a. Owner's name, location and herd
number.
b. Type of herd plan
selected, e.g., offspring segregation, test and removal,
depopulation.
c. Description of the
plan, which shall include the following requirements:
(1) The breeding herd shall be maintained on
an approved vaccination program, at least four times per year;
(2) The progeny shall be weaned and
segregated by five weeks of age or less, and progeny group isolation shall be
maintained according to the terms of the herd plan;
(3) The herd must be visited on a regular
basis (at least quarterly) by the herd veterinarian to monitor progress of the
herd cleanup plan. This will include monthly testing if applicable, overseeing
management procedures which may include all-in, all-out swine movement,
ventilation, sanitation, disinfection, and vaccine handling;
(4) Vaccine shall be administered to the
progeny swine at least once, or more often if required by the herd
plan;
(5) Feeder pig movement or
relocation from the premises of origin must be detailed in writing in the herd
cleanup plan. Feeder pig movement or relocation from the premises of origin
will only be allowed to approved premises and must be detailed in writing in
the herd cleanup plan. Movement will not be allowed from the herd if the herd
has experienced clinical symptoms of pseudorabies in the past 30 days.
Effective April 19, 2000, all movements from infected premises shall be by
restricted movement. "Movement" in this paragraph includes movement to a
premises in the production system not in the vicinity of the current location,
irrespective of whether there is a change of ownership;
(6) Culled breeding swine must move by
restricted movement directly to slaughter (slaughtering plant or fixed
concentration point) or to an approved premises in Cornpliance with Iowa Code
section 166D. 10 as amended by 2000 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2312, section 16,
and as detailed in the herd cleanup plan. No swine moved from infected herds
may be represented as breeding swine;
(7) Herds identified as infected on or after
August 1, 1999, with breeding swine, shall implement a test and removal herd
cleanup plan which allows for the phased test and removal of bred animals for
one farrowing cycle, followed by a whole herd test and removal plan. Effective
August I, 2000, a whole herd test and removal plan shall be implemented for all
infected breeding herds. The herd plan shall include the following:
1. All breeding swine, including boars, shall
be tested within 14 days of the herd's being classified as infected. Testing
shall also include progeny, if applicable.
2. All breeding swine must be identified by
an approved ear tag, or other approved identification method, at the time of
blood collection.
3. Until August
I, 2000, all seropositive, unbred breeding swine must be removed from the herd
by restricted movement, direct to slaughter (slaughtering plant or fixed
concentration point), within 15 days after blood collection. All seropositive,
bred swine must be removed from the herd by restricted movement, direct to
slaughter (slaughtering plant or fixed concentration point), within 15 days of
weaning. All replacement breeding stock must be vaccinated prior to addition
into the herd and must be retested 60 days after entry into the herd. Effective
August I, 2000, all seropositive animals, bred or unbred, must be removed from
the herd by restricted movement, direct to slaughter (slaughtering plant or
fixed concentration point), within 15 days of the whole herd test. All known
positive animals in the herd on August I, 2000, must be removed from the herd
by restricted movement, direct to slaughter (slaughtering plant or fixed
concentration point), by August 15, 2000.
4. A whole herd test shall be required within
30 days after the removal of the last known positive animal. Any additional
seropositive animals must be removed from the herd by restricted movement,
direct to slaughter, within 15 days of the collection date. Whole herd retests
shall be required at 30-day intervals, with removal of positive animals within
15 days of the test, until it has been determined that the herd is
noninfected.
5. Seropositive swine
must be removed from the herd, by restricted movement, direct to a buying
station or to a slaughtering establishment.
All swine movement from infected herds must be by restricted
movement directly to slaughter or to an approved premises as detailed in the
herd cleanup plan.
When a herd is designated a noninfected herd, or has been
depopulated, by procedures detailed in Iowa Code section 166D.9, the plan is
Cornpleted;
(8)
Beginning October 1,1999, a herd cleanup plan shall be implemented for all
infected finishing herds which shall include the following:
1. A description of the premises, including
the location, capacity, physical layout, owner's name, and herd
number.
2. Vaccination
requirements:
* Every animal, unless such animal is within three weeks of
anticipated slaughter, must be vaccinated with an approved pseudorabies vaccine
within seven days of notification by a regulatory official.
* New animals introduced into the infected premises are to be
vaccinated with an approved pseudorabies vaccine according to the timetable
outlined in the herd plan.
* If, through subsequent testing, additional buildings on the
site are determined to be infected, all swine on the site shall be managed by
all-in, all-out production.
3. Testing requirements:
* A minimum of 14 swine, selected randomly, per building, shall
be tested immediately.
* Swine shall be retested, at a minimum of 14 animals, selected
randomly, per building, every 45 days, if necessary, until the premises are
determined to be noninfected.
4. Description, restrictions, and
requirements of pig flow through the facilities.
5. All movements from infected finishing
sites shall be by restricted movement and only to slaughter.
d. Specific movement
limitations which may include approved destination locations, "restricted
movement to slaughter," or other appropriate animal movement control
measures.
e. Signatures of the herd
owner, the owner's veterinarian, and the epidemiologist or the epidemiologist's
representative.
