NAC584.4571. Tuberculosis.

     1. A tuberculin test of all animals in a herd, and any additions to the herd, must be made before any milk from the herd is sold and at least once every 12 months thereafter.

     2. This testing must be done by a licensed veterinarian duly certified to run these tests by the Division of Animal Industry of the Department. The tests must be given and any reactors disposed of in accordance with the requirements approved by the Division of Animal Industry of the Department.

     3. A certificate signed by the veterinarian or attested to by the Commission is evidence of the tests. In tuberculosis free counties that used the tuberculosis free system approved by the United States Department of Agriculture or the Division of Animal Industry of the Department, this annual testing is not required.

     [Bd. of Health, Grading of Milk Reg. § 11.1, eff. 7-4-72]—(NAC A 10-30-97; A by Dairy Comm’n by R151-01, 12-17-2001, eff. 1-1-2002)