New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 3 - LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY IMPORTATION
Subchapter 3 - SWINE IMPORTATION
Section 2:3-3.4 - Pseudorabies testing

(a) The Department hereby adopts and incorporates by reference the definitions of "Stage IV State/Area" and "Stage V State/Area" established under "Pseudorabies Eradication State-Federal-Industry Uniform Methods and Rules" (United States Department of Agriculture, 2003, APHIS 91-55-071, as amended and supplemented.)

(b) A copy of the document referred to at (a) above may be obtained electronically at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/animal_dis_spec/swine/downloads /prv_program_standards.pdf.

(c) A copy of the document referred to at (a) above is on file in the State Veterinarian's Office, Division of Animal Health, New Jersey Department of Agriculture, NJPHEAL, 3 Schwarzkopf Drive, Ewing, NJ 08628.

(d) All imported swine shall be negative to an official pseudorabies test within 30 days prior to entry. Swine shall be held in quarantine on the farm of destination separate and apart from all native animals until retested negative not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following importation.

(e) Swine that originate from a pseudorabies Stage IV or V State/Area or originate from a qualified pseudorabies negative herd are exempt from pseudorabies testing. For a qualified pseudorabies negative herd, the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection shall include the qualified pseudorabies negative herd number of the herd of origin, and the date on which the herd of origin was last tested for pseudorabies.

(f) Importation into the State of New Jersey of swine vaccinated for pseudorabies is prohibited unless a permit has been issued by the State Veterinarian. Permits may be obtained as described in 2:3-1.9.