Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A.
Permit Required. No person may operate a quarantined swine feedlot or feral
swine holding facility without first obtaining a permit from the Board of
Animal Health. Any person operating a feedlot or holding facility without a
valid permit will be in violation of this regulation and subject to
prosecution. Approval for a quarantine swine feedlot or feral swine holding
facility may be given after initial inspection by an authorized agent of the
Board of Animal Health.
B.
Requirements for Operation of Quarantined Swine Feedlots and Approved Feral
Swine Holding Facilities
1. All swine must be
maintained at a minimum 200 yards from all other domestic swine pens.
2. Complete records must be maintained on all
transactions as described in Subsection C of this Section. These records shall
be made available to state-federal personnel upon request.
3. No feral swine shall be comingled with
domestic swine unless the facility is operating as a quarantine swine feedlot
and all swine movements from the quarantine swine feedlot facility must be
directly to a slaughtering establishment operating under approved state or
federal meat inspection.
4. Only
feral swine may be placed in an approved feral swine holding
facility.
5. Quarantine swine
feedlots and approved feral swine holding facilities must be fenced with
swine-proof fence to prevent any swine from escaping and the fencing must be
continually maintained by the owner/operator to prevent escape of
swine.
6. Feral swine shall not be
fed garbage as per LAC 7:XXI.2305.
7. Each quarantine swine feedlot or feral
swine holding facility shall be inspected at least annually by an authorized
agent of the Board of Animal Health.
C. Records
1. records shall be generated and maintained
by owner/operators of quarantine swine feedlots and approved feral swine
holding facilities. The records shall include the following:
a. number of swine placed in and removed from
the facility quarterly;
b.
trapper/transporter name and license number for feral swine;
c. weight, color, sex and any applied
identification for each animal;
d.
date each animal was placed in and removed from the facility;
e. parish where feral swine were
trapped.
2. All records
shall be provided to an authorized agent of the commission upon request. All
records shall be maintained for not less than five years.
D. Cancellation of Quarantined Swine Feedlot
or Approved Feral Swine Holding Facility Permit
1. A quarantined swine feedlot permit may be
canceled upon written notice that the operation does not meet the requirements
of this regulation, or the operator of such quarantined swine feedlot has
violated the provisions of this regulation in any respect.
2. The board shall give written notice of the
cancellation of a quarantined swine feedlot permit to the operator
thereof.
3. Any operator of a
quarantined swine feedlot whose permit is so canceled may appeal the
cancellation thereof by written notice to the board within 10 days of receipt
of the notice of cancellation. Any operator of a quarantined swine feedlot who
appeals cancellation of his permit shall be entitled to a full hearing before
the board, and the decision of the board at such hearing will be final unless
the operator appeals to a court of competent jurisdiction.
4. Closure of a Quarantine Swine Feedlot or
Approved Feral Swine Holding Facility
a. Upon
termination of a permit, the owner/operator may take up to 14 days to dispose
of all feral swine at the facility.
b. No person shall release feral swine, or
any swine species, into the wild.
c. Cleaning and disinfection of the premises
shall be completed immediately upon closure of the facility if required by the
Board of Animal Health.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S. 3:2093 and
R.S.
3:2135.
