Iowa Admin. Code r. 21-64.153
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 24, May 15, 2024
Rule 21-64.153 - Pseudorabies disease program areas(1) Pseudorabies disease program areasas declared by the Iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship: all counties in the state of Iowa.(2) All producers will permit sufficient swine in their herds to be tested at program expense to determine the health status of the herd at intervals during the course of the program as deemed necessary by the department. The owner shall confine the swine to be tested in a suitable place and restrain them in a suitable manner so that the proper tests can be applied. If the owner refuses to confine and restrain the swine, after reasonable time the department may employ sufficient help to properly confine and restrain them and the expense of such help shall be paid by the owner
The swine tested shall be sufficient in number, and by method of selection, to quality for the surveillance program required to attain and maintain the program stages according to the most recent "State-Federal-Industry Program Standards" for pseudorabies eradication.
(3) No indemnities will be paid for condemned animals.(4) Any person possessing swine is required to provide the name and address of the owner or the owner's agent to a representative of the department.(5) Beginning on October 1, 1999, all swine located within three miles of a pseudorabies-infected herd are required to be vaccinated with an approved pseudorabies vaccine within seven days of notification by a regulatory official. One dose of vaccine shall be administered to growing swine prior to 14 weeks of age or 100 pounds. Swine over six months of age or greater than 200 pounds, used or intended to be used for breeding, shall receive vaccine on a schedule designed to administer at least four doses throughout a 12-month period. The department may require a herd test to monitor both the pseudorabies status and the pseudorabies vaccine status of the herd. A waiver for this vaccination requirement may be issued by the state veterinarian, based on epidemiological investigation and risk determination. Herd testing, at a level determined by the pseudorabies epidemiologist, will be required as a condition for issuance of a vaccination waiver
In addition, beginning April 19, 2000, all swine located in a county designated as in Stage II of the national pseudorabies eradication program are required to be vaccinated with a modified-live differentiable vaccine. Breeding swine shall at a minimum receive quarterly vaccinations. Feeder swine shall at a minimum receive one vaccination administered when the swine reach 8 to 12 weeks of age or 100 pounds. These vaccination requirements shall be waived if:
a. The swine are part of a herd's being continuously maintained as a qualified negative herd; orb. The swine are part of a herd located within a county where both of the following conditions apply: (1) The department has determined that the county has a six-month history of 0 percent prevalence of pseudorabies infection among all herds in the county, and(2) All contiguous coimties have a 0 percent prevalence of pseudorabies infection among herds in that county.(6) All premises containing swine which are located in the Stage II area of Iowa must have a monitoring test for the premises conducted between January 1, 2000, and August 31, 2000.Iowa Admin. Code r. 21-64.153