Illinois Administrative Code › Title 8 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part 85 - DISEASED ANIMALS › Section 85.135 - Requirements for Establishing and Maintaining a Herd Under the Voluntary Paratuberculosis (Johne's Disease) Certification Program

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The following definitions shall be
			 applicable to this Section:
1) "Accredited
			 laboratory" means a laboratory operated by the Illinois Department of
			 Agriculture, the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, or a
			 laboratory approved by the Director (on the basis of its using USDA approved
			 methods).
2) "Animal" means cattle,
			 bison, buffalo, goats, llamas, or members of the cervid family.
3) "Cow-side", "pen-side" or "on-site" test
			 means any test approved by the USDA for M. avium paratuberculosis that can be
			 performed in the field by an accredited veterinarian. Veterinarians must
			 receive approval from the Department to use this test, and all results must be
			 reported to the Department within 10 days. The test cannot be performed in a
			 herd participating in the Voluntary Johne's Disease Certification
			 Program.
4) "Herd" means all
			 animals under common ownership or supervision that are grouped on one or more
			 parts of any single premises (lot, farm, ranch), or all animals on two or more
			 premises geographically separated, but on which animals have been interchanged
			 or where there has been contact between the premises. Contact of animals
			 between separated premises under common management shall be assumed to have
			 occurred unless otherwise established by the herd owner or manager. Each
			 separate species of animal shall be considered as a separate herd.
5) "Positive animal" means an animal infected
			 with Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis, only if M. avium paratuberculosis is
			 demonstrated by an organism detection test on tissues or feces of the
			 animal.
6) "M. avium
			 paratuberculosis-detection test" or "organism detection test" means any test
			 sufficiently sensitive and specific for detection of M. avium paratuberculosis
			 in fecal samples. Definitions of "sufficiently sensitive and specific" will be
			 on the basis of results of performance of a check test and proficiency
			 standards set by the Uniform Program Standards for the Voluntary Bovine Johne's
			 Disease Control Program (June 1, 2006). Any test approved by the USDA for M.
			 avium paratuberculosis organism detection (i.e., fecal culture or PCR
			 (polymerase chain reaction) test for M. avium paratuberculosis) is acceptable
			 as long as it is performed at an accredited laboratory.
7) "Serum antibody test" means any test
			 sufficiently sensitive and specific for detection of antibodies to M. avium
			 paratuberculosis in bovine serum. Definition of "sufficiently sensitive and
			 specific" will be on the basis of results of performance of a check test and
			 proficiency standards set by the Uniform Program Standards for the Voluntary
			 Bovine Johne's Disease Control Program (June 1, 2006), as recommended and
			 approved by the U.S. Animal Health Association (P.O. Box K227, Suite 114, 1610
			 Forest Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23228). Any test approved by the USDA for
			 serum antibody detection (i.e., ELISA for M. avium paratuberculosis) is
			 acceptable as long as it is performed at an accredited laboratory.