Current through September 18, 2024
Authority: IC 15-17-3-21
Affected: IC 15-17
Sec. 11.
(a) Except
as provided in subsection (c), a person moving swine into the state must
officially identify the swine under the requirements in
345 IAC
1-2.6-4.
(b) A person moving swine into the state must
identify the swine at the earliest of the following:
(1) The point of first commingling the swine
with swine from any other source.
(2) Upon unloading the swine at a livestock
market.
(3) Before transfer of
ownership.
(4) Before arrival at
the animal's final destination.
(c) A person may move swine into the state
without individually and uniquely identifying each animal if one (1) of the
following sets of procedures are followed:
(1)
Using the procedures in section 16.5 of this rule.
(2) The swine are kept as a group during
movement to their final destination and the following requirements are met:
(A) The animals were born on the same
premises.
(B) The animals were
raised on the same premises.
(C)
They are moved directly to a slaughter establishment from the place where they
were raised.
(D) They are not
commingled with swine from any other premises prior to arriving at the
slaughter establishment.
(E)
Approved identification is applied to the swine at the slaughter establishment
or the animals are slaughtered one after another as a group and not mixed with
other swine at slaughter.
(d) Except as provided in this subsection and
subsection (e), swine transported into Indiana must be accompanied by the
following documentation:
(1) A permit must be
obtained from the state veterinarian. The permit number shall be recorded:
(A) on the certificate of veterinary
inspection associated with the permitted animals; or
(B) if a certificate of veterinary inspection
is not required, the owner-shipper statement accompanying the shipment. The
certificate of veterinary inspection or owner-shipper statement with the
correct permit number must be in possession of the person in charge of the
animals during movement. A pre-entry permit is not required when, prior to
moving the animals into the state, a certificate of veterinary inspection in an
electronic form is submitted to the state veterinarian.
(2) A CVI must be prepared for the animal
that meets the requirements of
345 IAC
1-1.5-2. A CVI issued under this section must be
issued within the thirty (30) days immediately prior to the date of movement.
An animal may be moved with another form of documentation, such as an
owner-shipper statement, when authorized by the state veterinarian to
facilitate disease control.
(e) The following types of movements of swine
are exempt from the documentation requirements in subsection (d):
(1) Swine moving within a production system
under the requirements in section 16.5 of this rule.
(2) Swine moving direct to slaughter, or to a
licensed livestock market for resale as direct to slaughter, under the
requirements in section 10 of this rule.
(3) Swine that are moved directly to an
approved livestock facility and accompanied by an owner-shipper statement,
unless the information that is required to be present on the statement is
obtained by the facility upon arrival.
(4) Swine moving directly through the state
en route to another state.
(f) Swine moving into Indiana must be in
compliance with the following disease control requirements:
(1) Brucellosis control in
345
IAC 3-4.
(2) Pseudorabies control in
345
IAC 3-5.1.
(g) A person may not transport any of the
following swine into the state:
(1) Swine
that originate from a herd that has been fed garbage as defined in
345 IAC
1-2.1-1.
(2) Feral swine.
