1. (a) Swine imported into Texas for feeding, breeding, or exhibition purposes shall be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection certifying that:

   1. (1) swine have not been fed garbage, either raw or cooked;
   2. (2) swine have not been exposed to hog cholera or pseudorabies;
   3. (3) swine have not been vaccinated for pseudorabies; and
   4. (4) swine have been permanently identified (eartag, earnotched, or number tattoo).

2. (b) Swine not known to be infected with or exposed to pseudorabies, and originate from a state not classified as Stage IV or V, may enter provided they:

   1. (1) are tested negative within 30 days prior to entry and then held in isolation and under quarantine on the premise where first unloaded and tested or retested for PRV in not less than 30 nor more than 60 days after arrival. Feeder swine are exempt from the retest provided that the swine enter on an entry permit from the commission and are destined directly to a designated feedlot and remain restricted to the feedlot until they are sent to slaughter; or
   2. (2) originate from a qualified PRV-negative herd; or
   3. (3) are shipped directly from a farm of origin in a Stage IV or free state or area as described in the National PRV Program; or
   4. (4) originate from and are sold at an approved feeder-pig market in a Stage IV or free state or area and enter the state directly from that market.
3. (c) Additionally, breeding swine shall have a negative brucellosis test within the previous 30 days or originate from a validated brucellosis-free herd or state and shall be vaccinated within the previous 30 days with Leptospirosis vaccine containing the following strains: Canicola, Hardjo, Icterohaemorrhagiae, Grippotyphosa, and Pomona.
4. (d) Exhibition swine originating in Texas entered in terminal shows are exempt from brucellosis and pseudorabies requirements.
5. (e) Swine imported into Texas for slaughter purposes shall either be consigned directly to slaughter or to a federally approved livestock market where a VS 1-27 will be issued to accompany them to slaughter following sale.

Source Note:The provisions of this §51.14 adopted to be effective June 3, 2002, 27 TexReg 5182; amended to be effective October 16, 2003, 28 TexReg 8885; amended to be effective March 16, 2005, 30 TexReg 1439; amended to be effective March 4, 2007, 32 TexReg 753.