Alabama Administrative Code › Title 80 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES › AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY › Chapter 80-3-7 - PROCEDURE FOR THE CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS › Section 80-3-7-.03 - Tuberculin Testing Requirements And Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
Tuberculin testing requirements and procedures to be followed
				  are as follows.
(1) All cattle in
				dairies in Alabama that are presently or in the future supplying milk or milk
				products, in any way, to the public shall be tuberculin tested as often as the
				State Veterinarian may deem necessary to eliminate and keep tuberculosis from
				the herd and infection from the premises. Any state or federal approved
				graduate veterinarian may make the test in accordance with state or federal
				requirements.
(2) In counties or
				any size area in the state which have been officially quarantined for the
				purpose of control or eradication of bovine tuberculosis, owners or operators
				of cattle shall present their cattle at a designated point on the premises for
				the tuberculin test or other necessary inspection. They shall also furnish
				sufficient help to handle said cattle after having been officially notified in
				writing as to the date and place of the testing or inspection.
(3) The eradication of, or testing for,
				tuberculosis, or any other infectious or contagious disease, may be taken up in
				any area of the state when the State Veterinarian has reason to believe that
				such is necessary. Such eradication or testing program may be done in
				cooperation with a city, county or the United States Department of Agriculture
				Veterinary Services at the discretion of the State Veterinarian.
(4) All reacting animals shall be
				slaughtered, destroyed or quarantined, as shall be determined by the State
				Veterinarian. Slaughtering of said animals shall only be done at plants which
				have approved state or federal inspection. All animals exposed to tuberculosis,
				at the discretion of the State Veterinarian, shall be slaughtered, destroyed,
				quarantined, or any other action shall be taken which is deemed necessary by
				the State Veterinarian, to prevent the spread of the disease.
(5) All premises where tuberculin reacting
				animals have been found shall be cleaned and disinfected as required by
				regulation or order, under the supervision of a state or federal
				inspector.
(6) Any cattle, reacting
				to the tuberculin test, or known to be infested with any contagious or
				infectious disease shall not be moved or sold for any purpose without a special
				permit from the State Veterinarian.
(7) Reports of all tuberculin tests, giving
				the tag number of all cattle tested, and results of test, shall be given
				immediately upon completion of the test, to the State Veterinarian.
(8) Any cattle reacting to the tuberculin
				test, in addition to all other requirements, shall be identified by heat
				branding with the letter T on the left jaw of said animal.
(9) All other animals known to be exposed to
				tuberculosis that are to be sold or moved in anticipation of transfer, or
				selling, of said animals, shall first be identified by heat branding with the
				letter S on the left jaw of said animal.
Author:
Charles H. Barnes
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §
											2-15-170.