# Brucellosis; Increased Indemnity for Cattle and Bison
> **Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** · Interim rule and request for comments. · Published 1998-03-31 · Effective 1998-03-24 · 63 FR 15281
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-8305
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 15281
- **CFR reference:** 9 CFR 51
- **Publication date:** 1998-03-31
- **Effective date:** 1998-03-24
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. 98-016-1
## Abstract

We are amending the regulations governing Federal indemnity paid under the brucellosis eradication program to increase the amount of indemnity that may be paid for certain cattle and bison destroyed because of brucellosis. This action will accelerate the eradication of brucellosis from the United States by giving owners sufficient financial incentive to destroy brucellosis-exposed cattle and bison by promptly depopulating brucellosis-affected herds. A number of owners of cattle and bison are reluctant to depopulate their affected herds, thereby increasing the risk of disease spread in the eradication program's last scheduled year.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/03/31/98-8305/brucellosis-increased-indemnity-for-cattle-and-bison)
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