001 Statement of Purpose.
These regulations are intended to aid in carrying out the legislative intent and general purposes of the statutes of Nebraska governing the control and eradication of bovine tuberculosis, which statutes may be found at Sections 54-706 to 54-722, R.R.S., 1943.

002 Administration.
These regulations will be administered by the Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Animal Industry, located on the fourth floor of the State Office Building, 301 Centennial Mall South, Lincoln, Nebraska. The mailing address is P.O. Box 94787, Lincoln, Nebraska 68509. The telephone number is (402) 471-2351.

003 Sale, Distribution and Use of Tuberculin.
003.01.   Tuberculin shall not be sold or otherwise distributed in the state, except to an approved veterinarian, and shall not be injected or otherwise applied into or on any animal except by an approved veterinarian. All approved veterinarians who inject or otherwise apply tuberculin to cattle shall submit a report of such tests to the bureau immediately on forms provided by the bureau, which report contains the findings as to the presence or absence of tuberculosis.

003.02.   All animals tested shall be identified as prescribed by the Uniform Methods and Rules, which rules are an appendix to this rule.

004 Infected Herds.
Any herd wherein reactors are disclosed, pursuant to a tuberculin test administered by an approved veterinarian, shall be quarantined immediately on Form A-276A. Each reactor shall be permanently identified by an official reactor eartag applied to the left ear and the letter "T" not less than two (2) inches nor more than three (3) inches high hotbranded on the left jaw. Reactors shall then be shipped to slaughter. Branding, tagging, and shipment to slaughter shall all occur within fifteen (15) days following the reactor disclosure. Following the removal of reactors to slaughter, the remainder of the herd wherein the reactors are disclosed shall be tested as prescribed by the Uniform Methods and Rules described in section 54-714, R.R.S., 1943. (See Appendix 1 to this rule.) When a reactor is disclosed through a post-mortem examination, the herd shall be quarantined as described above and tested according to said Uniform Methods and Rules.

005 Cleaning and Disinfecting.
Premises where tuberculous cattle have been maintained shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected under the supervision of the bureau. The disinfectant to be applied shall be as prescribed by the State Veterinarian, as the facts and circumstances of each situation require.

006 Publications Adopted.
See Appendix 1.

007 Annotation.
Neb. Rev. Stat. §§54-701 to 54-722.