Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 7 - MOVEMENT OF LIVESTOCK INTO OR THROUGH KANSAS › Section 9-7-4a - Trichomoniasis in cattle

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a)
			 Definitions. For the purposes of this regulation, each of the following terms
			 shall have the meaning specified in this subsection:
(1) "Approved laboratory" means any
			 laboratory designated and approved by the commissioner for performing official
			 Tritrichomonas foetus PCR tests.
(2) "Certified negative Tritrichomonas foetus
			 bull" means a bull that is individually identified by an official
			 identification method approved by the commissioner and meets one of the
			 following requirements:
(A) Originates from a
			 herd that is not known to be infected and, following at least 14 days of sexual
			 rest before sampling and testing, has had a negative official Tritrichomonas
			 foetus PCR test result within the last 60 days, with no subsequent exposure to
			 female bovine; or
(B) originates
			 from a positive Tritrichomonas foetus herd but, following at least 14 days of
			 sexual rest before sampling and testing, has had a series of two negative
			 official Tritrichomonas foetus PCR test results at intervals of at least 14
			 days, with the second test occurring within the last 60 days, with no
			 subsequent exposure to female bovine.
(3) "Commissioner" means the animal health
			 commissioner of the Kansas department of agriculture.
(4) "Herd" means a group of both sexually
			 intact male animals and sexually intact female animals under common ownership
			 or control and consisting of all bovines over 12 months of age at the time of
			 commingling that have commingled for any period of time during the last 12
			 months.
(5) "Official positive
			 trichomoniasis infection identification tag" means an individual identification
			 tag approved by the commissioner and signifying that an animal is
			 trichomoniasis-infected.
(6)
			 "Official Tritrichomonas foetus PCR test" means a polymerase chain reaction
			 test method approved by the commissioner that detects, through in vitro
			 amplification, the presence of Tritrichomonas foetus deoxyribonucleic acid
			 (DNA). Each official Tritrichomonas foetus PCR test shall be performed only on
			 an animal that is individually identified by an official identification method
			 approved by the commissioner. Each sample shall be collected using a test kit
			 system approved by the commissioner, packaged and transported according to the
			 approved laboratory's protocol for the transport of specimens, and collected by
			 a veterinarian who has completed trichomoniasis training. This training shall
			 be approved by the commissioner; include preputial sampling, sample handling
			 and shipping, appropriate recordkeeping, and official animal identification;
			 and be repeated every five years.
(7) "Positive Tritrichomonas foetus bull"
			 means a bull that has had a positive official Tritrichomonas foetus PCR
			 test.
(8) "Positive Tritrichomonas
			 foetus herd" means either of the following:
(A) A herd in which any male or female animal
			 has had a positive diagnosis for Tritrichomonas foetus; or
(B) a herd that has commingled for any period
			 of time during the last 12 months with another herd, or portion thereof, from
			 which an animal has had a positive diagnosis for Tritrichomonas foetus. The
			 herd, or a portion thereof, shall no longer be classified as a positive
			 Tritrichomonas foetus herd once any trichomoniasis quarantine has been lifted
			 for the herd or that portion of the herd.
(9) "Trichomoniasis-infected bovine" means a
			 bovine that has tested positive on an official Tritrichomonas foetus PCR
			 test.
(10) "Trichomoniasis
			 quarantine" means a movement restriction issued by the commissioner and placed
			 on all cattle in a positive Tritrichomonas foetus herd. This restriction shall
			 specify the identity of the animals and the premises to which the animals shall
			 be confined.