(A) Testing and inspection done at a
facility
for issuance of a
fish health inspection report shall be done in the following
manner:
(1) All lots at a facility shall be
inspected and tested using either a polymerase chain reaction test, cell culture
test, or another method approved by the department
and inspected.
(2) Collection of samples from each
lot shall
be based upon an assumed prevalence level of five per cent and a ninety-five
per cent confidence of detecting at least one infected
fish in the
lot for
causative agents of the diseases listed in paragraphs (A)(1)(a) to (A)(1)(g) of
rule
901:1-17-13 of the
Administrative Code.
If samples cannot be collected for diagnostic testing from all
lots of fish at a facility in one day; all lots not sampled shall have samples
collected from them within thirty days of the date the first sample was
collected at the facility.
(3) Inspection and diagnostic testing for
whirling disease shall be done using one sample of sixty fish. The sample shall
be made up of fish at an age when whirling disease is most likely to be
detected, and from species most susceptible to the disease.
(B) If all lots not sampled in one
day at a
facility are not sampled within thirty days of the date the first
sample was collected; all testing and inspection at the
facility shall be done
over.
(C) Fish health inspection and
testing reports for a facility which are recognized by the state animal health
official or official state regulatory agency in the state of origin will be
accepted in lieu of meeting the requirements in paragraphs (A) and (B) of this
rule.
Notes
Ohio Admin. Code 901:1-17-14
Effective:
4/7/2016
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
01/22/2016 and
04/07/2021
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: 941.03
Rule
Amplifies: 941.10
Prior
Effective Dates: 07/01/2004, 02/06/2006
