La. Admin. Code tit. 7 § XXI-109

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XXI-109 - Tuberculin Tests (Formerly Section 125)

A. Report of Tuberculin Tests. A report of all tuberculin tests, including the individual identification of each animal by ear tag number or tattoo, age, sex and breed, and a record of the size of the responses, shall be submitted in accordance with the requirements of the cooperating state and federal officials.

B. Tuberculin Test Interpretation

1. Reactor R : animals showing a circumscribed swelling 5 mm in diameter (3/16 of an inch)(P1) or a diffuse swelling twice as thick as the normal caudal fold (X2) or greater response to tuberculin on routine test should be classified as reactors unless in the professional judgment of the testing veterinarian a suspect classification is justified.

2. Suspect S : animals showing a response to tuberculin not classified as reactor with the exception noted below.

3. Negative N : animals showing no response to tuberculin.

La. Admin. Code tit. 7, § XXI-109

Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Livestock Sanitary Board, LR 11:235 (March 1985), amended LR 11:615 (June 1985), repromulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Animal Health and Food Safety and the Board of Animal Health, LR 40:939 (May 2014).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:2093.