Are there testing requirements for private treaty sales?
No. California does not have a trich test requirement on bulls sold via private treaty. This requirement was purposely left of out the regulations because the cattle industry and CDFA felt that uniform enforcement would be difficult to impossible. Additionally, it was felt that there would be more accountability in a private treaty sale to sell a bull free from trich infection because of the face–to–face interaction between buyer and seller. CDFA strongly recommends that all individuals purchasing bulls via private treaty for breeding require bulls to be tested negative for trich at least one time before sale.
