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BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF LIVESTOCK
OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
In the matter of the amendment of
ARM 32.3.104, 32.3.106, 32.3.212,
32.3.501 through 32.3.506, and
adoption of NEW RULE I (32.3.507)
and NEW RULE II (32.3.508)
pertaining to Trichomoniasis and
NEW RULE III (32.3.138), NEW
RULE IV (32.3.139), NEW RULE V
(32.3.140), and NEW RULE VI
(32.3.141) pertaining to Deputy State
Veterinarians
TO: All Concerned Persons
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NOTICE OF AMENDMENT AND
ADOPTION
1. On October 29, 2009 the Department of Livestock published MAR Notice
No. 32-9-198 pertaining to the proposed amendment and adoption of the abovestated
rules at page 1852 of the 2009 Montana Administrative Register, Issue
Number 20.
2. On November 12, 2009 the Department of Livestock published an
amended MAR Notice No. 32-9-198 pertaining to the proposed amendment and
adoption of the above-stated rules at page 2092 of the 2009 Montana Administrative
Register, Issue Number 21.
3. The department has amended and adopted the following rules as
proposed: ARM 32.3.104, 32.3.106, 32.3.212, 32.3.503, 32.3.504, 32.3.506, NEW
RULE II (32.3.508), NEW RULE III (32.3.138), NEW RULE IV (32.3.139), and NEW
RULE VI (32.3.141).
4. The department has amended and adopted the following rules as
proposed, but with the following changes from the original proposal, new matter
underlined, deleted matter interlined:
32.3.501 DEFINITIONS in this subchapter:
(1) through (15) remain as proposed.
(16) "Negative T. foetus bull" is a bull that T. foetus has not been detected in
a prepucial preputial scraping, which has not commingled with female cattle since
that test, and which qualifies by one of the following:
(a) through (d) remain as proposed.
(17) "Official Trichomoniasis test" means the sampling procedure conducted
by a deputy state Trichomoniasis certified veterinarian of the preputial content of a
sexually intact male bovine and submitted to an approved laboratory to identify
Tritrichomonas foetus by in vitro cultivation three weekly cultures, an individual PCR
test, or other test approved by the state veterinarian.
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