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 records of ancestry are recorded and maintained by a breed association whose purpose is the improvement of the bovine species, and for which individual registration certificates are issued and recorded by the breed association.  The breed associations recognized by the Department are those recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) (9 CFR 51.1, 2011).

(Source:  Amended at 36 Ill. Reg. 13591, effective September 1, 2012)

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 75.10  Official Classification of the Results of the Brucellosis Blood Test

a)         The official tests and classification of results for the brucellosis blood and milk tests shall be as prescribed in the Brucellosis Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules as approved by the United States Animal Health Association (P.O. Box K227, Suite 114, 1610 Forest Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23228, October 1, 2003) and the USDA and/or 9 CFR 78.1 (2011).

b)         The Buffered Acidified Plate Antigen (BAPA) test or other official test approved by the USDA and Department shall be the official tests used at licensed livestock auction markets in the State. 

c)         The official brucellosis test for cattle or bison imported into Illinois shall be one conducted at an approved laboratory.

(Source:  Amended at 36 Ill. Reg. 13591, effective September 1, 2012)

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)         Received oral instruction on testing procedures from Department personnel.

3)         Completed a check test conducted at a Department-approved laboratory of 100 bovine brucellosis serum samples, with a score of at least 90% accuracy.

b)         Retesting of the person permitted to operate a laboratory to conduct brucellosis tests will occur when tests performed by the permittee fail to disclose three or more reactors as determined by confirmation tests at a Department-approved laboratory.

c)         The Department may suspend or revoke a permit to operate a laboratory when the permittee does the following:

1)         Fails to follow the instructions provided by the Department regarding testing procedures and required testing equipment.

2)         Fails to maintain the laboratory and laboratory equipment in a clean and sanitary condition.

3)         Fails to keep all required reagents, forms and testing supplies under the control of the permittee at all times.

4)         Fails to submit testing records and blood serum samples to the Department as prescribed for confirmatory testing.

5)         Fails retesting as provided for in subsection (b).

(Source:  Amended at 36 Ill. Reg. 13591, effective September 1, 2012)

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 report shall contain the date of the test, a statement of results obtained, the name and address of the owner, together with proper identification of each animal tested.  The identification of a grade animal shall include the predominating breed, sex, approximate age, and ear tag or microchip number.  A purebred or crossbred registered animal shall be identified by its breed, sex, age, and registration number or record association approved individual tattoo or microchip.

b)         The veterinarian shall report in writing to the Department all brucellosis vaccinations of cattle within 30 days of the date of vaccination.

(Source:  Amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 1509, effective January 12, 1996)

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 shall be made at State expense when a reactor has been revealed through the Market Cattle Identification Program. Tests made for interstate or export shipment shall be at owner's expense.

(Source:  Amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 5891, effective April 23, 1984)

Section 75.40  Tests Conducted at Owner's Expense for Intrastate Movement (Repealed)

(Source:  Repealed at 18 Ill. Reg. 1833, effective January 24, 1994)

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 been received from the veterinarian that the entire herd has been officially tested, except calves under 6 months of age and official vaccinates under 24 months of age for beef breeds and 20 months of age for dairy breeds.

3)         Indemnity forms are completed by an accredited veterinarian or a regularly employed State or Federal veterinarian and all the requirements of Sections 4 and 5 of the Act governing the payment of indemnity are observed.

b)         Indemnity will not be paid for reactors disclosed on tests for release of feeder quarantine in accordance with Section 6.3 of the Act or where incomplete herd tests are conducted.

c)         When State funds are available for paying indemnity, the Department shall pay to the owner an indemnity at the rate specified in Section 4 of the Act for each female calf destroyed which was nursing a cow classified as a brucellosis reactor.

d)         Depopulation – When a herd is found to be severely infected as evidenced by disclosure of one or more reactors on 2 or more herd tests, or by more than 10% of the herd being disclosed as reactors on a single herd test, or through bacteriological culture of Brucella abortus from milk or tissue samples from a reactor, the entire herd shall be depopulated; provided, the herd owner agrees to such depopulation and State and/or federal indemnity funds are available to pay for the depopulation.

1)         When the complete herd depopulation procedure is followed, and when State and United States Department of Agriculture funds are available, the State shall pay to the owner of cattle destroyed an indemnity of $50 for any nonregistered animal and $100 for any registered purebred or crossbred animal.

2)         If at any time the United States Department of Agriculture fails to provide indemnity for herd depopulation, the State of Illinois shall, if State funds are available, pay to the owner of cattle destroyed an additional indemnity of $50 for any nonregistered beef animal and $250 for any registered beef or dairy and nonregistered dairy animal.  For the purpose of this Section, "dairy animal" means a female bovine over 20 months of age, which has calved or is within 90 days of parturition and which is a member of a dairy herd used to produce milk for commercial use.

(Source:  Amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 1509, effective January 12, 1996)

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 tattoo or microchip.  All grade or not permanently identified cattle or bison so vaccinated shall be ear tagged in the right ear with an official identification tag.  In addition to the above identification, all animals shall be identified at the time of vaccination by a tattoo in the right ear.  When using an RB-51 vaccine, the tattoo shall show the letter "R", then the Federal shield followed by the last number of the year the animal was vaccinated (example, RV6 would be an animal vaccinated with the RB-51 vaccine in 1996).

b)         All cattle or bison, except permanently identified purebred or crossbred animals, subject to registration in a recognized breed association, tested for brucellosis in the State of the Illinois shall be identified by an official ear tag placed in the right ear.

c)         Purebred or crossbred registered cattle or bison may be identified for test or vaccination by the purebred or crossbred registration number or individual registration breed tattoo or microchip.

(Source:  Amended at 43 Ill. Reg. 4811, effective April 15, 2019)

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 recognized slaughtering establishment, accompanied by United States Department of Agriculture VS Form 1-27 Permit For Movement of Animals and shipment reported to the Department.  Reactors shall not be diverted from the destination listed on the VS Form 1-27, and any other shipping forms must accompany the cattle or bison to their destination.  The buyer of such animals must also ensure that the VS Form 1-27 and any other shipping forms are given to the driver transporting the animals to their destination.

b)         All reactors shall be reactor tagged and branded by an accredited veterinarian or a veterinarian in the employ of the Department or the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service within 10 days after report by the laboratory.  ADE Form 1-23 (Indemnity Claim for Cattle Slaughtered) shall be submitted in duplicate.  Such reactor animals shall be shipped within 15 days after tagging and branding.

(Source:  Amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 397, effective January 1, 1999)

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 livestock auction market, accompanied by Federal Form VS 1-27 to be sold for slaughter only and shipment reported to the Department.  Suspects shall not be diverted from the destination listed on the VS Form 1-27, and any other shipping forms must accompany the cattle or bison to their destination.  The buyer of such animals must also ensure that the VS Form 1-27 and any other shipping forms are given to the driver transporting the animals to their destination.  Such cattle or bison are to be identified by an ear tag supplied by the Department and by branding with a hot iron the letter "S" on the left hip in letters not less than 2 nor more than 3 inches in height, before the animals leave the premises where they are quarantined, except that cattle or bison for slaughter shall be exempt from the "S" branding requirements of this regulation when moved direct from a feedlot on the quarantined premises to a recognized slaughtering establishment in a vehicle which has been sealed by a Department employee, or a person designated by the Department.

(Source:  Amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 397, effective January 1, 1999)

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 bison in the herd is required not less than 6 months after release of the herd quarantine or not less than 10 months after removal of the last reactor.  For the purpose of this Section, "test-eligible" cattle or bison means all cattle or bison 6 months of age or over except steers, spayed heifers, and official brucellosis calfhood vaccinates under 24 months of age for beef breeds or bison and 20 months of age for dairy breeds.

c)         The herd retests shall be conducted at State-Federal expense if funds are available.  The blood samples shall be submitted for diagnosis to an approved laboratory.

(Source:  Amended at 36 Ill. Reg. 13591, effective September 1, 2012)

Section 75.100  Herds Revealing Suspects Only

Only the suspects are restricted, using State Form C-41, and only the suspects need to be retested at 30-day intervals until all suspects test negative.  Retest of suspects shall be conducted at State-Federal expense, provided funds are available.

(Source:  Amended at 8 Ill. Reg. 5891, effective April 23, 1984)

Section 75.110  Identification Tags

No person shall remove identification tags, numbers, brands, ear tags, microchips, or market cattle identification program backtags from livestock except:

a)         Backtags shall only be removed when an animal is blood tested or is slaughtered and a Market Cattle Identification sample collected.

b)         Identification tags shall be removed only when an animal is slaughtered and a Market Cattle Identification sample collected.

(Source:  Amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 1509, effective January 12, 1996)

Section 75.120  Requirements for Establishing and Maintaining Certified Brucellosis-Free Herds of Cattle or Bison

Certified brucellosis-free herds shall be established and maintained in accordance with the Brucellosis Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules as approved by the United States Animal Health Association (P.O. Box K227, Suite 114, 1610 Forest Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23228; October 1, 2003) and the USDA and/or 9 CFR 78.1 (2011).

(Source:  Amended at 36 Ill. Reg. 13591, effective September 1, 2012)

Section 75.130  Feeding or Grazing Cattle

a)         All steers, spayed heifers and calves under 6 months of age may enter Illinois when accompanied by an official interstate health certificate or by a permit from the Department.  A permit may be obtained by telephoning or writing the Department.  Steers and spayed heifers are not subject to quarantine restrictions.

b)         Heifers, untested, over 6 months of age and under 18 months for feeding and grazing purposes only from Non-Brucellosis Class Free States or areas may enter Illinois when accompanied by an official interstate health certificate and a permit from the Department.  They are placed under quarantine at destination and shall be held under quarantine for the period of feeding, not to exceed 12 months, with an extension of 90 days granted on request to the Department. Heifers, untested, over 6 months of age and under 18 months for feeding and grazing purposes only from Class Free States may enter Illinois when accompanied by an official interstate health certificate and will not be placed under quarantine at destination.

c)         The owner shall report to the Department the disposition of heifers that are under quarantine for feeding and grazing purposes.  If those heifers are retained longer than the allowed feeding period, they shall be tested for brucellosis at the owner's expense.  All brucellosis blood tests for release of quarantine shall be conducted at an approved laboratory.

(Source:  Amended at 36 Ill. Reg. 13591, effective September 1, 2012)

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 name and address of person to whom animals were transferred, date of transfer, and number of animals transferred.  There may be one transfer of ownership only.  No second transfer of quarantine will be permitted.  The feeder animals which were transferred will be quarantined to the new owner for the remainder of the feeding period and any extension thereof granted by the Department.

(Source:  Amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 1509, effective January 12, 1996)

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 test or official interstate health certificate.  Such cattle or bison shall not be diverted en route and shall be held in quarantine until slaughtered within 10 days of entry.

(Source:  Amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 17040, effective January 1, 1998)

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 or Federal Laboratory within 30 days prior to entry; or

b)         The animals to be under 24 months of age for beef breeds and under 20 months of age for dairy breeds and officially calfhood vaccinated against brucellosis; or

c)         Originated from a Brucellosis Class Free State, area, or country or a certified brucellosis-free herd.

(Source:  Amended at 36 Ill. Reg. 13591, effective September 1, 2012)

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 owner reports to the Department the sale of the quarantined cattle for immediate slaughter to a person regularly engaged in the slaughter of cattle, or reports the slaughter of the cattle for his own use, OR

c)         The owner reports to the Department the death of the quarantined animals, OR

d)         The Department receives a report of required negative brucellosis blood test conducted by an accredited veterinarian for the release of the quarantine on the animals.  The report of test for release from the quarantine should bear a notation that the test is conducted for quarantine release.  Such test shall be at the owner's expense.  All brucellosis blood tests for release of feeder quarantine shall be conducted at an approved laboratory, OR

e)         The owner reports to the Department the transfer within 10 days of the feeder females.  Name and address of purchaser shall be furnished for transfer of quarantine for remainder of feeding period and any extension thereof granted by the Department.

(Source:  Amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 1509, effective January 12, 1996)

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, livestock auction market or marketing center, shall be accompanied by an official certificate of health showing:

1)         All such cattle or bison over 6 months of age are negative to brucellosis blood test within 30 days prior to shipment; or

2)         All cattle originated from a certified brucellosis-free herd or Class Free State, area, or country, or are bison from a certified brucellosis-free herd. State status is not recognized for bison.  Certified herd number shall be given and the cattle or bison shall be identified by ear tag number, registration name and number, dam's registration number, or record association approved individual tattoo; or

3)         Cattle are official brucellosis calfhood vaccinates under 24 months of age for beef breeds or bison and 20 months of age for dairy breeds.

b)         All unvaccinated heifers over 6 months of age, bulls more than 18 months of age originating from Non-Brucellosis Class Free States, areas, or countries, and bison over 6 months of age moving through an out-of-state auction market or marketing center must be accompanied by an official health certificate showing a negative test for brucellosis within 30 days prior to entry.  Official brucellosis calfhood vaccinates do not need to be tested until they are 24 months of age for beef breeds and bison and 20 months of age for dairy breeds.

(Source:  Amended at 36 Ill. Reg. 13591, effective September 1, 2012)

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 months of age except as further provided for in this Section, entering Illinois from states designated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as Class B and Class C under provisions of the Brucellosis Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules as recommended and approved by the United States Animal Health Association  (P. O. Box K227, Suite 114, 1610 Forest Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23228) and by the USDA (October 1, 2003).  Prior permits shall be obtained by contacting the Bureau of Animal Health and Welfare, Illinois Department of Agriculture, State Fairgrounds, P.O. Box 19281, Springfield, Illinois 62794-9281, telephone 217/782-4944. Information regarding the origin, destination and description of the cattle, along with the number of animals in the shipment, is necessary for obtaining a permit.

b)         Breeding cattle or bison 12 months of age or over from Class B and Class C States shall be placed under quarantine and in isolation until retested and negative to an official test for brucellosis conducted not less than 45 days nor more than 120 days after entering Illinois.  Breeding cattle or bison originating from certified brucellosis-free herds are exempt from this provision.

c)         All female cattle or bison born after July 1, 1985, if more than 4 months of age, except spayed heifers (female cattle or bison may be spayed after entry into Illinois with prior approval from the Department, which will be given upon receipt of the name of the veterinarian who will be performing the operation) or those consigned directly to slaughter, entering Illinois from Class B or Class C States must be official calfhood vaccinates and vaccination status shall be recorded on the official interstate health certificate.  In lieu of calfhood vaccination, cattle from Class B States entering Illinois for feeding purposes only may be identified with a hot iron brand on either hip using the letter F of not less than three inches in height.

d)         Female cattle or bison, except those consigned directly to slaughter, entering Illinois from Class C States shall, in addition to present entry requirements now on file, either originate from a certified brucellosis-free herd or be spayed and be officially identified by a hot iron brand on either hip using an open spade design (e.g., as used in playing cards) of not less than three inches in height.  Certification of spaying by an accredited veterinarian is to be shown on the official interstate health certificate.  Female cattle or bison may be spayed after entry into Illinois with prior approval from the Department, which will be given upon receipt of the name of the veterinarian who will be performing the operation.

e)         Calves under two months of age not accompanied by their dams may be imported from Class C States if they meet the following requirements:

1)         An entry permit shall be obtained on all shipments.  All such calves shall be quarantined until shipped to slaughter or neutered (spayed or castrated).

2)         All calves shall be accompanied by the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (i.e., health certificate) and shall be individually identified by official eartags.  The eartag numbers shall be recorded on the Certificate.

(Source:  Amended at 36 Ill. Reg. 13591, effective September 1, 2012)

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 (October 1, 2003; as recommended and approved by the United States Animal Health Association (P.O. Box K227, Suite 114, 1610 Forest Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23228) and by the USDA) shall:

1)         Be subjected to an official test for brucellosis within 60 days prior to movement from the farm of origin, OR

2)         Be subjected to an official test for brucellosis at the market or stockyards (first point testing), OR

3)         Be permanently identified with a hot iron "S" brand high on the tail head and be accompanied to slaughter by USDA Form VS 1-27, OR

4)         Be accompanied by USDA Form VS 1-27 and moved direct to slaughter in sealed trucks and/or compartments, with no intermediate stops.

b)         For the purpose of this Section, "test-eligible" cattle or bison means all cattle 18 months of age or over, except steers, spayed heifers, and official brucellosis calfhood vaccinates under 24 months of age for beef breeds and bison and 20 months of age for dairy breeds.  Finished fat heifers moving in marketing channels direct to slaughter will not be considered as test-eligible cattle or bison.

(Source:  Amended at 30 Ill. Reg. 10067, effective May 22, 2006)

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 properly identify each animal vaccinated and report all such vaccinations to the Department within 30 days (Section 1.12 of the Act).

(Source:  Amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 1833, effective January 24, 1994)

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:  Amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 17040, effective January 1, 1998)

Section 75.TABLE A  Brucellosis Standard Plate Test of Officially Vaccinated Cattle and Bison (Repealed)

(Source:  Repealed at 18 Ill. Reg. 1833, effective January 24, 1994)

Section 75.TABLE B  Brucellosis Standard Plate Test of Non-Vaccinated Cattle and Bison (Repealed)

(Source:  Repealed at 18 Ill. Reg. 1833, effective January 24, 1994)