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381. Regulation of the Federal Minister of Health for the Amendment of the Bovine Tuberculosis Regulations
On the basis of § § 1 (6), (2c) and (23) of the Animal Health Act (TSG), RGBl. No 177/1909, as last amended by the Federal Law BGBl. I n ° 36/2008 and the Federal Law BGBl. I n ° 3/2009, as well as § 55 of the German Consumer Protection and Consumer Protection Act (LMSVG), Federal Law Gazette (BGBl). I n ° 13/2006, as last amended by the Federal Law BGBl. I n ° 52/2009, shall be ordered:
The bovine tuberculous system, BGBl. II No 322/2008, as last amended by BGBl. II No 384/2008, shall be amended as follows:
1. § 1 (3) reads:
"(3) Fallen and not for the purpose of meat production are bovine animals aged two years and older-according to a risk-based sampling plan defined by the Federal Minister of Health, which is in the" Official Veterinary News " -by the local official veterinarian or by a suitably trained and officially designated veterinarian at the earliest possible date at the point where the competent local authority is responsible, respectively. in the intermediate treatment operation, in the case of direct delivery to a BGBl in accordance with § 3 of the Animal Material Act. I No 141/2003, authorised processing operations in the same, on pathological-anatomical signs of tuberculosis in the sense of the Annex 4 to be examined .
2. § 1 (4) reads:
'(4) The Federal Minister for Health shall, on the basis of the epidemiological situation, designate an area through the presentation of the' Official Veterinary News 'for a period of time to the' Tbc Special Search Area ', the stocks of the shall be tested by means of Tbc-Test in the period specified in the customer's notice. "
3. In accordance with Article 1 (4), the following paragraph 5 is added:
"(5) The Federal Minister of Health, on the basis of the epidemiological situation, shall determine an area by means of the presentation in the" Official Veterinary News "for a specific period to the" Tbc Special Surveillance Area ", so that all the animals in the territory of the shall be subject to a Tbc test until a period of time specified in the customer's agreement has been established. In addition, all lactating animals-at the same time as the animals introduced-are to be tested by means of a Tbc test in stocks in which such animals were introduced in the time period specified in the customer's presentation. "
4. § 2 Z 3 reads:
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Tbc test: Intracutaneous test using simultaneous test (simultaneous application of bovine and avian tuberculin) or examination by means of gamma-interferon assay (blood test) and-only in the case of post-investigations in the sense of the present Regulation-also intracutaneous test by means of monotest Annex 3 , in the national reference laboratory according to OIE's manual with standards recommendations on investigation methods and vaccines, current edition. " |
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5. § 2 Z 7 reads:
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Contact stock: stock which, during the last year, has been in contact with animals of a herd in which the disease was detected, provided that the contact was not carried out exclusively with animals of the disease in which the disease occurred at the time of the Contact with Tbc can be ruled out in accordance with the findings of the official veterinarian in the infected holdings and the result of the epidemiological surveys carried out by the official veterinarian in the presumed contact stock. " |
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6. § 2 Z 10 reads:
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Isolation and differentiation as well as typification of mycobacteria: isolation in the culture test and differentiation of mycobacteria according to the procedures according to the OIE manual with standards recommendations on investigation methods and vaccines, current edition as well as the typification of the agent. " |
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7. § 2 Z 12 reads:
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PCR investigation: Investigation into the detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex by means of polymerase chain reaction, enzyme-dependent method for the reproduction of certain gene sequences within a present DNA chain. " |
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8. In accordance with § 2 Z 14, the following Z 15 is added:
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Direct shipment to the slaughterhouse: a shipment to the slaughterhouse in which it is ensured that the animals do not have contact with animals from herds with other health status either during transport or at the slaughterhouse. " |
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9. According to § 7 Z 2 the following Z 2a is inserted:
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If the suspected stock is a stock of fattening or a stock in which fattening animals and dairy cows are held together, the clinical examination and the Tbc test in fattening animals shall be carried out at the latest when the isolation is carried out in accordance with Z 8 positive. In the case of dairy cows and fattening animals, this procedure shall be permitted only if the official veterinarian is informed, on the basis of the possibilities of separating both groups of users, under the terms of the corresponding spatial and/or spatial conditions. Separation of usage groups is approved. In any case, dairy cows shall be immediately clinically examined by the official veterinarian for signs of Tbc and undergo a Tbc test. Pending the outcome of the Tbc test for all animals of the herd, the stock shall in any case be blocked for the circulation of animals and animals may only be transported directly to slaughter after the authorisation of the veterinary surgeon. Such animals are in accordance with § 3 (1) of the meat examination ordinance 2006, BGBl. II No 109/2006, idgF, to slaughter (special slaughter), where appropriate the submission of sample material pursuant to § 7 Z 1 (pathological-anatomically suspicious finding) is to be made. The stock is officially free again if: |
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the isolation according to Z 8 results in a negative result, or |
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all the animals of the stock have been supplied to a special slaughter and the premises and the premises are subjected to cleaning and disinfection after removal of the last animal under official control and the proper implementation the cleaning and disinfection has been officially checked. " |
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10. § 9 (1) (2) is:
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If no clinically suspect animals are found and the Tbc test is negative for all the animals of the herd, the Tbc suspicion is eliminated; the suspension of the officially tuberculosis-free status shall be lifted by the authority. " |
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11. § 9 para. 2 Z 2is:
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If no clinically suspect animals are found and the Tbc test is negative for all the animals of the herd, the Tbc suspicion is eliminated; the suspension of the officially tuberculosis-free status shall be lifted by the authority. " |
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12. § 10 Z 1 and 2 are:
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The following shall be done in the contact stock: |
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In the contact stock (suspected stock), all animals must be immediately clinically examined by an official veterinarian and subjected to a Tbc test. |
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If the stock has been officially tested by Tbc tests less than 60 days after the last contact with the positive stock, all the animals of the stock shall be re-established by an official veterinarian at least 60 days after the last contact with the positive stock. to be clinically tested and to undergo a Tbc test. Until the result of the new Tbc examination, the milk from animals of such stocks is shown to be treated in accordance with the requirements of Annex III, Section IX, Chapter I, Z 3 lit. (a) to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004. |
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If a Tbc examination of all the animals of the stock in the sense of lit. a more than 60 days and less than four months after the last contact with the positive stock, and the investigation was negative for all the animals of the stock, the stock is considered to be according to lit. a. |
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If a Tbc examination of all the animals of the stock in the sense of lit. a more than six months after the last contact with the positive stock, and the investigation is negative for all the animals of the herd, the Tbc suspicion is eliminated; the withdrawal of the officially tuberculosis-free status is from the Authority. |
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In the case of a pathological-anatomical examination at an investigative site of the AGES, the Landesanstalt Klagenfurt or a slaughterhouse, in the positive stock with which the stock had been in contact, no information was given on the existence of an open form. of tuberculosis and a Tbc examination of all the animals of the population in the sense of lit. a more than four months after the last contact with the positive stock, the investigation is negative for all the animals of the herd, the Tbc suspicion is eliminated; the withdrawal of the officially tuberculosis-free status shall be repealed by the Authority. |
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If the Tbc test in accordance with Z 1 lit. a, b or c is negative for all the animals of the stock, all the animals of the stock shall be subjected to a further regulatory examination by means of a Tbc test, which shall be tested at the earliest six months after the last contact with the test. a positive stock, but not later than 12 months after the investigation in accordance with Z 1 (post-examination). In the case of a pathological-anatomical examination at an investigative site of the AGES, the Landesanstalt Klagenfurt or a slaughterhouse, in the positive stock with which the stock had been in contact, no information was given on the existence of an open If the form of tuberculosis is found, this post-examination must be carried out at the earliest two months, but not later than four months after the investigation according to Z 1. " |
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13. Annex 1 is deleted.
14. Annex 2 is deleted.
15. The title of Annex 3 is:
"Intracutan-simultaneous test (simultaneous application of bovine and avian tuberculin) and Intracutan-Monotest"
(16) In Annex 3, the following text is added:
" Implementation of the Intracutan-Monotest:
It is appropriate, except for the provisions concerning the administration of avian tuberculin, to proceed as in the implementation of the simultaneous test.
Evaluation of the official Intracutan-Monotest:
| a) Negative reaction |
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A negative reaction of the intracutant monoassay is present if only a limited swelling of the skin fold thickness is not more than 2 mm and no clinical changes such as widespread or extended oedema, serous sweating, obedience, Pain sensitivity or inflammation of the lymphatic vessels in the vicinity of the injection site or the lymph nodes are to be determined.
| b) Dubious reaction |
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A dubious reaction occurs when swelling of the skin fold thickness is 2 to 4 mm, and no clinical changes are observed.
| c) Positive response |
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A positive reaction occurs when clinical changes in the sense of lit. a) or a swelling of the skin fold thickness at the injection site by more than 4 mm.
A further test of animals by means of Intracutan-Simultantest or Intracutan-Monotest may be carried out at the earliest after 42 days. "
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