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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 35. Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry |
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Chapter 15. Animal Industry |
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Subchapter 38. Bovine Trichomoniasis |
SECTION 35:15-38-1. Definitions
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- The following words or terms, when used in this Subchapter, shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:"Acceptable specimen" means a specimen determined satisfactory for diagnostic testing by the testing laboratory, including complete documentation."Approved feedlot" means a confined animal feeding operation (CAFO) licensed by the Department."Approved laboratory" means any laboratory designated and approved by the state veterinarian for examining T. foetus samples."Approved veterinarian" means a licensed accredited veterinarian who has complied with all Department regulations and educational requirements, and who has been approved by the Department to conduct necessary tests, vaccinations, inspections, and other duties."Bovine" means any sexually intact male and female animal of the genus bos."Change of ownership" means control of an animal being transferred between two (2) persons by sale, lease, or lending."Commingle" means animals of opposite sex and/or belonging to different owners in the same enclosure or pasture with a reasonable opportunity for sexual contact."Exposed bull" means an untested bull that has had an opportunity to breed exposed female cattle."Exposed female" means a female bovine animal that is sexually intact and sexually mature that could have been exposed to a positive T. foetus bull."Herd" means the group of animals consisting of all male and female bovines over twelve (12) months of age that have commingled during the last twelve (12) months."Negative T. foetus bull" means a bull that qualifies by one of the following:(A) originate from a herd not known to be infected and has had a negative official T. foetus bull test within the last year;(B) originate from a positive herd but has a series of three negative official T. foetus bull tests at intervals of at least one week; or(C) a negative official T. foetus bull test within sixty (60) days prior to entry with no sexual activity for one (1) week prior to the test and between the test and movement."Official T. foetus laboratory testing" means the laboratory procedures that shall be approved by the state veterinarian for culture and identification of T. foetus."Official T. foetus bull test" means the sampling of the preputial content of a bull by a licensed, accredited and trichomoniasis certified veterinarian or a veterinarian from the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry. The test shall be conducted after a one week separation from all female bovine and the bull and sample shall be officially identified and documented for laboratory submission. The test may consist of three (3) culture tests at least one (1) week apart or one (1) Real Time PCR test. Pooled samples are acceptable"Oklahoma trichomoniasis certified free herd" means a herd of cattle that has been determined to be free of bovine trichomoniasis by following the requirements of OAC 35:15-38-4."Pooled sample" means a method of sampling where a sample from each bull is submitted in an individual transport pouch and the laboratory mixes aliquots from up to five (5) samples together to economize the test cost."Positive T. foetus bull" means a bull that has had a positive T. foetus test."Positive T. foetus herd" means the group of all bovines which have had any opportunity for sexual contact in the previous breeding season and in which any male or female animal has had a positive diagnosis for T. foetus."Resident herd of origin" means a group of livestock maintained together as a herd or flock on the same premises for at least four (4) months."Suspect T. foetus bull" means a bull from a positive T. foetus herd that has not yet had three (3) consecutive negative official T. foetus bull tests."Tritrichomas foetus" or "T. foetus" means a contagious venereal protozoan parasite disease of the trichomonas foetus species that frequently results in lifetime infection of male bovidae as an inapparent carrier and causes infertility, pyometra, abortions and reproductive inefficiency in female bovidae."Unacceptable sample" means a sample that is deemed not diagnostic by the official testing laboratory."Virgin bull" means a sexually intact male bovine less than twelve (12) months of age or a sexually intact male bovine between twelve (12) and eighteen (18) months of age that has had no breeding and no potential breeding contact with females."Virgin bull affidavit" means a signed affidavit from the owner, manager, or veterinarian that verifies the bull is between twelve (12) and eighteen (18) months of age and has had no breeding and no potential breeding contact with females.