Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 051 - Livestock Board
Sub-Agency 0001 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules
Chapter 8 - LIVESTOCK BOARD IMPORT RULES
Section 8-21 - Requirements for the importation of Swine
Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 8-21
Current through September 21, 2024
(a) An ICVI and an Import Permit are required on all Swine entering Wyoming, unless excepted in Section 7(a)(i), (ii) or (iii).
(b) All Swine shall have an Official Individual Identification tag number listed on the ICVI.
(i) Exhibition swine less than four (4)
months of age may be imported to be identified on arrival with a Wyoming State
Fair tag. The statement, "Exhibition Swine to be identified on arrival," shall
be written on the ICVI. Tag numbers must be written on the ICVI by the receiver
and a copy sent to the Board within seven (7) days of the tags being
applied.
(ii) Commercial Swine may
be imported to integrated commercial premises with USDA approved group
identification.
(c) No Swine shall be imported which has been fed human garbage unless processed or treated pursuant to W.S. 11-27-106.
(d) Brucellosis test requirements:
(i) Non-commercial swine shall test negative
for Brucellosis within thirty (30) days prior to importation, except for the
following:
(A) Swine from a validated
Brucellosis free herd
(B) Swine
from a validated Brucellosis free state or area, and from which the state
veterinarian of the state of origin has verified that swine from the area where
they originate are of negligible risk of exposure to feral swine and infection
with swine Brucellosis.
(C) Swine
moving directly to a Wyoming approved slaughter establishment to be killed
within three (3) days of arrival.
(ii) Swine from a state or area with lower
status than validated Brucellosis free shall test negative for Brucellosis
within thirty (30) days prior to importation and then may be placed under
Quarantine and subjected to a second test performed sixty (60) to ninety (90)
days after the pre-import test.
(e) Pseudorabies requirements:
(i) No Pseudorabies vaccinated Swine, or
Swine from a Pseudorabies vaccinated herd, shall be imported into Wyoming
without prior written approval of the Wyoming State Veterinarian.
(ii) Non-commercial swine from a Pseudorabies
Stage IV or V state or area shall have a negative Pseudorabies test within
thirty (30) days prior to importation unless the state veterinarian of the
state of origin has verified that swine from the area where they originate are
of negligible risk of exposure to feral swine and infection with Pseudorabies
virus.
(iii) The following have no
Pseudorabies test requirement:
(A) Swine from
a qualified Pseudorabies negative herd in a Pseudorabies stage III, IV, or V
state or area.
(B) Swine moving
directly to a Wyoming approved slaughter establishment to be killed within
three (3) days of arrival.
(iv) Swine from a state or area with less
than a Pseudorabies Stage IV status shall test negative for Pseudorabies within
thirty (30) days prior to importation and then may be imported under Quarantine
and subjected to a second test performed thirty (30) to sixty (60) days post
importation.
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