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1 | AN ACT concerning animals.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Bovine Brucellosis Eradication Act | ||||||
5 | is amended by changing Sections 1.5 and 5 and by adding Section | ||||||
6 | 1.16 as follows:
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7 | (510 ILCS 30/1.5) (from Ch. 8, par. 134.5)
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8 | Sec. 1.5. The term "infected animal" or "reactor" means an | ||||||
9 | animal which has
given positive reaction to an official test | ||||||
10 | for the detection of
brucellosis and has been so classified | ||||||
11 | after review by the designated brucellosis epidemiologist, or | ||||||
12 | other State and federally approved designee , or if Brucella | ||||||
13 | microorganisms have been found in the body or
in the body | ||||||
14 | discharges.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 76-972.)
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16 | (510 ILCS 30/1.16 new) | ||||||
17 | Sec. 1.16. Designated brucellosis epidemiologist. The term | ||||||
18 | "designated brucellosis epidemiologist" means an | ||||||
19 | epidemiologist who has demonstrated the knowledge and ability | ||||||
20 | to perform the functions required by the U.S. Department of | ||||||
21 | Agriculture and who has been selected as a designated | ||||||
22 | brucellosis epidemiologist by the State Animal Health Official |
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1 | and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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2 | (510 ILCS 30/5) (from Ch. 8, par. 138)
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3 | Sec. 5. When one or more animals in a herd have been | ||||||
4 | classified as reactors
to an official test, the entire herd, | ||||||
5 | except steers, spayed heifers and
calves under 6 months of age, | ||||||
6 | shall be quarantined immediately and the
owner so notified. An | ||||||
7 | accredited veterinarian or a veterinarian in the
employ of the | ||||||
8 | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United
States | ||||||
9 | Department of Agriculture, or any successor agency, shall | ||||||
10 | permanently
hot iron brand each animal classified
as a reactor, | ||||||
11 | within 15 days after classification of such animal as a | ||||||
12 | reactor,
on the left hip
with the letter "B", such letter to be | ||||||
13 | not less than 2 nor more than 3
inches in height, and shall | ||||||
14 | place a special identification tag in the left
ear of such | ||||||
15 | reactor. The veterinarian applying an official test for
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16 | brucellosis shall immediately notify the Department of each | ||||||
17 | such reactor on
forms furnished by the Department, giving the | ||||||
18 | number of the tag placed in
the left ear and the number of any | ||||||
19 | tag in the right ear. Reactors shall be
shipped for slaughter | ||||||
20 | within 30 days of test date, except
that the Department may, | ||||||
21 | upon request, grant an extension of not more than
30 days. | ||||||
22 | Suspect animals which have a history of having aborted and are
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23 | from a herd containing reactors may be designated as reactors | ||||||
24 | by the
veterinarian obtaining the blood samples, when approved | ||||||
25 | by the
Department.
Suspect animals in herds under quarantine |
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1 | due to brucellosis infection may
be designated as reactors by | ||||||
2 | the Department if deemed advisable in the interest of
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3 | brucellosis eradication. No person shall remove any reactor | ||||||
4 | identification
tag.
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5 | All animals classified as suspects to an official test | ||||||
6 | shall be
positively identified and their movement restricted to | ||||||
7 | the premises where
found until they are retested and found | ||||||
8 | negative, or identified as
reactors.
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9 | Animals with a positive result to an official test at | ||||||
10 | livestock markets may be slaughtered or returned to the herd of | ||||||
11 | origin only by permit and must remain under quarantine for | ||||||
12 | further evaluation.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 90-192, eff. 7-24-97.)
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14 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
15 | becoming law.
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