(a) - (c)(No change.) (d)Tuberculosis. No animal with a response to any tuberculosis test is eligible for entry unless that animal is subsequently classified negative for tuberculosis based upon an official tuberculosis test, or is consigned directly to slaughter. (1) - (6)(No change.) (7)TB quarantined area in Michigan. Cervids originating from the TB zone in Michigan that comprises Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Montmorency, Oscoda, Otsego, and Presque Isle Counties and those portions of Iosco and Ogemaw Counties that are north of the southernmost boundary of the Huron National Forest and the Au Sable State Forest. [quarantined area in Michigan. The quarantined area defined by the Michigan Department of Agriculture, effective January 1, 1999, includes all premises located in an area bordered by I-75 to the west, M-55 to the south, and Lake Huron and the Straits of Mackinac to the east and north. The quarantined area includes all of the Alcona, Alpena, Montmorency, Oscoda, and Presque Isle counties, and portions of Cheboygan, Crawford, Iosco, Ogemaw, Otsego, and Roscommon counties as well as any other counties or parts of counties added to the quarantine zone by the state of Michigan.] (A) - (B)(No change.) (8)(No change.)
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed
by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office of
the Secretary of State on December 8, 2004
TRD-200407192 Gene Snelson
General Counsel
Texas Animal Health Commission
Earliest possible date of adoption: January 23, 2005
For further information, please call: (512) 719-0700
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