The proposed rule is being developed to update testing offered at the Bronson Animal Diagnostic Laboratory and the fee schedule associated with the testing. Industry partners including Pilgrim’s Pride, Florida Cattleman’s Association, Cal-Maine, and ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES

Division of Animal Industry

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

5C-13.0035Definitions

5C-13.004Schedule of Fees

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The proposed rule is being developed to update testing offered at the Bronson Animal Diagnostic Laboratory and the fee schedule associated with the testing. Industry partners including Pilgrim’s Pride, Florida Cattleman’s Association, Cal-Maine, and the Animal Industry Technical Council (AITC) were consulted and they are in agreement with the proposed changes. The lab offers this testing as a service and not as a required regulatory fee.

SUMMARY: To update tests offered by the Bronson Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory and associated fees to fall in line with national standards.

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS AND LEGISLATIVE RATIFICATION:

The Agency has determined that this will not have an adverse impact on small business or likely increase directly or indirectly regulatory costs in excess of $200,000 in the aggregate within one year after the implementation of the rule. A SERC has not been prepared by the Agency.

The Agency has determined that the proposed rule is not expected to require legislative ratification based on the statement of estimated regulatory costs or if no SERC is required, the information expressly relied upon and described herein: The Department’s economic analysis of the adverse impact or potential regulatory costs of the proposed rule did not exceed any of the criteria established in Section 120.541(2)(a), Florida Statutes. As part of this analysis, the Department relied upon the fact that the testing offered at the Bronson Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory is a service provided and there is no regulatory requirement that the lab must be used. Additionally, no interested party submitted additional information regarding the economic impact.

Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 570.07(23), 585.002(4), FS

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 585.61, FS

IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN THE FAR.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Dr. Michael Short, State Veterinarian, [phone]; Fax: [phone]; [e-mail]; 407 South Calhoun Street M7,Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0800.

 

THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

 

5C-13.0035 Definitions

(1) Enhanced Virus Isolation- virus isolation techniques requiring specialized media.

(2) Food and Fiber animals- animal species commonly used as a food source or in food production. Species include cattle, swine, goats, sheep, poultry, captive cervids, alpacas, llamas, and rabbits.

(3) Non-poultry- any of a class of (Aves) of warm-blooded vertebrates distinguished by having the body more or less completely covered with feathers and the forelimbs modified as wings that are not defined as poultry in 5C-13.0035(5) F.A.C.

(4) Other animals- any animal not meeting the definition of Food and Fiber animals, non-poultry, or poultry as defined in 5C-13.0035(2)-(3),(5) F.A.C.

(5) Poultry- domesticated fowl, including chickens, turkeys, ostriches, emus, rheas, cassowaries, waterfowl and game birds (including restocking supplies of game birds), except doves and pigeons, which are bred for the primary purpose of producing eggs, meat, or for breeding these categories of birds.

(6) Surveillance- a form of data recording that encompasses gathering, documenting, and analyzing data to evaluate disease status for disease eradication or control.

Rulemaking Authority 570.07(23), 585.002(3) FS. Law Implemented 585.61 FS. History‒New _______.

 

Substantial rewording of Rule 5C-13.004 follows. See Florida Administrative Code for present text.

5C-13.004 Schedule of Fees.

(1) The schedule of fees for testing provided by the Division of Animal Industry are as provided in Table #1.

 

Table #1

Bacteriology

Test	Cost	Unit
Acid Fast Stain	$7.00	each
Aerobic culture	$10.00	per specimen
Anaerobic culture	$12.00	per specimen
Antimicrobial susceptibility	$10.00	per isolate
Campylobacter culture	$12.00	per specimen
Contagious Equine Metritis culture	$20.00	per swab
Clostridium FA	$15.00	per specimen
Fungal culture	$15.00	each specimen
Fungal Lactophenol Blue Stain identification	$5.00	each specimen
Gram Stain	$5.00	each specimen
Mycoplasma culture (Food and Fiber animal)	$10.00	each specimen
Mycoplasma culture (Other animal)	$15.00	each specimen
Mycobacterium culture	$20.00	each specimen
Salmonella culture	$15.00	each specimen

 

Virology

Test	Cost	Unit
Bovine Viral Diarhhea cELISA (Antigen capture)	$4.50	per specimen (1-5 specimens)
	$3.50	per specimen (6-15 specimens)
	$3.00	per specimen (>15 specimens)
BVD VN	$10.00	per specimen
Canine Coronavirus IFA	$20.00	per specimen
Canine Distemper IFA	$20.00	per specimen
Canine Herpes IFA	$20.00	per specimen
Canine Parvovirus IFA	$20.00	per specimen
Ehrlichia-canis IFA	$20.00	per specimen
Equine Rhinopneumonitis IFA	$15.00	per specimen
Equine Rhinopneumonitis VN	$12.00	per specimen
Equine Viral- Arteritis VN	$12.00	per specimen
Feline Coronavirus (FIP) IFA	$20.00	per specimen
Feline Leukemia virus IFA	$20.00	per specimen
Fluorescent Antibody Test	$15.00	per specimen
Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis VN	$10.00	per specimen
Influenza A IFA	$20.00	per specimen
Lyme Disease IFA	$20.00	per specimen
Parainfluenza-3 (PI3) VN	$10.00	per specimen
Potomac Horse Fever IFA	$15.00	per specimen
Rabies (Other animal)	$40.00	per specimen
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever IFA	$15.00	per specimen
Respiratory Syncitial Virus VN	$10.00	per specimen
Vesicular Stomatitis VN (Indiana & New Jersey strains)	$12.00	per strain
Virus Isolation	$30.00	per specimen

 

Serology (Antibody Detection)

Test	Cost	Unit
Anaplasma cELISA	$7.00	per specimen
Avian Influenza AGID	$5.00	per specimen
Avian Influenza AGID- Surveillance*	$0.00*	per specimen
Avian Influenza ELISA	$2.00	per specimen
Avian Influenza ELISA- Surveillance*	$0.00*	per specimen
Bluetongue AGID	$7.00	per specimen
Bluetongue cELISA	$7.00	per specimen
Bovine Leukosis Virus AGID	$7.00	per specimen
Brucella abortus/suis- BAPA- Export	$5.00	per specimen
Brucella abortus/suis- BAPA- Surveillance*	$0.00*	per specimen
Brucella abortus/suis- Card- Export	$5.00	per specimen
Brucella abortus/suis- Card- Surveillance*	$0.00*	per specimen
Brucella abortus/suis- Rivonal- Export	$5.00	per specimen
Brucella abortus/suis- Rivonal- Surveillance*	$0.00*	per specimen
Brucella abortus/suis- RAP- Export	$5.00	per specimen
Brucella abortus/suis- RAP- Surveillance**	$0.00*	per specimen
Brucella abortus/suis- BRT	$0.00*	per specimen
Brucella abortus/suis- HIRT	$0.00*	per specimen
Brucella canis agglutination test	$15.00	per specimen
Caprine Arthritis- Encephalitis (CAE)/AGID	$7.00	per specimen
Equine Infectious Anemia AGID	$7.00	per specimen
Equine Infectious Anemia ELISA	$15.00	per specimen
Equine Piroplasmosis- Babesia caballi cELISA	$17.00	per specimen
Equine Piroplasmosis- Theileria equi (formerly Babesia equi) cELISA	$17.00	per specimen
Johne’s ELISA	$6.00	per specimen
Leptospirosis Micro- agglutination Test 5	$15.00	per specimen
Mycoplasma gallisepticum SPA	$3.00	per specimen
Mycoplasma synoviae SPA	$3.00	per specimen
Neospora caninum cELISA	$8.00	per specimen
Ovine Progressive Pneumonia (OPP)/AGID	$7.00	per specimen
Pseudorabies Autolex*	$0.00*	per specimen
Pseudorabies gB ELISA*	$0.00*	per specimen
Pullorum disease (PD)/Fowl typhoid SPA	$3.00	per specimen
Synergistic Hemolysis Inhibition (SHI) test (Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis antibody test) Caseous Lymphadenitis and Pigeon Fever	$12.00	per specimen
West Nile Virus (WNV) IgM cELISA	$8.00	per specimen

* Avian Influenza, Brucella and Pseudorabies testing provided at no charge for surveillance

 

Molecular Diagnostics (Antigen Detection)

Test	Cost	Unit
Anaplasma maginale qPCR	$25.00	per specimen
Avian Influenza qPCR (matrix)	$30.00	per specimen poultry may be pooled up to 11 swabs
Avian Influenza qPCR (poultry H5 subtyping)**	$0.00**
Avian Influenza qPCR (poultry H7 subtyping)**	$0.00**
Arboviral Panel qPCR (Zika, Dengue, Chikungunya)	$45.00	pooled mosquitoes (up to 50)
Bluetongue Virus qPCR	$25.00	per specimen
Bluetongue/Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease qPCR	$30.00	per specimen
Border Disease virus qPCR	$25.00	per specimen
Bovine Viral Diarrhea qPCR	$25.00	per specimen
	$30.00	pooled specimens (up to 25 ear notches and 50 serum)
Classical Swine Fever qPCR	$45.00	per specimen
Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus qPCR	$25.00	per specimen
Equine Herpes Virus-1 qPCR	$30.00	per specimen
Equine Herpes Virus-1 qPCR (neurological pathotyping)	$30.00	per specimen
Equine Herpes Virus-4 qPCR	$30.00	per specimen
Equine Respiratory Panel	$90.00	per specimen
Equine Rhinitis Virus A qPCR	$30.00	per specimen
Equine Rhinitis Virus B qPCR	$30.00	per specimen
Influenza A virus qPCR (mammalian)	$30.00	per specimen
Influenza A virus qPCR (H5 subtyping)	$30.00	per specimen
Influenza A virus qPCR (H7 subtyping)	$30.00	per specimen
Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus qPCR	$30.00	per specimen
Johne’s qPCR	$20.00	per specimen
	$30.00	pooled specimens (up to 5)
Koi Herpes Virus Sph PCR	$30.00	per specimen
Koi Herpes Virus TK PCR	$30.00	per specimen
Newcastle Disease Virus qPCR (matrix)	$30.00	per specimen
Newcastle Disease Virus qPCR (velogenic)**	$0.00**	per specimen
Mycoplasma gallisepticum/Mycoplasma synoviae qPCR	$25.00	per specimen
Spring Viremia of Carp PCR	$30.00	per specimen
Tritrichomonas foetus qPCR	$17.00	per specimen
	$30.00	pooled specimens (up to 5)
Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus qPCR	$30.00	per specimen
Zika qPCR	$30.00	pooled mosquitoes (up to 50)
Zika qPCR- Asian type	$30.00	pooled mosquitoes (up to 50)

** For poultry surveillance only

 

Histopathology

Test	Cost	Unit
Biopsy (Microscopic examination)	$40.00	first tissue specimen
	$10.00	each subsequent tissue specimen
Cytology	$30.00	per site
Large/complex dissection	$30.00	per animal
Necropsy in a bottle (Microscopic examination)	$75.00	per animal
Slides/Blocks	$15.00	per block

 

Parasitology

Test	Cost	Unit
Baermann test, lungworm	$8.00	per specimen
Cryptosporidium Direct fluorescent antigen	$20.00	per specimen
Fecal centrifugation sucrose	$10.00	per specimen
Fecal examination- direct smear	$10.00	per specimen
Fecal occult blood	$10.00	per specimen
Fecal sedimentation	$8.00	per specimen
Giardia Direct fluorescent antigen	$20.00	per specimen
Giadria Snap test (dogs and cats)	$15.00	per specimen
Heartworm modified Knott’s test	$10.00	per specimen
McMaster’s egg count	$10.00	per specimen
Parasite identification	$15.00	per specimen
Tick identification	$15.00	per specimen
Trichomonas sp. culture	$10.00	per specimen
Zinc sulfate floatation	$10.00	per specimen

 

Clinical Pathology

Test	Cost	Unit
CBC Food and Fiber animals (without differential)	$10.00	per specimen
CBC Other mammals	$15.00	per specimen
Comprehensive Diagnostic Panel	$30.00	per specimen
Cytology & Fluid Chemistry Analysis	$35.00	per specimen
Equine Chemistry Profile	$20.00	per specimen
Fibrinogen	$15.00	per specimen
Large Animal Profile	$20.00	per specimen
Prothrombin Time/ Activated Partial Thromboplastin- PT/aPTT (dog/cat)	$20.00	per specimen
T4/Cholesterol (Dog, Cat, Horse)	$22.00	per specimen

 

Immunohistochemistry

Test	Cost	Unit
Bovine Viral Diarrhea (ear notch)	$25.00	per specimen
Chronic Wasting Disease	$25.00	per specimen
Leptospira sp. (5-way)	$25.00	per specimen
Scrapie	$25.00	per specimen

 

Necropsy

Test	Cost	Unit
Food and Fiber animal	$100.00	per animal
Other animal	$150.00 + cremation fee*	per animal
Non-Poultry (all birds not defined as poultry)	$50.00 + cremation fee*	per bird
Poultry	$50.00	per accession (accession may include up to 5 individual birds)
Forensics, Research and Insurance Necropsy (any species)	$250.00 + cremation fee*	per animal
Brain removal & large,complex fresh tissue handling	$30.00	per animal
OBEX/RPLN collection	$30.00	per animal
Spinal cord removal	$50.00	per animal
*Cremation Fees	$50.00	< 30 lbs
	$100.00	31 to 150 lbs
	$200.00	>151 lbs

 

(2) Additional fees will be assessed as follows;

(a) Testing of samples originating outside of Florida will be assessed an additional $7.50 per accession.

(b) A processing fee of $2.00 will be applied for mailed reports and duplicate mailings.

(c) Requested testing not available at Bronson Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory will be sent to an accredited laboratory or a lab that can accommodate the request.  These tests will incur additional charges based on the fee schedule of the other lab.

(d) Shipments to outside laboratories will be charged $10.00 per accession.

(e) Enhanced Virus Isolation will be assessed $30.00 for Food and Fiber animals and $60.00 for all non-Food and Fiber animals.

(3) Cremations will not be performed for animals except those received as part of a diagnostic testing submission.

(4) No portion of an animal’s body, ashes, collars, tissues or other articles will be returned following a lab service listed in Table #1 of 5-13.004(1) F.A.C.

(5) Necropsy includes all in-house testing except for rabies test, where no human exposure was established.

Rulemaking Authority 570.07(23), 585.002(4) FS. Law Implemented 585.61(3) FS. History–New 12-25-84, Formerly 5C-13.04, Amended 11-27-88, 5-6-93, 2-21-95, 7-21-99, 7-4-02, _______.

 

NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Dr. Michael Short, State Veterinarian

NAME OF AGENCY HEAD WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Adam H. Putnam, Commissioner of Agriculture

DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: 08-18-17

DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAR: 10/12/2017