(2) Approved identification.
a.
Breeding swine.
(1) Ear tags or tattoos with an alphabetic or
numeric system to provide unique identification for each animal.
(2) Ear notches or ear tattoos, if applied
according to the standard breed registry system.
(3) Electronic devices, other devices, or
marks which, when applied, will permanently and uniquely identify each
animal.
(4) Breeding swine
qualified to move intrastate without individual tests may move without unique
identification of each animal, if they are all identified as a group to the
herd of origin by an official premises tattoo.
b.
Feeder swine.
(1) Ear tags or tattoos with an alphabetic or
numeric system to provide unique identification with each herd, each lot, or
each individual swine.
(2)
Electronic devices, other devices, or marks which, when applied, will provide
permanent identification with each herd, each lot, or each individual
swine.
c.
Restricted movement swine.
(1) All
infected herds not on an approved herd cleanup plan shall only move swine
directly to slaughter by restricted movement. All animals from infected herds
must move by restricted movement to slaughter (slaughtering plant or fixed
concentration point) or to an approved premises detailed in the herd cleanup
plan. The department may, until a herd plan is approved and showing progress,
require the movement of all slaughter swine by "direct movement," to slaughter
only, by a Permit for Restricted Movement to Slaughter which provides a
description of the animals, the owner, the consignee, the date of movement, the
destination, and the identification or vehicle seal number if applicable. These
"restricted movement to slaughter only swine" shall be individually identified
by approved metal ear tags applied at the farm of origin, if required. The
transportation vehicle must be sealed at the farm of origin. This seal shall be
applied by an accredited veterinarian. This seal shall be removed by an
accredited veterinarian, USDA official, department official, or the person
purchasing the swine upon arrival of the consignment at the destination
indicated on the Permit for Restricted Movement to Slaughter.
The ear tags shall have an alphabetic or numeric numbering
system to provide unique identification with each herd, each lot, or each
individual swine. They shall be applied prior to movement and listed on the
Permit for Restricted Movement to Slaughter, if required. This Permit for
Restricted Movement to Slaughter shall be issued and distributed by an
accredited veterinarian as follows:
1.
Original to acCornpany shipment.
2.
Mail a copy to the department.
3.
Veterinarian issuing permit will retain a copy.
(2) The vehicle sealing requirement may be
waived by the department. Written application for waiver must be directed to
the state veterinarian's office, and written waivers may be granted for herds
in Cornpliance with an approved herd cleanup plan. The minimal requirements for
granting a waiver shall be:
1. No clinical
disease in the herd for the past 30 days.
2. Cornplete herd vaccination
documentation.
3. Cornpliance with
herd plan testing requirements.
4.
Concurrence of herd veterinarian and regulatory district veterinarian.
No waiver shall be granted, and waivers already granted shall
be voided, for herds still classified as infected four months from the initial
infection date. The department may impose additional requirements on a
case-by-case basis.
The department may grant an extension to this waiver for a
period of up to four additional months on a case-by-case basis. Written
application for waiver extension must be directed to the state veterinarian's
office, and written waivers may be granted for herds in Cornpliance with an
approved herd cleanup plan.
(3) Approved ear tags available from the Iowa
department of agriculture and land stewardship:
a. Pink tags to identify pseudorabies
vaccinated swine.
b. Silver tags to
identify feeder pigs from pseudorabies noninfected herds.
c. Blue tags to identify other
swine.
(4) Farm-to-farm
movement of native Iowa feeder pigs.
a.
Native Iowa feeder pigs sold and moved farm-to-farm within the state are exempt
from identification requirements if the owner transferring possession and the
person taking possession agree in writing that the feeder pigs will not be
Cornmingled with other swine for a period of 30 days. The owner transferring
possession shall provide a copy of the agreement to the person taking
possession of the feeder pigs.
b.
"Moved farm-to-farm" as used in this rule means feeder pigs farrowed and raised
in Iowa by a farm owner or operator and sold to another farm owner or operator
who agree, in writing, not to Cornmingle these pigs for at least 30 days.
Feeder pigs purchased for resale by a pig dealer cannot be
moved farm-to-farm, as described in the above paragraph. They must be
acCornpanied by a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection and be
identified.
c.
Identification-exempt feeder pigs must originate from a "monitored," or other
"noninfected," herd. The "monitored herd" number, or other qualifying number,
and the date of expiration must also be shown on the Certificate of Inspection.
All identification-exempt feeder pigs aboard the transport
vehicle must be from the same farm of origin and be the only pigs aboard. They
must be kept in "isolation" and transported by "direct movement" to the farm of
destination.
d. The
veterinarian will certify, by signature on the Certificate of Inspection, that
the above conditions have been met and that the pigs are exempt from the
identification requirements and will qualify for movement according to
64.155(4).
(5) Swine
being relocated intrastate without a change of ownership are exempt from health
certification, identification requirements, and transportation certification
except as required by Iowa Code chapter I72B provided relocation records
sufficient to determine the origin, the current pseudorabies status of the herd
of origin, the number relocated, the date relocated, and destination of the
relocated swine are available for inspection.
Swine relocated within a herd held on multiple premises are
exempted from this health certification, identification requirement, and
transportation certification, except as required by Iowa Code chapter 172B and
the above record-keeping requirements.
Relocation records, if required, shall be maintained and
available for inspection for a minimum of two years.
(6) This rule should not be construed to
implement or affect the identification requirements set down in Iowa Code
sections
163.34,
163.35,
163.36,
and
163.37.
Records of identification applied to slaughter swine at concentration points
shall be reported weekly to the department on forms provided by the
department.
