TB and Brucellosis in SC

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Hi, all,

Each state is different. Here's the SC regulation:

http://www.lpitr.state.sc.us/coderegs/c061a.htm

CHAPTER VIII ANIMAL HEALTH

A. General-All milk for pasteurization shall be from herds which are located

in a Modified Accredited Tuberculosis Area as determined by the U.S.

Department of Agriculture: Provided, that herds located in an area that

fails to maintain such accredited status shall have been accredited by said

Department as tuberculosis free, or shall have passed an annual tuberculosis

test. All milk for pasteurization shall be from herds under a brucellosis

eradication program which meets one of the following conditions:

1. Located in a Certified Brucellosis-free Area as defined by the U.S.

Department of Agriculture and enrolled in the testing program for such

areas; or

2. Meet U.S. Department of Agriculture requirements for an individually

certified herd; or

3. Participating in a milk ring testing program at least four times per year

at approximately ninety day intervals, and all herds with positive milk ring

results shall have the entire herd blood tested within thirty days from the

date of the laboratory ring tests; or

4. Have an individual blood agglutination test annually with an allowable

maximum grace period not to exceed two months.

For diseases other than brucellosis and tuberculosis, DHEC shall require

such physical, chemical, or bacteriological tests as it deems necessary. The

diagnosis of other diseases in dairy cattle shall be based upon the findings

of a licensed veterinarian or a veterinarian in the employ of an official

agency. Any diseased animal disclosed by such test(s) shall be disposed of

as DHEC directs.

B. Administrative Procedures

1. Tuberculosis-All tuberculin tests and retests shall be made, and any

reactors disposed of, in accordance with the Uniform Methods and Rules;

Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication, Uniform Methods and rules for Establishment

and Maintenance of Tuberculosis-Free Accredited Herds of Cattle, Modified

Accredited Areas and Areas Accredited Free of Bovine Tuberculosis in the

Domestic Bovine, as approved by the U. S.Department of Agriculture at the

time of the adoption of this Regulation. For tuberculosis test purposes, the

herd is defined as all adult cattle twenty-four months of age and over,

including any commingled beef animals. Dairy cattle less than two years of

age and already milking, shall be included in the herd test. A letter or

other official correspondence attesting to the accreditation status of the

locality in which the herd is located, including the date of accreditation,

or a certificate identifying the animals tested, the date of injection, the

date of reading of the test, and the results of the test signed by a U.S.

Department of Agriculture accredited veterinarian, shall be evidence of

compliance with the above requirements and shall be filed with DHEC.

2. Brucellosis-All brucellosis tests, retests, disposal of reactors,

vaccination of calves and certification of herds and areas shall be in

accordance with Brucellosis Eradication " Recommended Uniform Methods and

Rules, " as approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. All reactors

disclosed on blood agglutination tests shall be separated immediately from

the milking herd; the milk of these reactors shall not be used for human

consumption.

A certificate identifying each animal, signed by the veterinarian and the

director of the laboratory making the test, shall be filed as directed by

DHEC: Provided, that in the event the herd is subject to the milk ring test,

the record shall be required to show only the date and results of such test.

Within thirty days following the expiration of an official milk ring testing

program, or in the case of a herd subject to annual blood tests, thirteen

months following the last annual blood tests, DHEC shall notify the herd

owner or operator of the necessity to comply with the brucellosis

requirements. The failure of the herd owner or operator to comply with the

brucellosis requirements within thirty days of written notice shall result

in immediate suspension of the permit.