Section 345IAC3-5.1-1.2. Definitions

  2. The definitions in IC 15-17-2, the definitions in the Program Standards, and the following definitions apply throughout this rule:

(1) "Board" means the Indiana state board of animal health.

(2) "Breeding animal" means a sexually intact swine that is at least six (6) months of age and that is not moving in slaughter channels.

(3) "Feeder pig" means swine intended for feeding purposes and swine of any breed weighing one hundred eighty (180) pounds or less.

(4) "High risk herd" means one which is adjacent, in close proximity, or exposed to an infected herd, feeder pigs, or a herd determined as such by the owner and the attending veterinarian. The final determination of the herd status will be made by the state veterinarian.

(5) "Isolated" means swine must be maintained in a manner to ensure that these swine will have no physical contact with other domestic animals on the premises. All drainage of organic waste material must be designed to prevent it from having contact with any other swine on the premises. The area where the swine are maintained may be approved by a representative of the board and shall be separated from other animals by two (2) barriers (for example, fences or walls) with the intervening area uninhabited by swine or separated by a lot or a road. No other swine may be in the same building unless approved by the state veterinarian.

(6) "Official gene-altered Pseudorabies vaccine" means any vaccine for which there is an approved differential Pseudorabies test.

(7) "Officially vaccinated herd" means any herd of swine in which a percentage of the swine in the herd as outlined in section 8(a) of this rule has been tested and found negative for Pseudorabies prior to being vaccinated with differentiable Pseudorabies vaccine. Officially vaccinated herds will not be quarantined for Pseudorabies vaccine use.

(8) "Pseudorabies Program Standards" or "Program Standards" means the Pseudorabies Eradication-State-Federal-Industry Standards, as adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture, and incorporated herein by reference in section 1.5 of this rule.

(9) "Pseudorabies vaccine" means a biological product designed for the prevention or control of Pseudorabies. Any vaccine sold or offered for sale or exchange, to be used or otherwise distributed, shall be in accordance with IC 15-17-12-1, IC 15-17-12-2, and IC 15-17-12-4.

(10) "Qualified negative gene-altered vaccinated herd" means a herd of swine in which all swine over six (6) months of age have been vaccinated with an official gene-altered Pseudorabies vaccine. The herd status is maintained by following the testing protocol as described in the Pseudorabies Program Standards except all samples must be tested using an approved differential Pseudorabies test and all swine so tested must be found negative for Pseudorabies.

(11) "Quarantine" means an order restricting the movement of swine into or out of, or both, a premises.

(12) "Slaughter animal" means the following swine:

(A) Any swine weighing more than one hundred eighty (180) pounds that is not a breeding animal.

(B) Any swine in slaughter channels.

(13) "Slaughter channels" means an animal is sold or moved in any of the following ways:

(A) Directly to a slaughter facility.

(B) To a slaughter only market.

(C) To a market where it is sold as a slaughter animal.

(14) "Special permit" means a special permit issued by the office of the state veterinarian to owners of swine infected with, vaccinated against, or quarantined for Pseudorabies that allows the movement of such swine.

(15) "State veterinarian" means the Indiana state veterinarian.

(16) "VS Form 1-27" means the United States Department of Agriculture Veterinary Services' "Permit for Movement of Restricted Animals".

(Indiana State Board of Animal Health; 345 IAC 3-5.1-1.2; filed Oct 11, 1996, 2:00 p.m.: 20 IR 746; filed Jun 19, 1998, 4:00 p.m.: 21 IR 4202; filed Dec 23, 1998, 4:36 p.m.: 22 IR 1484; readopted filed May 2, 2001, 1:45 p.m.: 24 IR 2895; filed Dec 19, 2002, 12:05 p.m.: 26 IR 1528; readopted filed May 9, 2007, 3:16 p.m.: 20070516-IR-345070037RFA; errata filed Oct 3, 2008, 3:30 p.m.: 20081022-IR-345080767ACA; readopted filed Aug 7, 2013, 8:32 a.m.: 20130904-IR-345130236RFA)