# Tuberculosis Testing of Livestock Other Than Cattle and Bison
> **Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** · Interim rule and request for comments. · Published 1998-02-23 · Effective 1998-02-23 · 63 FR 8837
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-4490
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 8837
- **CFR reference:** 9 CFR 77
- **Publication date:** 1998-02-23
- **Effective date:** 1998-02-23
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. 97-062-1
## Abstract

We are amending the tuberculosis regulations to include species of livestock other than cattle and bison in the requirement for two annual herd tests for newly assembled herds on premises where a tuberculous herd has been depopulated. This requirement is necessary because, without testing, such livestock could become infected and spread tuberculosis to the cattle or bison in the herd before the disease was detected in the herd. Adding this requirement to the tuberculosis regulations will help ensure continued progress toward eradicating tuberculosis in the U.S. livestock population.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/02/23/98-4490/tuberculosis-testing-of-livestock-other-than-cattle-and-bison)
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