Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A.
General Swine Requirements
1. All swine
imported into Louisiana must meet the general requirements of
§501 and the specific requirements of
this Section.
2. No swine
originating from an out-of-state livestock auction market, feeder pig sale or
concentration point are eligible to move to a Louisiana livestock auction
market, feeder pig sale or concentration point.
3. All swine consigned to Louisiana for
feeding or breeding purposes or for exhibition must be permanently identified
to the herd of origin by ear tag or tattoo (unless prohibited by federal
regulation). Ear notch identification will be accepted in lieu of tag or tattoo
on registered, purebred animals.
4.
Feeding and/or breeding swine moving into Louisiana from an out-of-state
specifically approved livestock auction market, feeder pig sale or
concentration point, shall move to a Louisiana farm.
5. All eligible swine moving into Louisiana
for slaughter purposes must be consigned to a specifically approved slaughter
establishment maintaining state or federal meat inspection or livestock auction
market specifically approved to handle slaughter hogs from
out-of-state.
B.
Brucellosis. In addition to the general requirements of
§121 and the swine requirements of this
Section, all swine for breeding purposes must show an official, negative test
for Brucellosis in the 1:25 dilution or a negative swine
Brucellosis card test within 30 days prior to date of
shipment. Each animal must be individually identified to herd of origin by ear
tag or tattoo unless prohibited by federal regulations (ear notch
identification will be accepted in lieu of tag or tattoo on registered,
purebred animals), and this identification must be recorded on the health
certificate. An exception to this Section are swine from a validated
Brucellosis free herd. The validated herd number and
individual identification of each animal must appear on the health
certificate.
C. Pseudorabies
Requirements
1. All swine moving into
Louisiana must originate from herds not known to be infected with pseudorabies.
A permit is required for all swine entering the state for breeding or feeding
purposes. The permit number is valid for 15 days and must be recorded on the
health certificate. All breeding swine, entering the state on a permit, will be
quarantined at destination, to be retested in 30 to 60 days at the owner's
expense.
2. Swine moving into
Louisiana for breeding or exhibition must:
a.
originate from herds not known to be infected with pseudorabies, and are
negative to an official test for pseudorabies within 30 days of movement;
or
b. originate from a qualified
pseudorabies herd. The qualified herd number must be recorded on the health
certificate; or
c. be shipped
directly from the farm of origin in a State IV or Free State.
3. Swine moving into Louisiana for
feeding purposes, must meet one or more of the following requirements:
a. pass a negative official pseudorabies
serologic test within 30 days prior to interstate shipment; or
b. originate in a pseudorabies qualified
negative herd; or
c. originate in a
pseudorabies monitored feeder pig herd; or
d. be shipped directly from the farm of
origin in a state III, IV, or free state; or
e. be sold at an approved all class market or
approved slaughter market and imported for feeding in a quarantined feedlot;
or
f. be sold at an approved feeder
pig market and imported for feeding without restrictions.
4. Slaughter hogs moving into Louisiana, in
addition to a waybill, must move:
a. directly
to a recognized slaughter establishment; or
b. directly to an approved slaughter market
or approved all class market, and then directly to another approved slaughter
market, or to a recognized slaughter establishment or quarantined feedlot;
or
c. directly to an approved
slaughter market and then to a quarantined feedlot.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
3:2093.
