Tuberculosis.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 9

The following principles shall apply to the disposition of carcasses of livestock based on the difference in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis in swine, cattle, sheep, goats, and equines. (a) (1) When the lesions of tuberculosis are generalized (tuberculosis is considered to be generalized when the lesions are distributed in a manner made possible only by entry of the bacilli into the systemic circulation); (2) When on ante mortem inspection the animal is observed to have a fever found to be associated with an active tuberculosis lesion on post mortem inspection; (3) When there is an associated cachexia; (4) When a tuberculosis lesion is found in any muscle or intermuscular tissue, or bone, or joint, or abdominal organ (excluding the gastrointestinal tract) or in any lymph node as a result of draining a muscle, bone, joint, or abdominal organ (excluding the gastrointestinal tract); (5) When the lesions are extensive in tissues of either the thoracic or the abdominal cavity; (6) When the lesions are multiple, acute, and actively progressive; or (7) When the character or extent of the lesions otherwise is not indicative of a localized condition. (b) (c) (d) (2) When the carcass of a cattle identified as a reactor to a tuberculin test administered by an Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, State or accredited veterinarian is found free of lesions of tuberculosis, the carcass may be passed for cooking in accordance with part 315 of this chapter. (e) (f) (g) (h)

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 9:§ 311.2