Subchapter C. RETESTING OF HERDS DISCLOSING REACTORS
Sec.
9.31. Conditions required for retesting.
9.32. Reactors on retests.
9.33. Quarantine period.
9.34. Raw milk for human or animal consumption.
9.35. Milk for human or animal consumption from herds of cattle or goats quarantined because of tuberculosis.§ 9.31. Conditions required for retesting.
(a) Retests for tuberculosis may not be conducted until 60 days have elapsed following the previous test due to desensitization. The only exception would be the use of the comparative cervical or cervical test by approved regulatory veterinarians within 10 days of previous injection date.
(b) Retests will not be authorized until reactors are disposed of under State or Federal supervision and the premises have been properly cleaned and disinfected.
(c) The length of time between retests will be determined by the Bureau and will be dependent upon the amount of infection disclosed on each test.
Source The provisions of this § 9.31 amended November 28, 1975, effective November 29, 1975, 5 Pa.B. 3099. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (1425).
§ 9.32. Reactors on retests.
Reactors on retests shall be identified as being in a previous test of the herd; or as the offspring of dams previously tested in the herd; or as animals that have been purchased and added to the herd. These purchased additions will not be eligible for indemnity as stated in § 8.25 (relating to herd additions to quarantined herds).
Source The provisions of this § 9.32 amended November 28, 1975, effective November 29, 1975, 5 Pa.B. 3099. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (1425).
§ 9.33. Quarantine period.
(a) If ‘‘No Gross Lesions’’ are disclosed or post mortem shows ‘‘Skin Lesions Only,’’ the herd will be released after one negative test of the animals over 2 years of age, conducted not less than 60 days from the date of the last test.
(b) If lesions are found on post mortem, then the herd will be kept under quarantine until it passes three negative tests. The first test will be conducted at least 60 days following removal of the reactors and cleaning and disinfecting of premises; the next two tests shall be done at 6-month intervals. The entire herd shall be tested, regardless of age, to revoke the quarantine.
(c) When suspects to tests are disclosed in herds with no reactors the herd containing the suspicious animals shall be quarantined, the accredited herd status suspended and no animals moved except by permit from the Bureau. This quarantine, suspension and movement ban shall remain in effect until the status of the herd is determined by a retest of the suspects 60 days after the original test or a comparative cervical test within 10 days, conducted by an approved veterinarian. If the suspects are negative to the retest, the quarantine shall be revoked and accreditation reinstated. If tuberculosis suspects are slaughtered and show no gross lesions of tuberculosis on post mortem examination, the quarantine shall remain in effect until the herd is retested and negative at least 60 days following the previous herd test.
Source The provisions of this § 9.33 amended November 28, 1975, effective November 29, 1975, 5 Pa.B. 3099; amended August 25, 1978, effective August 26, 1978, 8 Pa.B. 2337. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (24336).
Cross References This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 9.35 (relating to milk for human or animal consumption from herds of cattle or goats quarantined because of tuberculosis).
§ 9.34. Raw milk for human or animal consumption.
The sale of raw milk for human or animal consumption is prohibited unless the herd—that is, all animals that have freshened or are over 24 months of age—has been tuberculin-tested within 1 year.
Authority The provisions of this § 9.34 issued under section 1 of the act of March 28, 1929 (P. L. 110, No. 117) (3 P. S. § 371); section 2 of the act of April 17, 1929 (P. L. 533, No. 236) (3 P. S. § 342); and section 1 of the act of June 22, 1931 (P. L. 650, No. 225) (3 P. S. § 431); amended under section 1702 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 442); and the Domestic Animal Law, 3 Pa.C.S. § § 2321(a)(12) and (38), 2327, 2329 and 2382.
Source The provisions of this § 9.34 amended November 28, 1975, effective November 29, 1975, 5 Pa.B. 3099; amended August 25, 1978, effective August 26, 1978, 8 Pa.B. 2337; amended July 10, 1981, effective July 11, 1981, 11 Pa.B. 2478; amended April 11, 1997, effective April 12, 1997, 27 Pa.B. 1791. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (144254) to (144255).
§ 9.35. Milk for human or animal consumption from herds of cattle or goats quarantined because of tuberculosis.
(a) Milk may not be sold unless the herd has been retested under § 9.33 (relating to quarantined period).
(b) Milk from tuberculosis reactors cannot be sold or used for human or animal consumption.
(c) Milk from negative or suspicious animals in quarantined herds with known tuberculosis infection shall be pasteurized prior to use for human or animal consumption.
Source The provisions of this § 9.35 adopted August 25, 1978, effective August 26, 1978, 8 Pa.B. 2337.
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