345 IAC 3-5.1-8.5 Swine herd monitoring

Sec. 8.5. (a) An owner of a swine herd described in subsection (c) or (d) must procure a licensed and accredited veterinarian to test the owner's swine herd for Pseudorabies. The Pseudorabies testing required in subsections (c) and (d) shall be conducted as follows: (1) In herds of ten (10) head of swine or less, all are tested. (2) In herds of eleven (11) to thirty-five (35) head of swine, ten (10) head are tested. (3) In herds of thirty-six (36) or more head of swine, thirty percent (30%) or thirty (30) head of swine, whichever is less, must be tested. (4) Purchased additions are not considered to be part of the herd for monitoring purposes until sixty (60) days after entry. (5) Swine sampled must be randomly selected from the herd. (6) All swine breeding and feeding herds are subject to the test. (b) Quarantined swine herds shall be tested under section 8.7 of this rule. (c) If the United States Department of Agriculture assigns the state or portions of the state a status under the Program Standards that is lower than Stage IV status, all swine herds in the lower status area must be tested for Pseudorabies as outlined in subsection (a) within thirty (30) days of the date the state veterinarian notifies the herd owner or manager of the requirement to test. Swine herds in the lower status area must be retested not less than once every three hundred sixty-five (365) days until the United States Department of Agriculture assigns the area a Stage IV or Stage V status under the Program Standards. (d) Circle testing shall be coordinated by the state veterinarian to identify Pseudorabies infection within five (5) miles of each Pseudorabies infected herd. The owner of a swine herd located, in whole or in part, within five (5) miles of a swine herd that tests positive for Pseudorabies must test a percentage of the swine in the owner's herd as outlined in subsection (a).