Indiana Administrative Code
Title 345 - INDIANA STATE BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH
Article 3 - SWINE
Rule 4 - Swine Brucellosis Testing, Control, and Eradication; Validated Brucellosis-Free Herds
Section 4-5 - Quarantine of reactor herds
Current through September 18, 2024
Authority: IC 15-17-3-21
Affected: IC 15-17-9-3
Sec. 5.
Whenever one or more swine from any designated herd are classified as reactors, all other swine located on the premises shall be quarantined.
(1) When swine have been tested for Brucellosis at a livestock auction market (salebarn), community sale, or stockyards and upon the basis of such test that their status as a reactor has been disclosed for the first time, the herd from which the reactor originated shall immediately be placed in quarantine. The reactor(s) shall be permanently identified with an Indiana (Bang's) reactor ear tag, a special Form No. ADE 1-27 or other appropriate forms shall be issued. A copy of this form shall accompany animal(s) to slaughter.
(2) A serum sample of the reactor shall be submitted to Purdue University's animal disease diagnostic laboratory for supplemental tests.
