Committee On Tuberculosis

The purpose of the Committee on Tuberculosis is to provide a forum for the identification, investigation, and evaluation of subjects and issues relating to the eradication of bovine tuberculosis from the animal populations of the United States and North America and to make recommendations and provide guidance through USAHA to industry, state, provincial and national governments for the initiation or modification of policies, procedures, guidelines or regulations as well as the identification and recommendation of diagnostic aids, test procedures, control measures and research needs to assure the successful eradication of bovine tuberculosis from North America.

Committee Members

Committee Member Directory

Related Information

Draft of the Guidelines for Control of TB in Elephants, 2012 Revision -
Comments on the USAHA draft are sought by May 31, 2013 - Please send to Janet.B.Payeur@aphis.usda.gov

Report of the Future of the National Tuberculosis Program - 2009

Draft Guidelines for the Control of Tuberculosis in Elephants - 2010 (revised)

Criteria for Evaluating Experimental Tuberculosis Test Performance for Official Test Status. Revised, 2008

Draft Guidelines for the Control of Tuberculosis in Elephants - 2008

2004 TB Strategic Plan

Reports

Resolutions

2012: Resolution 8: SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH ON MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES IN ANIMALS; Resolution 10: TUBERCULOSIS TESTING OF EXPORT CATTLE AND THE REQUIREMENT FOR A NEGATIVE CULTURE OF MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS FROM HISTOPATHOLOGICALLY NEGATIVE TISSUES
2011: Resolution 13: A MULTI-STATE INITIATIVE FOR MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES IN ANIMALS; Resolution 37: AMENDMENT TO TUBERCULOSIS UNIFORM METHODS AND RULES IN RELATION TO QUARANTINE RELEASE PROCEDURES FOR TB-INFECTED HERDS; Resolution 38: APPROVAL OF THE CERVIDTB STAT-PAK AS AN OFFICIAL TEST FOR THE CERVID TUBERCULOSIS ERADICATION PROGRAM
2010: Resolution 1: FUNDING FOR EVALUATION OF THE CHEMBIO ANTIBODY TEST AS AN OFFICIAL TUBERCULOSIS PROGRAM TEST FOR CERVIDS; Resolution 36: ELEPHANT TUBERCULOSIS GUIDELINES; Resolution 38: NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ERADICATION PROGRAM
2009: Resolution 22: NATIONAL BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS ERADICATION PROGRAM; Resolution 23: EXPEDITED APPROVAL OF NEW BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS ANTIBODY TESTS BY THE CENTER FOR VETERINARY BIOLOGICS
2008: Resolution 47: Fund Expanded Collection of Well-characterized Serum from Cattle and Cervids Routinely Tested for Tuberculosis in Cattle and Cervids to Enhance Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Program; Resolution 48: Change in How Test and Removal Herds Affects the Calculation of the Number of Tuberculosis Affected Herds with Respect to Determining State/Zone Status; Resolution 49: Elephant Tuberculosis Guidelines; Resolution 50: Restricting Imported Feeder Cattle
2007: Resolution 25: Tuberculosis Test Requirement for Rodeo/Event Cattle; Resolution 26: Collection of Serum from Cervids Routinely Tested by the Sincle Cervical Test for Evaluation of the Rapid Test for Tuberculosis in Cervids; Resolution 27: Designation of Tuberculosis Serological Tests for Provisional Status; Resolution 28: Minimum Export Rules for Goats and Swine
2006: Resolution 21: Collection of Serum from Cervids Routinely Tested by the Single Cervical Test for Evaluation of the Rapid Test for Tuberculosis (TB) in Cervids; Resolution 22: Official Identification of Dairy Animals in Interstate Commerce with International Standards Organization Approved Radio Frequency Identification
2005: Resolution 34: Possible Reduction of Federal Tuberculosis Indemnity Monies if Herd Owners Fail to Follow Individual Herd Plans Designed to Prevent Re-Infection; Resolution 35: Restricting Feeder Cattle From Higher-Risk Tuberculosis Areas in Mexico; Resolution 36: Modification of the Interstate Movement Requirements in 9 CFR, Chapter 1, Part 77 and in the January 2005 Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules to Require a Negative Test on Intact Dairy Cattle Over 6 Months of Age
2004: Resolution 24: Strategic Plan for the Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis; Attachment to Resolution 24: The Comprehensive Strategic Plan for the Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis - May 2004