Illinois Administrative Code › Title 8 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part 85 - DISEASED ANIMALS › Section 85.140 - Requirements for Establishing and Maintaining a Herd Under the Voluntary Paratuberculosis (Johne's Disease) Risk Management Program

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The following definitions shall be
			 applicable to this Section:
"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
				that it is using USDA approved methods).
"Certified Johne's Disease Veterinarian" means a veterinarian
				who has completed a prescribed course and field training for conducting risk
				assessments and writing herd plans for herds dealing with Johne's disease.
				Certification will be issued by the State Veterinarian and/or the designated
				Johne's Disease Coordinator.
"Herd" shall mean 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.
"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. 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). Any test approved by the USDA for M. avium paratuberculosis
				organism detection (i.e., fecal culture test or PCR for M. avium
				paratuberculosis) is acceptable as long as it is performed at an accredited
				laboratory.
"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), 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.
b) Criteria for
			 herds qualified to enter into the risk management program:
1) Participation in this program is voluntary
			 and the producer/owner is responsible for the cost of testing.
2) The herd has been in existence for at
			 least one year or the herd was assembled with animals originating directly from
			 paratuberculosis-certified or risk managed herds only.
3) A herd assembled with animals originating
			 directly from risk managed herds only shall start at the lowest certification
			 level of the herds from which the assembled animals were acquired.
4) All animals must have an approved,
			 permanent, unique, legible identification other than a plastic ear tag or neck
			 chain. Acceptable types of approved, permanent, unique, legible identification
			 include registration or association numbers accompanied by identification
			 document, breed registry ear tattoos, USDA uniform series ear tag (metal tags),
			 freeze branding when the brand is listed on the breed registration certificate
			 and electronic identification (microchips) as long as a reader is supplied by
			 the owner or is readily available.