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    AN ACT concerning animals.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Bovine Brucellosis Eradication Act 
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is amended  by changing Sections 1.5 and 5 and  by adding Section 
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1.16 as follows:
 



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    (510 ILCS 30/1.5)  (from Ch. 8, par. 134.5)



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    Sec. 1.5. The term "infected animal" or "reactor" means an 
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animal which has
given positive reaction to an official test 
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for the detection of
brucellosis and has been so classified 
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after review by the designated brucellosis epidemiologist, or 
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other State and federally approved designee, or if Brucella 
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microorganisms have been found in the body or
in the body 
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discharges.

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(Source: P.A. 76-972.)

 
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    (510 ILCS 30/1.16  new)
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    Sec. 1.16. Designated brucellosis epidemiologist. The term 
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"designated brucellosis epidemiologist" means an 
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epidemiologist who has demonstrated the knowledge and ability 
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to perform the functions required by the U.S. Department of 
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Agriculture and who has been selected as a designated 
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brucellosis epidemiologist by the State Animal Health Official 
 


 






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and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
 



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    (510 ILCS 30/5)  (from Ch. 8, par. 138)



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    Sec. 5. When one or more animals in a herd have been 
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classified as reactors
to an official test, the entire herd, 
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except steers, spayed heifers and
calves under 6 months of age, 
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shall be quarantined immediately and the
owner so notified. An 
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accredited veterinarian or a veterinarian in the
employ of the 
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United
States 
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Department of Agriculture, or any successor agency, shall 
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permanently
hot iron brand each animal classified
as a reactor, 
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within 15 days after classification of such animal as a 
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reactor,
on the left hip
with the letter "B", such letter to be 
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not less than 2 nor more than 3
inches in height, and shall 
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place a special identification tag in the left
ear of such 
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reactor.  The veterinarian applying an official test for

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brucellosis shall immediately notify the Department of each 
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such reactor on
forms furnished by the Department, giving the 
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number of the tag placed in
the left ear and the number of any 
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tag in the right ear. Reactors shall be
shipped for slaughter 
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within 30 days of test date, except
that the Department may, 
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upon request, grant an extension of not more than
30 days. 
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Suspect animals which have a history of having aborted and are

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from a herd containing reactors may be designated as reactors 
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by the
veterinarian obtaining the blood samples, when approved 
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by the
Department.
Suspect animals in herds under quarantine 
 


 






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due to brucellosis infection may
be designated as reactors by 
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the Department if deemed advisable in the interest of

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brucellosis eradication. No person shall remove any reactor 
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identification
tag.

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    All animals classified as suspects to an official test 
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shall be
positively identified and their movement restricted to 
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the premises where
found until they are retested and found 
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negative, or identified as
reactors.

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    Animals with a positive result to an official test at 
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livestock markets may be slaughtered or returned to the herd of 
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origin only by permit and must remain under quarantine for 
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further evaluation.

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(Source: P.A. 90-192, eff. 7-24-97.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.