Ala. Admin. Code 420, ch. 420-3-16, APPENDICES, app A
Copies of the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication: Uniform Methods and Rules (http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/ animal_ diseases/ tuberculosis/downloads/tb-umr.pdf) and Brucellosis Eradication: Uniform Methods and Rules, (http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ animal diseases/ brucellosis/ downloads/umr_bovine_bruc.pdf), current at the time of the adoption of these rules are available electronically using the hyperlinks above or may be obtained from your State Veterinarian:
Dr. Anthony G. Frazier
Animal Industry Division
Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries
1445 Federal Drive
Montgomery, Alabama 36107
or
Veterinary Services
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
U.S. Department of Agriculture 4700 River Road, Unit 43
Riverdale, MD 20737
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health
It is recommended that regulatory agencies initiate and/or promote a mastitis control program. A well-planned and extended educational phase will encourage the support of producers and reduce the problems of enforcement.
The National Mastitis Council (NMC), 421 South Nine Mound Road, Verona, Wisconsin 53593 (www.nmconline.org), has studied a large number of existing control programs and has outlined a suggested flexible control program. In addition, review of the current knowledge of mastitis may be found in their publications: Current Concepts of Bovine Mastitis and Laboratory Handbook of Bovine Mastitis.
Sanitarians may find the screening test a useful device for detecting abnormal milk. Sample screening methods, as well as somatic cell diagnosis and reduction programs are discussed in the references above, as well as the Dairy Practices Council (DPC), 19 Titus Court, Richboro, Pennsylvania 18954 (www.dairypc.org) publication: The Fieldperson's Guide to Troubleshooting High Somatic Cell Counts, DPC Guide Number 18.
Regulatory action should not be based on the use of mastitis screening tests alone. Screening tests should be used as an adjunct to a complete program of mastitis control and milking-time inspections.
Ala. Admin. Code 420, ch. 420-3-16, APPENDICES, app A
Author: G. M. Gallaspy, Jr.
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 22-2-2, 22-20-7.