Title 18 . Environmental Conservation

Chapter 36 . Administrative Enforcement

Section 100. Cattle

18 AAC 36.100. Cattle

(a) Cattle brucellosis vaccination must comply with the following:

(1) brucella abortus vaccine must be approved and manufactured under license of the United States Department of Agriculture;

(2) brucella abortus vaccine must be administered by an accredited veterinarian or a person authorized by the state veterinarian;

(3) brucellosis vaccination must be performed at the age required, and in accordance with identification procedures prescribed by the recommended Uniform Methods and Rules, Brucellosis Eradication Publication (APHIS 91-1), United States Department of Agriculture, as described in 9 C.F.R. § 78.1(j) (as revised January 1, 1981); and

(4) brucellosis-vaccinated calves may be identified only by an accredited veterinarian or by a person authorized by the state veterinarian.

(b) Cattle brucellosis tests must comply with the following:

(1) blood samples for laboratory testing may be drawn only by or under the supervision of an accredited veterinarian or a person authorized by the state veterinarian;

(2) laboratory blood-serum test results are official only if the test is conducted at a laboratory approved by the United States Department of Agriculture to conduct brucellosis tests;

(3) interpretation of blood-serum test results must conform to that prescribed in the Recommended Uniform Methods and Rules, Brucellosis Eradication Publication (APHIS 91-1), United States Department of Agriculture, as described in 9 C.F.R. § 78.1(j) (as revised January 1, 1981); and

(4) brucellosis reactor cattle must be identified by a numbered "Brucellosis Reactor" tag in each ear; the ear-tagging may be done only by an accredited veterinarian or a person authorized by the state veterinarian.

(c) Cattle quarantines must comply with the following:

(1) herds that contain one or more brucellosis reactors must be quarantined to the premises, and the animals, reactors and nonreactors, may be removed only for immediate slaughter by permit from the state veterinarian; and

(2) two consecutive negative tests, as determined under (b)(3) of this section, are required for release of quarantine with the first test occurring not less than 30 days after removal and slaughter of all reactors and the second negative test to occur not less than 90 days following the first negative test.

(d) Cattle sold for purposes other than slaughter must meet one of the following requirements:

(1) certification of a negative brucellosis test within 30 days of sale must accompany the animals;

(2) calves under six months of age may be sold without a brucellosis test unless they are from herds under quarantine;

(3) cattle under 18 months of age which have proof of being brucellosis-vaccinated may be sold without test or permit, unless they are from herds under quarantine; or

(4) the state veterinarian must provide a waiver for the sale.

History: Eff. 9/1/82, Register 83

Authority: AS 03.05.020

AS 03.45.050