New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 21 - AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING › Chapter 30 - ANIMALS AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 6 - BOVINE TRICHOMONIASIS › Section 21.30.6.10 - VOLUNTARY NEW MEXICO T.foetus FREE HERD CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS - MAY BE AN INDIVIDUAL HERD, RANCH, GRAZING ASSOCIATION OR FEDERAL LAND PERMITEE

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
Breeding
				bulls.
(1) All non-virgin breeding
				bulls shall be tested annually for
T.foetus
for the three (3)
				years following the adoption of this rule.
(2) During the three year inception period,
				all non-virgin breeding bulls with changes of ownership, leased, rented or
				otherwise, shall be tested for
T.foetus
within sixty (60) days
				prior to such change unless consigned direct to slaughter. The test will be
				completed and test results known prior to the time a bull is physically
				transferred to the receiving premises or herd.
(3) Negative
T.foetus
bulls
				will be identified with the official New Mexico negative
T.foetus
tag described in the identification section of this
				part.
(4) All slaughter bulls
				removed from the herd will be tested for
T.foetus
. The test
				may be performed at a slaughter facility if prior arrangement with a
				veterinarian and an appropriate agreement with the slaughter facility
				management is made.
(5) Bovine
				females added to a certified herd shall not originate from a known
T.foetus
infected herd. Female herd additions must originate
				from a New Mexico certified
T.foetus
-free herd or qualify in
				one of the following categories:
(a) calf at
				side and no exposure to other than known negative
T.foetus
bulls;
(b) checked by an accredited
				veterinarian, at least one hundred twenty (120) days pregnant and so
				recorded;
(c) virgin; or
(d) heifers exposed as virgins only to known
				negative
T.foetus
infected bulls and not yet one hundred
				twenty (120) days pregnant.
(6) Records must be maintained for all tests
				including all non-virgin bulls entering the herd and made available for
				inspection by an accredited veterinarian or state animal health
				official.
(7) Following successful
				completion of the three-year testing requirement, the participating entity
				shall receive a T. foetus-free certification from the New Mexico state
				veterinarian's office. Annual re-certification will require documented evidence
				that all male herd additions were virgin or that non-virgin breeding bulls
				added to the herd had three (3) official negative
T.foetus
tests within sixty (60) days prior to commingling with female bovine and that
				all slaughter bulls removed from the herd have been negative for
T.foetus
prior to or at slaughter.
(8) A herd in which a bull has a confirmed T.
				foetus infection will be classified as a positive
T.foetus
herd and shall be removed from the "free" status. The herd will be quarantined
				until positive T. foetus bulls are sent to slaughter and all other bulls in the
				herd test negative to three (3) consecutive official
T.foetus
tests at least seven (7) days apart. The third
T.foetus
test
				will be completed within twelve (12) months of the initial
T.foetus
confirmation in the herd and will be conducted after
				the bulls have had breeding exposure to the cow herd. The bulls will be removed
				from the cow herd at least seven (7) days prior to the official T. foetus test.
				If more than twelve (12) months have passed since confirmation of
T.foetus
in the herd, the state veterinarian may require
				additional
T.foetus
testing prior to release of quarantine.
				The initial negative
T.foetus
test is included in the three
				(3) negative tests.