Illinois Administrative Code

Section 75.140 Sale of Quarantined Feeding or Grazing Cattle The sale or transfer of feeding or grazing cattle under quarantine is permitted provided that the original quarantine holder shall, within 10 days, report to the Department such transfer of quarantined animals, giving n…

Section 75.15 Permits to Conduct Official Brucellosis Tests a) A permit to operate a laboratory to conduct blood serum agglutination tests for brucellosis will be issued when the applicant has: 1) Completed a Department permit application and returned it to the Department. 2) Rec…

Section 75.150 Cattle or Bison for Immediate Slaughter Cattle or bison for immediate slaughter accompanied by a consignment and consigned to a recognized slaughtering establishment or markets identified under Section 17a of the Act may be shipped into Illinois without brucellosis…

Section 75.160 Female Cattle 18 Months and Over Female cattle 18 months of age and over, for feeding or grazing purposes only, may enter Illinois if they are accompanied by an official interstate health certificate showing: a) Negative brucellosis blood test conducted at a state …

Section 75.170 Release of Feeding or Grazing Cattle from Quarantine The quarantine on feeding or grazing cattle is released when: a) The owner reports to the Department the shipment of the quarantined animals to a public stockyard or a licensed livestock auction market, OR b) The…

Section 75.180 Cattle or Bison a) All sexually intact cattle or bison transported or moved into the State of Illinois, unless those cattle or bison are consigned directly to slaughter and delivered by the transportation company within the confines of a public stockyards, livestoc…

Section 75.190 Additional Requirements on Cattle and Bison from States Designated as Class B and Class C States a) In addition to other entry requirements, a prior permit must be obtained for all cattle or bison, except those consigned directly to slaughter or calves under 6 mont…

Section 75.20 Reports Required a) The veterinarian is required to report in writing to the Department all brucellosis blood tests within seven days of the date of test. The report must accompany the blood sample and shall be reported on forms furnished by the Department. This rep…

Section 75.200 Slaughter Cattle and Bison from Class B or Class C States a) Prior to movement for slaughter, all test-eligible cattle or bison of unknown status originating in Class B or Class C states in accordance with the Brucellosis Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules (Octo…

Section 75.210 Official Calfhood Vaccination A female bovine animal is recognized as an official vaccinate if the animal is not less than 120 days nor more than 240 days of age when inoculated against brucellosis. Such vaccinations shall be by an accredited veterinarian who shall…

Section 75.220 Recognition of Brucellosis State Status If there are multiple brucellosis classifications within a state, the lowest classification shall be recognized by this Department as the classification for that entire state. State status is not recognized for bison. (Source…

Section 75.30 Tests Conducted at State Expense or for Interstate or Export Shipment The official test for the detection of bovine brucellosis, if tests are made at State expense or for interstate or export shipment, shall be one made by an approved laboratory. Tests of a herd sha…

Section 75.5 Definitions The definitions for this Part shall be as stated in 8 Ill. Adm. Code 20.1. The following definitions shall also apply: "Act" means the Illinois Bovine Brucellosis Eradication Act [510 ILCS 30]. "Registered animal" means an animal for which individual reco…

Section 75.50 Indemnity a) If State funds are available, indemnity will be paid to owners of dairy and breeding cattle which react to the official test for the detection of bovine brucellosis and are destroyed provided: 1) Tests are read at an approved laboratory. 2) A report has…

Section 75.60 Identification of Cattle or Bison a) All purebred or crossbred cattle or bison subject to registration vaccinated with brucella abortus vaccine shall be identified on the report of vaccination by their registration number, or record association approved individual t…

Section 75.7 Incorporation by Reference No incorporation by reference in this Part includes any future amendments, additions or deletions beyond the date specified. (Source: Added at 9 Ill. Reg. 4483, effective March 27, 1985)

Section 75.70 Herds Revealing Reactors a) The entire herd shall be placed under quarantine and the reactor animals shall be immediately isolated from the remainder of the herd. Reactors shall be shipped for slaughter to a public stockyards, or a marketing center, or directly to a…

Section 75.80 Sale of Suspects and Negative Animals From Quarantined Herds Suspects or negative exposed animals from herds under quarantine may be shipped by the owner direct to a recognized slaughtering establishment, a public stockyards, marketing center or to a licensed livest…

Section 75.90 Release of Herds of Cattle or Bison Under Quarantine a) Herds that disclose reactors shall be quarantined until depopulated or official tests indicate brucellosis infection no longer exists in the herd. b) An additional official test of all test-eligible cattle or b…

Section 80.10 Requirements for Illinois Bovine Tuberculosis-Free Accredited Cattle and Bison Herds A cattle or bison herd qualifies as a bovine tuberculosis-free accredited herd when it meets the requirements of the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules for th…

Section 80.110 Breeding Cattle All breeding cattle entering or being exhibited in the State of Illinois from Accredited Bovine Tuberculosis-Free States shall be accompanied by an official certificate of veterinary inspection issued by an accredited veterinarian. No tuberculin tes…

Section 80.120 Tuberculin Tests a) The caudal fold test shall be the official tuberculin test for testing of cattle, bison, sheep, goats, and antelope not known to be infected with, or exposed to, bovine tuberculosis. The caudal fold test shall be applied by accredited veterinari…

Section 80.130 Establishing and Maintaining Accredited Tuberculosis-Free Goat Herds a) General Requirements 1) Accredited tuberculosis-free herd certificates, which shall be valid for one year, unless revoked due to a positive test shall be issued by the Department. 2) Certificat…

Section 80.140 Cervidae a) All cervidae entering Illinois shall comply with the following: 1) Animals originating from: A) Accredited Bovine Tuberculosis-Free Areas shall be negative to two single cervical tests using 0.1 PPD Bovis tuberculin in the midcervical region with readin…

Section 80.150 Goats Goats entering Illinois for any reason, including exhibition, from states or Canadian provinces that are not Accredited Bovine Tuberculosis Free must be accompanied by a health certificate indicating that the animals originated from a herd where a complete ne…

Section 80.160 Testing Requirements for Cattle from Non-Accredited Free Areas or Canadian Provinces Cattle originating from Non-Accredited Free Areas or Canadian provinces that are not tuberculosis free must meet the following testing requirements prior to entry into Illinois: a)…

Section 80.170 Bison Bison entering Illinois for any reason, other than immediate slaughter and including exhibition, must: a) if originating from an Accredited Free State, be from an accredited tuberculosis-free herd, or the individual animal entering Illinois must have had an i…

Section 80.180 Illinois Exhibition Animals Returning from Non-Accredited Free States Any Illinois cattle, bison, cervidae or goats being exhibited in Non-Accredited Free States or Canadian provinces that are not tuberculosis free must be isolated from the remainder of the herd/fl…

Section 80.190 Animals Entering Illinois from Non-Accredited Free States, Canadian Provinces or Areas; Permit Required Any cattle, bison, cervidae or goats entering Illinois for any reason other than immediate slaughter from Non-Accredited Free States, Areas, or Canadian province…

Section 80.20 When Indemnity Will Be Paid on Tests Indemnity will be paid to owners of dairy and breeding cattle, bison or cervidae which react to the tuberculin test administered by accredited veterinarians and are destroyed provided: a) The entire herd is tuberculin tested. Tub…

Section 80.30 Herds Quarantined Because of Suspected Tuberculosis Infection a) Cattle, bison, goat, sheep, antelope or cervid herds or flocks suspected of being infected with bovine tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis) shall immediately be quarantined and the entire herd tuberculin…

Section 80.40 Identification Tags Not To Be Removed No person shall remove identification tags, numbers, or brands from cattle, bison, sheep, goats, antelope or cervidae. (Source: Amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 17070, effective January 1, 1998)

Section 80.5 Definitions/Incorporations by Reference "Accredited Tuberculosis Free State" means any state recognized as an Accredited Tuberculosis Free State as defined under the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules. "Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Uniform M…

Section 80.70 Feeding or Grazing Cattle from Non-Accredited Bovine Tuberculosis-Free States a) All steers and spayed heifers and calves of the beef breeds under 6 months of age from Non-Accredited Tuberculosis-Free States may enter Illinois when accompanied by an official interst…

Section 80.80 Female Cattle – Beef Breeds – 18 Months and Over from Non-Accredited Bovine Tuberculosis-Free Areas or Canadian Provinces Female cattle of the beef breeds 18 months of age and over, for feeding or grazing purposes only, may enter Illinois from Non-Accredited Bovine …

Section 85.10 Reportable Diseases a) Suspected cases of the following diseases shall be reported immediately to the Department: anthrax avian influenza bluetongue brucellosis − bovine, canine, swine, equine, and caprine chronic wasting disease (CWD) − cervids contagious equine me…

Section 85.100 Consignments to Stockyards, Auction Markets or Recognized Slaughtering Centers a) All out-of-state livestock consigned to a public stockyard, an auction market or recognized slaughtering center shall be accompanied from point of origin by a permit issued by the Dep…

Section 85.105 Obligation of Transportation Company and Truck Operators a) Before accepting any livestock or dogs for shipment into the State of Illinois or consigned to points within the State of Illinois, every person, transportation company, or truck operator shall require tha…

Section 85.110 Additional Requirements on Cattle From Designated States Female cattle, except those consigned direct to slaughter or calves under 6 months of age, entering Illinois for feeding purposes from states designated by the USDA as Class B and Class C states under provisi…

Section 85.115 Salmonella enteritidis serotype enteritidis a) The USDA has declared Salmonella enteritidis serotype enteritidis as a communicable disease in poultry. The rules pertaining to Salmonella enteritidis serotype enteritidis located at 9 CFR 145, 146 and 147 (2009) are h…

Section 85.12 Contagious or Infectious Diseases a) The Department will designate a disease as contagious or infectious when it is determined that the disease is a threat to the animal industry. A disease will be considered a threat to the animal industry for any of the following …

Section 85.120 Cervidae a) Elk entering Illinois shall originate from a certified brucellosis-free herd or be negative to a brucellosis card test, standard plate agglutination (SPT) test, or complement-fixation (CF) test conducted within 60 days prior to entry on all animals 6 mo…

Section 85.125 Ratites a) All ratites (i.e., emus, kiwis, cassowaries, rheas, ostriches) entering Illinois shall comply with the following: 1) Be negative to a test for Avian influenza within 10 days prior to importation; 2) Be accompanied by a Certificate of Veterinary Inspectio…

Section 85.130 Vesicular Stomatitis All veterinarians issuing Certificates of Veterinary Inspection for livestock including equine, bovine, porcine, caprine, ovine, and cervidae transported into Illinois from any state with a confirmed diagnosis of vesicular stomatitis within the…

Section 85.135 Requirements for Establishing and Maintaining a Herd Under the Voluntary Paratuberculosis (Johne's Disease) Certification Program a) The following definitions shall be applicable to this Section: 1) "Accredited laboratory" means a laboratory operated by the Illinoi…

Section 85.140 Requirements for Establishing and Maintaining a Herd Under the Voluntary Paratuberculosis (Johne's Disease) Risk Management Program a) The following definitions shall be applicable to this Section: "Accredited laboratory" means a laboratory operated by the Illinois…

Section 85.145 Johne's Disease Positive Animals Any animals found to be positive for Johne's disease on an organism detection (culture) test shall be "J" punched in the left ear within 30 days after diagnosis. The "J" punch shall be no smaller than one inch in height for cattle o…