Current through September 18, 2024
Authority: IC
15-17-3-21
Affected: IC
15-17-3-13
Sec. 8.
(a) All
feeder pigs sold in Indiana except those exempted by the Indiana state
veterinarian must originate from herds that have been tested for Pseudorabies
and have been found negative by the following method:
(1) Breeding herd test as follows:
(A) All swine in the herd over six (6) months
of age are subject to the test.
(B)
In herds of ten (10) sows or less, all are tested.
(C) In herds of eleven (11) to thirty-five
(35) sows, ten (10) are tested.
(D)
In herds of thirty-six (36) or more sows, thirty percent (30%) or thirty (30)
sows (whichever is less) will be tested.
(E) Herd owner is responsible for submitting
the laboratory results on the number of animals indicated to the office of the
state veterinarian.
(F) Purchased
additions are not considered to be part of the herd for monitoring purposes
until sixty (60) days after entry.
(G) The breeding herd must be tested annually
and be found negative prior to the anniversary date.
(2) The effective date is January 1,
1990.
(b) All feeder
pigs sold in Indiana shall be quarantined to the purchaser's premises until
sold for slaughter except the following:
(1)
Feeder pigs directly from a PRV-qualified herd, which are not intermingled with
swine of unknown status.
(2) Feeder
pigs consigned to a licensed concentration point may be moved to feeding
premises within seventy-two (72) hours provided a permit is obtained from the
Indiana state veterinarian. The swine when moved from a concentration point
shall be quarantined to purchaser's premises until sold for
slaughter.
(c) All
feeder pigs sold through markets or feeder pig concentration points shall be
quarantined to the purchaser's premises until sold for slaughter except the
following:
(1) Interstate movement will be
allowed if a letter of permission from the state regulatory official of state
of destination is received by the Indiana state veterinarian.
(2) Lots of feeder pigs may be released for
resale thirty (30) days after being purchased if all swine on the premises have
a negative Pseudorabies test.
(3)
Exigent circumstances as determined by the state veterinarian with special
permit.
(d) Imported
feeder pigs shall originate from a state where the reporting of Pseudorabies is
mandatory and where all known-infected herds are quarantined. In addition,
requirements for all imported feeder pigs shall be as follows:
(1) Quarantined to the premises of the
consignee until sold directly to approved slaughter markets, or consigned to a
licensed concentration point where they may be moved to feeding premises within
seventy-two (72) hours provided a permit is obtained from the Indiana state
veterinarian. The swine, when moved from a concentration point, shall be
quarantined to the purchaser's premises until sold to an approved slaughter
market.
(2) Found negative for
Pseudorabies by:
(A) an annual official
Pseudorabies test on the designated percentage of breeding swine over six (6)
months of age as outlined in subsection (a); or
(B) being shipped from a Stage III, IV, or V
state.
