Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 209 - Arkansas Agriculture Department › Division 01 - Livestock And Poultry Commission › Rule 209.01.20-001 - Trichimoniasis Testing and Movement Requirements for Cattle

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
I.
Definitions
The following words or terms, when used in this rule, shall
				have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicated
				otherwise:
A.
"Approved
			 laboratory"
means any laboratory designated and approved by the state
			 veterinarian for examining T. foetus samples.
B.
"Bovine"
means any sexually
			 intact male and female animal of the genus bos.
C.
"Change of ownership"
means
			 control of an animal being transferred between two (2) persons by sale, lease,
			 or lending.
D.
"Commingle"
means animals of opposite sex and belonging to a
			 single owner or multiple owners in the same enclosure or pasture with a
			 reasonable opportunity for sexual contact.
E.
"Herd"
means the group of
			 animals consisting of all male and female bovines over twelve months of age
			 that have commingled during the last twelve (12) months.
F.
"Herd management plan"
means
			 a plan approved by the State Veterinarian to ensure isolation and separation
			 for T. Foetus exposed cattle.
G.
"Official T. foetus bull test"
means the sampling of the preputial
			 content of a bull by a Licensed and accredited veterinarian or a veterinarian
			 from the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission. The test shall be conducted
			 after seven days (7) separation from all female bovine and the bull and sample
			 shall be positively and individually identified and documented for laboratory
			 submission. The test may consist of three (3) culture tests one (1) week apart
			 or one (I) PCR test.
H.
"Official ID"
means a USDA approved tagging system used for animal
			 disease traceability.
I.
"Positive T. foetus bull"
means a bull that has had a positive T.
			 foetus test.
J.
"Positive T.
			 foetus bull herd"
means that group of all bovines which have had any
			 opportunity for sexual contact in the previous breeding season and in which any
			 male or female animal has had a positive diagnosis for T. foetus.
K.
"Negative T. foetus bull"
means a bull that qualifies by one of the following:
1. originate from a herd not known to be
			 infected and has had a negative official T. foetus bull test within the last
			 year;
2. originate from a positive
			 herd but:
a. Has a series of three negative
			 official T. foetus bull tests at intervals of at least one week; or
b. a negative official T. foetus bull test
			 within thirty (30) days prior to entry with no sexual activity for one (I) week
			 prior to the test and between the test and movement.
L.
"Suspect T. foetus
			 bull"
means a bull from a positive T. foetus herd that has not yet had
			 three (3) consecutive negative official T. foetus bull tests.
M.
"Trichomonas (Tritrichomonas)
			 foetus" or "T. foetus"
means a contagious venereal protozoan parasite
			 disease of the trichomonas foetus species that frequently results in lifetime
			 infection of male bovidae as an inapparent carrier and causes infertility,
			 pyometra, abortions and reproductive inefficiency in female bovidae.
N.
"Virgin bull"
means a
			 sexually intact male bovine less than twenty-four (24) months of age that has
			 had no breeding and no potential breeding contact with females.
O.
"Virgin bull affidavit"
means
			 a signed affidavit from the owner, manager, or veterinarian that verifies the
			 bull has had no breeding and no potential breeding contact with
			 females.