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Why is official ID necessary?
Health papers for shipment/sale, insurance, official testing, medical records
Official ID for cattle
metal ear tags, animal ID tattoo (breed registry), individual ID brand
Official ID for swine
metal ear tags, plastic tag w/ 9 character system, ID tattoo (breed registry), ear notching (breed registry)
Official ID for horses
color & markings (coggins paper), lip tattoo (TB racers), animal ID brand, scars & markings
Official ID for sheep & goats
Scrapie tags (interstate movement), animal ID tattoo (breed registry)
Official ID for small animals
chips, name, sex, breed, age, tattoo
What do all of the following ID pieces have in common? Cattle tattoo, swine tattoo, swine ear notching, sm ruminant tattoo
breed registry
Which sheep do NOT need a scrapie tag
NO interstate movement or going straight to slaughter, or <18months
USA brucellosis status
US domestic cattle & swine are free (2000), found in Montana bison herd (2010), cattle reactor in Wyoming (2010), last confirmed case in cattle: Idaho 2009
4 components of surveillance/testing program for brucellosis
market cattle & swine testing (discontinued in 2000), slaughter test, milk ring test, abortion workups
cattle non-vaccinated "Certified Brucellosis Free Herd" =
negative whole herd test of all breeding animals (>8mo); tested yearly
Vaccinated "Certified Brucellosis Free Herd" in cattle
Beef: tested >24mo; Dairy: tested >20 months
Swine non-vaccinated "Validated Brucellosis Swine Free Herd"
Whole herd negative test of all breeding animals (>6mo); sampled quarterly to maintain status
Age of cattle Brucellosis vax (VA/PA)
ONLY 4-12 month old heifers
Age of cattle Brucellosis vax (MD)
ONLY 4-8 month old heifers
Currently recommended Brucella vax
2 ml of RB 51, SQ, tattoo or specific ear tag in R ear
Brucella ear tag
R ear or DHIA tag #
Brucella tattoo
R ear, RV and last digit of year; green ink, DVM shield
USA tuberculosis status
13 infected herds in 2010; 11 beef, 2 dairy, most assoc w/ cervid strain
All states are declared free of cattle TB except:
California, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico. All are "modified accredited advanced"
"Modified accredited advanced" =
parts of the state are free of TB
TB Accredited Free Herd
negative yearly test of all breeding animals: >8 mo old initially, then, > 2 years old and new additions >8mo.
TB test in cattle, sm ruminant
0.1ml of PPD intradermally in caudal tail fold; comparative cervical testing
PPD =
purified protein derivative
TB test in swine
0.1ml of PPD intradermally at lips of vulva or base of ear
Reading of TB test in cattle
72 hrs +/- 6 hours
Reading of TB test in swine
48 hrs +/- 6 hours
What must be done when any TB test is evaluated?
Must visualize and palpate the injection site.
When a DVM palpates a swelling 72 hours after a cattle TB test, what should he/she refer to the animal as?
a "reactor"
What is the false positive rate for TB tests?
1 in 100
"Qualified pseudorabies free herd" =
Whole herd negative test of all breeding animals (>6mo); 25%of herd tested (bled) quarterly to maintain status (complete herd each year)
Status of pseudorabies in USA
Domestic herd is free as of Oct. 2004; wild pigs = big concern
Pseudorabies screening test
Latex agglutination
Pseudorabies confirmation test
Serum neutralization
How long are health papers good for?
30 days
What are health papers needed for?
Movement across state lines
DVM requirements with health papers
Must see each individual animal, fill out completely
Who must review health papers for international animal travel?
federal vet
How do you find out a state's requirements for importation of animals?
call state vet office for the arrival destination