Or. Admin. Code § 603-011-1735 - Procedure for Official Test and Quarantine - Tuberculosis
(1) Tuberculosis
testing shall be performed by a veterinarian accredited by the USDA.
(2)
(a)
Animals tested for tuberculosis shall be identified by placing in the right ear
an identification device approved for use in cattle under 9 CFR Part 86 at the
time of testing except that a previously placed identification tag may be used
in lieu of placing a new tag in the ear.
(b) Within 7 days after testing any cattle
for tuberculosis, the veterinarian conducting or supervising the test shall
deliver to the herd owner, and the Department, a copy of the test chart showing
the test results.
(3) If
a reactor animal is confirmed by any Official Test for tuberculosis, the
reactor animal must be identified, branded, tagged, and slaughtered as follows:
(a) Reactors to an Official Test for
tuberculosis shall not be retested without specific approval of the
Department.
(b) All reactors to an
Official Test for tuberculosis shall be branded with a "T" on the left jaw. The
brand must be at least two inches in height, and shall be a hot iron brand. In
addition to the brand, the reactor shall be tagged in the left ear with a
reactor tag.
(c) If the owner of a
reactor animal to an Official Test for tuberculosis claims indemnity for the
slaughter of such animal, as provided by law, the reactor shall be slaughtered
at a federally inspected slaughter establishment within 15 days of the date of
appraisal.
(d) No owner of such
reactor animal who is eligible for and who desires to receive indemnity shall
receive such indemnity unless the reactor is identified, branded, tagged,
appraised, and slaughtered in accordance with this rule and ORS
596.615 to
596.681.
(e) A reactor animal to an Official Test for
tuberculosis test must be:
(A) Sold by the
owner for immediate slaughter directly to a federally inspected slaughter
establishment, for slaughter within 15 days from the date of the written notice
of such infection to the herd owner;
(B) Sold by the owner through a state-federal
approved licensed auction market, to a federally inspected slaughter
establishment, for slaughter within 15 days from the date of the written notice
of such infection to the herd owner; or
(C) Killed and buried, or sent to a rendering
plant.
(4)
Suspects to any Official Test for tuberculosis shall be quarantined and shall
be retested between 60 to 90 days after the last test. If the retest is
negative, the quarantine on such suspect shall be released. If after at least
two retests, the suspect reaction to the brucellosis test continues, the
Department may determine the disposition of this animal.
(5) Any herd in which reactors to an Official
Test for tuberculosis are discovered shall be quarantined at the time the
results of the test are known. Unless otherwise specified, a dairy herd shall
be quarantined to the premises on which the herd was located at the time of the
test, and a beef herd shall be quarantined to the area in which the herd was
located at the time of the test.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 561 & 596
Statutes/Other Implemented: 596.392 & ORS 596.040
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