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§ 752.3. Testing for Brucellosis Control.

3 CA ADC § 752.3Barclays Official California Code of Regulations

Barclays California Code of Regulations
Title 3. Food and Agriculture
Division 2. Animal Industry
Chapter 2. Livestock Disease Control (Refs & Annos)
Article 1.5. Bovine Brucellosis
3 CCR § 752.3
§ 752.3. Testing for Brucellosis Control.
Currentness
(a) Test Samples. Blood, milk, or other samples for brucellosis eradication program testing shall be taken from cattle only by accredited veterinarians licensed to practice veterinary medicine in California, designated representatives from federal, state, or county governments, or persons authorized by the Department or USDA at recognized slaughtering establishments. Test samples shall be collected from brucellosis suspect or reactor animals at slaughter when requested by the District or Designated Epidemiologist. All cattle tested for the brucellosis program shall be individually identified using official eartags, or other methods of identification approved as satisfactory for individual identification by the Department. Each individual identification recording shall include the brucellosis vaccination status of the animal from which the sample was taken. All specimens submitted for brucellosis program testing shall be accompanied with sufficient information to identify the owner's name, address, location of the animals, animal description and official identification, and the purpose of the test. As an aid to brucellosis disease surveillance in California, a diagnostic laboratory may test any non-program specimens submitted for analysis by any person for the presence of signs of Brucella species.
(b) Official Tests and Procedures. All brucellosis test protocols, procedures, and methods approved by the Department and the USDA as being suitable to detect the presence of Brucella, or Brucella antibodies or components shall be regarded as official.
(c) Testing Laboratories. Tests for brucellosis shall be made only by persons approved by the Department or by the USDA as proficient in brucellosis testing in a laboratory or facility of the following:
(1) USDA.
(2) Department.
(3) University of California, California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System.
(4) A County Veterinarian when approved by the Department.
(5) The designated veterinarian of an Approved Livestock Marketing Facility.
(6) Those possessing a permit from the California Department of Public Health.
(d) Test Reporting. Every positive brucellosis test shall be reported by telephone to the Animal Health Branch within 24 hours after completion by the laboratory conducting the test. All other results shall be reported within five (5) business days of the test.
(e) Blood Test Eligible.
(1) Female cattle six (6) months of age and over are eligible for testing.
(2) Bulls over 18 months of age (as evidenced by the loss of the first pair of temporary incisor teeth) are eligible for testing.
(3) Steers and identified spayed heifers are exempt from brucellosis testing.
(4) As determined by the Designated or District Epidemiologist on a case-by-case basis in exposed or affected herds where testing of animals might be indicated as part of the epidemiological disease evaluation.

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Note: Authority cited: Sections 407, 10324, 10326 and 10327, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 461, 520, 521, 527, 5006, 9101, 9531, 9532, 9561, 9562, 9564, 9569, 9570, 10301, 10302, 10303, 10304, 10305, 10306, 10307, 10308, 10309, 10310, 10311, 10321, 10322, 10323, 10325, 10381, 10382, 10383, 10384, 10385, 10387 and 10493, Food and Agricultural Code.
History
1. New section filed 5-24-99; operative 6-23-99 (Register 99, No. 22).
2. Amendment of section heading, section and Note filed 2-27-2017; operative 4-1-2017 (Register 2017, No. 9).
This database is current through 5/10/24 Register 2024, No. 19.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 3, § 752.3, 3 CA ADC § 752.3
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