Section 345IAC3-5.1-2.5. Pseudorabies requirements for swine entering Indiana

  5. (a) Before breeding swine may be transported into the state, the swine must test negative for pseudorabies on an official serology test that is conducted within the thirty (30) days prior to transportation into the state. However, swine that meet one (1) of the following sets of criteria are exempt from the test required in this subsection:

(1) Swine originating from a herd in an area designated by the United States Department of Agriculture as Stage III under the national pseudorabies eradication program and the swine originate from a herd that is a pseudorabies-qualified herd or a qualified pseudorabies-negative gene-altered virus-vaccinated herd, utilizing monthly herd testing, under the national pseudorabies program standards defined in this rule.

(2) Swine, except feral swine, from an area designated Stage IV or Stage V by the United States Department of Agriculture under the national pseudorabies eradication program.

  (b) All breeding swine transported into the state are quarantined to the destination premises and must be isolated from other animals and tested for pseudorabies in not less than thirty (30) nor more than forty-five (45) days from date of entry. However, the following are exemptions and alterations to the test required in this subsection:

(1) Not more than fifty (50) head of swine in any one (1) shipment from one (1) farm of origin must be tested after entry.

(2) Swine that are shipped directly from a swine herd that is located in an area designated Stage IV or Stage V by the United States Department of Agriculture under the national pseudorabies eradication program are exempt.

(3) Swine that originate from a herd in an area designated by the United States Department of Agriculture as Stage III under the national pseudorabies eradication program and the herd of origin is a pseudorabies-qualified herd or qualified negative gene-altered virus-vaccinated herd, utilizing monthly herd testing, under the national pseudorabies program standards defined in this rule are exempt.

  (c) Feeder pigs that originate from an area designated Stage II or Stage III by the United States Department of Agriculture under the national pseudorabies eradication program must be tested for pseudorabies utilizing an official random sample test (95/10) under the program standards defined in this rule within the thirty (30) days immediately prior to the feeder pigs entering the state. Feeder pigs originating from an area designated Stage III and from a herd that qualifies as a pseudorabies-qualified herd or a qualified negative gene-altered virus-vaccinated herd, utilizing monthly testing, in the program standards defined in this rule are exempt from the test required under this subsection. If the test required in this subsection is not completed or if any feeder pig tests positive for pseudorabies, a person is prohibited from transporting any part of that group of feeder pigs into Indiana.

  (d) The owner of feeder pigs that are transported into Indiana shall procure the services of a licensed and accredited veterinarian to test the imported swine for pseudorabies between thirty (30) and forty-five (45) days after entry into Indiana utilizing an official random sample test (95/10) under the program standards defined in this rule. However, the test required in this subsection is waived if one (1) of the following conditions are met:

(1) The swine originated from an area designated Stage IV or Stage V by the United States Department of Agriculture under the national pseudorabies eradication program.

(2) The swine originated from an area designated Stage III by the United States Department of Agriculture under the national pseudorabies eradication program and originated from a herd that qualifies as a pseudorabies-qualified herd or a qualified negative gene-altered virus-vaccinated herd, utilizing monthly testing, under the pseudorabies program standards defined in this rule.

  (e) A person may not transport any of the following swine into the state:

(1) Swine that originate from a herd that is known to be infected with the pseudorabies virus.

(2) Swine that originate from a herd located in a state that does not require the reporting of pseudorabies diagnosis or quarantine all known pseudorabies infected swine.

(Indiana State Board of Animal Health; 345 IAC 3-5.1-2.5; filed Aug 22, 2014, 4:04 p.m.: 20140917-IR-345140057FRA)