Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) General
Requirements
1) Validated brucellosis-free
herd certificates are issued cooperatively by the Department and the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service.
2)
Validation shall be extended upon evidence of compliance with the requirements
for maintenance of a validated brucellosis-free swine herd as provided in this
rule.
3) All blood samples for
validation or revalidation shall be collected by an accredited veterinarian and
shall be submitted for diagnosis to an approved laboratory. Information
concerning approved laboratories can be obtained from the Department. The
veterinarian should indicate on each test chart that the test is being
conducted to qualify a swine herd for validation or revalidation.
4) Initial tests to qualify for validation
shall be made at owner's expense except as specified under subsection (b)(2) of
this Section.
5) A "validated herd"
shall consist of at least 5 animals and shall be considered as including all
animals in the herd 6 months of age or over. All swine being held for feeding
purposes, separate and apart from breeding swine, are exempted from herd test
requirements.
6) Any purebred
animal OR any inbred or hybrid animal registered with a livestock registry
association shall be identified by registration number, registry association
approved individual tattoo, ear notch, or an ear tag. Any grade animal shall be
identified by an ear tag or tattoo. If any animal is retagged between tests,
the identification of the previous test shall be shown on the test chart
opposite new retag number.
b) To Qualify for Validation
1) Herds which have shown no previous
infection may be validated upon completion of one negative herd test of all
breeding swine 6 months of age and over. Validation applies to all offspring,
including Specific Pathogen-Free (SPF) pigs from such herds.
2) When reactors are disclosed in a herd in
the process of becoming validated, the entire herd is placed under quarantine
and the reactors shall be immediately isolated from the remainder of the herd.
The reactor animals shall be tagged in the left ear with a reactor
identification tag, disposed of within 15 days of report by the laboratory, a
report of disposal made to the Department, and the entire herd subjected to
brucellosis retests at intervals of not less than 30 nor more than 90 days.
Quarantine will be released upon completion of one negative complete herd test;
completion of two consecutive negative complete herd tests will qualify a herd
for validation. (Complete herd retest for release of quarantine shall be at
State expense, provided funds are available.)
c) Maintenance Requirements
1) Validated brucellosis-free herd status is
maintained by subjecting all swine over 6 months of age in the herd to an
official brucellosis serologic test at least once each year (this shall be
accomplished by testing 25 percent of swine over 6 months of age every 80 to
105 days and finding all swine so tested negative, or by testing 10 percent of
the swine over 6 months of age each month and finding all swine so tested
negative). No swine may be tested twice in one year to comply with the 25
percent requirement nor twice in ten months to comply with the 10 percent
requirement. If the members of the validated herd are maintained on more than
one premises, 25 or 10 percent of the swine on each premises shall be retested
as required. If the 25 or 10 percent retests are not conducted when due, the
revalidation requirements shall then be the same as for initial
validation.
2) Reactors:
If reactors are disclosed on the 25 percent quarterly or 10
percent monthly est, the herd will be quarantined and the validated herd status
suspended until a herd test is conducted. Such test may be at State expense,
provided funds are available. The herd test should be conducted within 30 days
of disclosure of the reactor. A negative test will qualify the herd for release
of quarantine and revalidation. If additional reactors are disclosed, the herd
will be considered again in the process of validation as under subsection (b)
(2) of this Section.
3)
Additions to Validated Brucellosis-Free Swine Herds:
A) Native Animals:
i) Animals originating directly from a
validated herd in good standing, without test (owner shall furnish proof of
same to the Department), or
ii)
Animals from non-validated herds provided they have passed a negative test
within 60 days and are held in isolation from the validated herd until passing
a second negative test at least 60 days but not more than 90 days after the
first test in the case of boars, or open gilts, or after farrowing in the case
of bred sows and gilts.
B) Animals From Out-of-State: All animals
from out-of-state accompanied by an approved interstate health certificate,
showing compliance with Illinois entry requirements as defined in Section 4 of
the Act, may be added to a validated herd, if they qualify as follows:
i) Animals originating directly from a
validated herd in good standing, without test (owner shall furnish an official
health certificate to the Department), or
ii) Animals from non-validated herds provided
they have passed a negative test within 30 days prior to addition, and are held
in isolation from the validated herd until passing a second negative test at
least 60 days but not more than 90 days after the first test, in the case of
boars and open gilts, or after farrowing in the case of bred sows and
gilts.
C) Additions are
not recognized as a part of the validated herd until the required negative
retests have been reported to the Illinois Department of Agriculture.
d) Segregation of
Feeding Animals
All swine brought on to the farm for feeding purposes shall be
segregated from the breeding herd.