Cows testing positive for Trichomoniasis will result in quarantine of all breeding bulls in the herd. The quarantine will be released once the bulls have tested negative by PCR. Bulls in Mississippi testing positive for Trichomoniasis shall be subject to the following restrictions.
1. If a confirming PCR test is timely requested then the bull testing positive shall be segregated from all other cattle until the confirming PCR test results are received.2. A bull that has tested positive for Trichomoniasis for which no confirming PCR test has been timely requested or which is confirmed by a second PCR test to be infected with Trichomoniasis shall be immediately isolated from and kept isolated from all other cattle, except for other known infected bulls and shall not be moved except as provided in these regulations.3. An infected bull shall be moved directly to slaughter, or sold directly for slaughter through a livestock market, within 30 days from receipt of the positive results of the original test or the results of the confirming PCR test, whichever is later. a. Movement of an infected bull shall be under a VS 1-27 permit issued by the state veterinarian or his representative.b. The VS 1-27 permit shall accompany the bull upon movement of the animal. 4. If an infected bull has been in a herd with other breeding bulls then the other breeding bulls shall automatically be under quarantine until they have tested negative for Trichomoniasis. All breeding bulls in a herd with a cow found to be positive for Trichomoniasis shall be placed under quarantine until they achieve 2 negative official tests not less than 7 days apart. a. All of the other breeding bulls shall be immediately separated from, and kept separate from, all female cattle and from all virgin bulls or other breeding bulls that have tested negative for Trichomoniasis. b. Each breeding bull that has been in a herd with an infected bull or cow shall remain under quarantine until they have had 2 negative official tests not less than 7 days apart. Test samples shall not be pooled. c. A bull that has tested negative shall be immediately removed from all of the other bulls that have not been tested, or for which the test results have not been received and shall be free of the hold or do not remove order. d. A positive result on any test shall immediately cause the tested bull to be classified as a Trichomoniasis infected bull subject to the restrictions set out in these regulations.e. A PCR test to confirm the presence of Trichomoniasis may be requested in the event of a positive result on a culture test, but the request for the confirmatory test must be made within 5 days of notification of the positive test result. (1) If the confirming PCR test comes back negative then after a 2 nd negative test the bull is considered negative for Trichomoniasis and may be moved as a negative bull(2) If the confirming PCR test comes back positive then the bull shall be considered to be infected and subject to the restrictions set out in these regulations. 2 Miss. Code. R. 101-2-19-106
Miss. Code Ann . § 69-15-3.