(510 ILCS 35/5) (from Ch. 8, par. 91)
Sec. 5.
Branding infected animals; quarantine.
All cattle,
bison, sheep, goats, antelope, or cervids that have now reacted or
shall
hereafter react to the
tuberculin test shall, immediately upon such reaction, be marked by
branding on the left hip with a letter "T". The letter shall be not
less
than two nor more than three inches in length, and the animal shall be
tagged in the left ear with a special tag to be furnished by the Department
of Agriculture. It is the duty of the veterinarian applying the tuberculin
test to immediately notify the Department of Agriculture of such reactors,
and to brand and tag such animals as prescribed in this Act.
No person shall remove any such identification tag.
On receipt of such notice the Department of Agriculture shall mail, or
deliver to the owner of such reacting animal a written quarantine notice to
prohibit the movement of such animal from the premises where found, except
for direct shipment to an approved stockyard or an approved slaughtering
establishment, and to further prohibit the movement from the premises of
any other animals in the herd except on written permit from the Department,
until the quarantine is released by the Department. Depositing such notice
in any post office, letter box, or other receptacle erected and maintained
for the receipt of mail is sufficient notice of such quarantine.
The Department may quarantine cattle, bison, sheep, goats, antelope, or
cervids suspected of being infected with
tuberculosis. Suspicion of tuberculosis infection in the herd may be based
upon, but is not specifically limited to, the presence of lesions grossly
indicative of Mycobacterium bovis and confirmed by laboratory examination,
revealed in an animal at time of slaughter or autopsy with a subsequent
trace made to the herd of origin of the animal or, when cattle, bison, sheep,
goats, antelope, or cervids originating
from an infected herd have been sold or transferred to another herd or,
possible contact of cattle, bison, sheep, goats, antelope, or cervids,
either through physical or mechanical means,
with animals from an infected herd, or when tracing and epidemiologic analysis
indicate possible spread from an infected herd. Such quarantine shall remain
in effect until official tests or autopsies fail to disclose the presence
of tuberculosis.
The owner of cattle, bison, sheep, goats, antelope, or cervids under
quarantine shall comply with all quarantine
measures
which are considered necessary by the Department of Agriculture and bear
all expense connected with such quarantine.
(Source: P.A. 90-192, eff. 7-24-97.)
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