When it is determined by the State Veterinarian that it is necessary to test a herd of swine to determine whether or not pseudorabies is present, the person owning or controlling said herd shall be responsible for the following:

1. (a) To submit all breeding swine (sows and boars) six months of age or over for a blood test for pseudorabies as may be required and as often as deemed necessary by the State Veterinarian; and
2. (b) Be responsible for the penning and restraining of all swine for blood samples to be drawn or vaccinations to be administered; and
3. (c) Submit all swine which react to the pseudorabies test for identification with a reactor tag in the left ear and remove all test positive swine from the herd; and
4. (d) Sell all pseudorabies infected or reactor swine for immediate slaughter; and
5. (e) Isolate and hold in strict quarantine, swine revealing suspicious test results until retested and classified negative; and
6. (f) Clean and disinfect under supervision of the State Veterinarian or his authorized representative the premises on which reactors were kept immediately following the removal of reactor or diseased swine.

Author: Charles H. Barnes

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §2-15-170.

History: Filed December 1, 1989.