Alabama Administrative Code
Title 80 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES
AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY
Chapter 80-3-2 - CONTROL OF PSEUDORABIES IN SWINE
Section 80-3-2-.04 - Requirements After Swine Are Found To Be Infected

(1) Swine found to be infected with pseudorabies shall be quarantined and no animal shall be moved except by permit issued by the State Veterinarian or his authorized agent.

(2) When pseudorabies infection is disclosed in a herd, a herd plan shall be outlined and agreed upon by the herd owner and the animal health official. This plan shall be in effect no later than 30 days after the herd is quarantined. The herd plan will be a written agreement signed by both parties. The purpose of the herd plan is to allow the herd owner to eliminate pseudorabies from his herd with the least possible loss to him in the shortest time frame with the least possibility of spread to other herds.

(3) Pseudorabies infected swine shall be identified with a reactor tag in the left ear.

(4) Pseudorabies infected swine shall be sold for immediate slaughter only to approved slaughtering establishments or sold through an approved livestock market to be sent directly to slaughter.

(5) Pseudorabies infected and exposed swine shall be held separate at livestock markets and shall not have contact with swine that are allowed to return to farms.

(6) All premises where swine are found to be positive to the pseudorabies test shall be cleaned and disinfected where practical to do so under the supervision of the State Veterinarian or his representative at the expense of the owner.

Author: Charles H. Barnes