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)