OAR 603-011-0550
Procedure for Handling Bovine and Bison Reactor or Suspect Animals


(1)

If a reactor animal is confirmed by any official brucellosis test, the reactor animal must be identified, branded, tagged, and slaughtered as provided by law or regulations promulgated thereunder. No owner, of such reactor animal, who is eligible and who desires to receive indemnity shall receive such indemnity unless the reactor is identified, branded, tagged, appraised, and slaughtered. All brucellosis reactors shall be branded with a “B” on the left jaw. The brand must be at least two inches in height, and shall be a hot iron brand. In addition to the brand, the reactor shall be tagged in the left ear with a reactor tag.

(2)

Except as provided in this section, a reactor animal to the brucellosis test must be sold by the owner for immediate slaughter to a slaughter establishment, having federal meat inspection, either direct or through a state-federal approved licensed auction market, having federal meat inspection within 15 days from the date of the written notice of such infection to the herd owner, or killed and buried, or sent to a rendering plant.

(3)

If the owner of the reactor animals claims indemnity for the slaughter of such animals, as provided by law, the reactor shall be slaughtered at a slaughter establishment having federal meat inspection within 15 days of the date of appraisal.

(4)

With the written approval of the Department and USDA, a reactor may be retained by the owner for an additional 15 days provided the animal is slaughtered in not more than 30 days from the date the owner received notice the animal was infected, or the date the reactor animal was appraised, as the case may be. No reactor animal may be retained unless it can be effectively isolated from all non-infected animals and the reason for retention is deemed justifiable by the Department and federal officials.

(5)

It shall be unlawful for any person or owner to slaughter or dispose of any reactor animal in any way except to sell such animal direct to slaughter as authorized by law or regulations promulgated thereunder, or unless disposal of such animal has otherwise been approved by the Department. In the event brucellosis reactors are killed on the ranch for the owner’s consumption, proof of slaughter must be provided to the Department.

(6)

Reactors to the brucellosis test shall not be retested without specific approval of the Department.

(7)

Suspects to the brucellosis blood test shall be quarantined and shall be retested between 30 to 60 days after the last test. If retest is negative, the quarantine on such suspect shall be released. If after at least two retests, the titer to brucellosis test continues, the Department may determine disposition of this animal.

(8)

Animals identified as suspects, as a result of a blood test at an auction market, will be handled in accordance with Uniform Methods and Rules, current.

(9)

At the discretion of the Department, it may pay indemnity on vaccinated animals showing a suspicious reaction to the official blood test for brucellosis, provided such animals are from a brucellosis-infected herd and their removal will facilitate eradication of disease from the herd.

Source: Rule 603-011-0550 — Procedure for Handling Bovine and Bison Reactor or Suspect Animals, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=603-011-0550.

603–011–0053
Hazardous Animal Vaccines
603–011–0201
Veterinarian’s Inspection Fees
603–011–0212
Diseases Reportable by Veterinarians
603–011–0250
Definitions
603–011–0255
Importation of Animals Into Oregon
603–011–0256
Importation of Animals
603–011–0263
Grazing Permit for Oregon Cattle
603–011–0264
Grazing Permit for Cattle From Other States
603–011–0265
Importation of Cattle
603–011–0270
Importation of Cattle: Brucellosis Testing and Vaccination Requirements
603–011–0275
Importation of Bison
603–011–0281
Importation of Cattle
603–011–0305
Importation of Horses, Mules, and Asses or Other Equidae: Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA)
603–011–0310
Importation of Swine
603–011–0340
Importation of Sheep and Goats
603–011–0345
Importation of Sheep
603–011–0370
Importation of Dogs and Cats
603–011–0375
Importation of Poultry
603–011–0376
Exotic Newcastle Disease, Emergency Quarantine and Movement Restricitions
603–011–0380
Importation of Domestic Fur-Bearing Animals and Animals in Captivity
603–011–0381
Importation of Nonhuman Primates
603–011–0382
Importation of Wildlife and Cervids
603–011–0384
Definitions
603–011–0386
Scrapie Program Standards: Adoption of References
603–011–0388
Identification of Sheep and Goats
603–011–0392
Importation of Scrapie Infected, Exposed, Suspect, or High Risk Animals
603–011–0394
Reporting Scrapie Positive Tests
603–011–0396
Condemnation and Destruction of Scrapie Infected or Exposed Animals
603–011–0398
Management of Exposed or Infected Flocks
603–011–0402
Cleaning and Disinfection
603–011–0420
Turtles
603–011–0500
Definitions
603–011–0505
Maintaining Certification for Brucellosis-Free Area
603–011–0510
Special Provisions Relating to Brucellosis
603–011–0515
Procedure for Brucellosis Testing
603–011–0525
Brucellosis Vaccination Procedure
603–011–0530
Brucellosis Testing Procedure for Goats
603–011–0535
Tuberculosis Testing Procedure
603–011–0540
Paratuberculosis (Johne’s Disease) Testing Procedure
603–011–0545
Procedure for Identification of Animals Tested for Brucellosis, Tuberculosis and Paratuberculosis
603–011–0550
Procedure for Handling Bovine and Bison Reactor or Suspect Animals
603–011–0551
Procedure for Brucellosis Testing of Swine
603–011–0555
Procedure for Disinfecting Premises Following Removal of Reactor Animals
603–011–0560
Quarantined Herds: Brucellosis
603–011–0565
Procedure for Handling and Processing Claims for Indemnity to Be Paid on Reactor Animals
603–011–0570
Miscellaneous Provisions
603–011–0601
Definitions
603–011–0606
Procedure for Official Test and Quarantine
603–011–0610
Definitions
603–011–0615
Importation Requirements
603–011–0620
Procedures
603–011–0630
Certification for Testing and Diagnosis
603–011–0680
Mink Vaccine Surveillance
603–011–0700
Definitions
603–011–0701
Hybrid Crossed Animals
603–011–0705
Permit Application, Issuance, and Renewal
603–011–0706
Crocodilians — Special Requirements
603–011–0710
Felines — Special Requirements
603–011–0715
Bears — Special Requirements
603–011–0720
Non-Human Primates — Special Requirements
603–011–0725
Exotic Canines — Special Requirements
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

Rule 603-011-0550’s source at or​.us