance notice to the state
veterinarian of the time and place of slaughter of the reactors.
(g) All cattle slaughtered as identified
reactors to the brucellosis test shall be appraised prior to slaughter and the
owner shall be indemnified in accordance with the provisions of Title 9 of the
Code of Federal Regulations.
(h) No
indemnity shall be paid unless the owner has complied with all rules and
instructions issued by the division pertaining to the control and eradication
of brucellosis.
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