Section 40.100  Brucellosis Test

a)         Except as otherwise provided in 8 Ill. Adm. Code 40.110 and 40.120, no female cattle more than 6 months of age or bulls over 18 months of age shall be sold unless such cattle have been tested for brucellosis and were found negative within 60 days prior to sale.  Such test shall be recognized for one change of ownership or premises only within the 60-day period, except that such cattle may change ownership or premises one or more times in the 14-day period immediately following the negative test.

b)         The livestock auction market veterinarian shall submit a copy of the Brucellosis Test Record, Market Cattle Testing Program, VS Form 4-54 and all blood samples to the State-Federal Serology Laboratory, Springfield, Illinois, following each sale.

(Source:  Amended at 30 Ill. Reg. 16576, effective October 9, 2006)