Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Article 17 - PSEUDORABIES IN SWINE
Section 9-17-1 - Definitions

(a) "Herd" means all swine on the premises of any person owning or possessing swine.

(b) "Negative herd test" means all breeding-age animals are negative to an approved pseudorabies test or tests conducted by an approved diagnostic laboratory.

(c) "Monitored herd test" means a herd in which an approved percentage or qualifying number of breeding animals in the herd have been tested and are negative to an approved pseudorabies test.

(d) "Pseudorabies infected herd" means any herd that has been determined to be infected with pseudorabies by an official pseudorabies test or diagnosed by a veterinarian as having pseudo-rabies.

(e) "Exposed animal" means any animal that has been in contact with an animal infected with pseudorabies.

(f) "Exhibition swine" means swine that are to be exhibited in public view.

(g) "Swine slaughter show" means a show at which all swine on the premises are slaughtered immediately following their exhibition and swine may exhibit without a negative pseudorabies test.

(h) "Breeding herd" means all swine on the premises six months of age and older maintained for breeding purposes and which shall be kept separate and apart from all other swine except their progency less than eight weeks of age.

(i) "Pseudorabies monitored qualified feedlot" means a licensed premise that feeds swine originating from a qualified pseudorabies negative tested herd or a monitored pseudorabies negative herd.

(j) "Swine feedlot" means licensed premises that purchase, grow and/or finish swine. They may be animals of unknown status from either intra or interstate sources.

(k) "Quarantine swine feedlot" means premises that may feed swine from a known infected or exposed quarantined herd located in Kansas.

(l) "Circle testing" means testing all swine including those in feedlots within a 1.5 mile radius of infected premises by either testing of all breeding swine or by a monitored herd test for pseudorabies.

(m) "Mandatory infected herd plan" means any herd owner that has been determined to be infected with pseudorabies shall develop an acceptable herd plan to eradicate the virus from the owner's premises.