§ 166D.2 — Definitions

Iowa § 166D.2

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title V: AGRICULTURE
• Ch. 166D: PSEUDORABIES CONTROL

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Approved premises” means a dry lot facility located in an area with confirmed cases
of pseudorabies infection, which is certified by the department to receive, feed, and move or
relocate infected swine as provided in section 166D.10B.
2. “Approved premises permit” means a permit issued by the department necessary for a
person to own and operate an approved premises.
3. “Breeding swine” means swine over six months of age.
4. “Certificateofinspection”meansadocumentapprovedbytheUnitedStatesdepartment
ofagricultureorthedepartmentofagricultureandlandstewardship, andissuedbyalicensed
veterinarian prior to the interstate or intrastate movement of swine or to the relocation of
swine. The certificate of inspection must state all of the following:
a. The number, description, and identification of the swine to be moved.
b. Whether the swine to be moved are known to be infected with or exposed to
pseudorabies.
c. The farm of origin.
d. The purpose for moving the swine.
e. The point of destination of the swine.
f. The consignor and each consignee of the swine.
g. Additional information as required by state or federal law.
5. “Certificate of veterinary inspection” means the same as defined in section 163.2.
6. “Cleanup plan” means a herd cleanup plan or feeder pig cooperator herd cleanup plan
as provided in section 166D.8.
7. “Concentration point” means a location or facility where swine are assembled for
purposes of sale or resale for feeding, breeding, or slaughtering, and where contact may
occur between groups of swine from various sources. “Concentrationpoint” includes a public
stockyard, auction market, street market, state or federal market, untested consignment
sales location, buying station, or a livestock dealer’s yard, truck, or facility.
8. “Cull swine” means mature swine fed for purposes of direct slaughter. However, “cull
swine” does not include swine kept for purposes of breeding or reproduction.
9. “Differentiable test” means a laboratory procedure approved by the department to
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diagnose pseudorabies. The procedure must be capable of recognizing and distinguishing
between vaccine-exposed and field-pseudorabies-virus-exposed swine.
10. “Differentiable vaccinate” means a swine which has only been exposed to a
differentiable vaccine.
11. “Differentiable vaccine” means a vaccine which has a licensed companion
differentiable test, and includes a modified-live differentiable vaccine.
12. “Direct movement” means movement of swine to a destination without unloading
the swine en route, without contact with swine of lesser pseudorabies vaccinate status, and
without contact with infected or exposed livestock.
13. “Epidemiologist” means a state or federal veterinarian designated to investigate and
diagnose suspected pseudorabies in livestock. The epidemiologist must have had special
training in the diagnosis and epidemiology of pseudorabies.
14. “Exhibition” means the same as defined in section 163.32.
15. “Exposed”meansananimalthathasnotbeenkeptseparateandapartorisolatedfrom
livestock infected with pseudorabies, including all swine in a known infected herd.
16. “Exposed livestock” means livestock that have been in contact with livestock infected
with pseudorabies, including all livestock in a known infected herd. However, livestock other
than swine that have not been exposed to a clinical case of the disease for a period of ten
consecutive days shall not be considered exposed livestock. Swine released from quarantine
are no longer considered exposed.
17. “Farm of origin” means a location where the swine were born, or on which the swine
have been located for at least ninety consecutive days immediately prior to movement.
18. “Feeder pig” means an immature swine fed for purposes of direct slaughter which
weighs one hundred pounds or less.
19. “Feeder pig cooperator herd” means a swine herd not currently determined to be
pseudorabies negative, that has not experienced clinical signs of pseudorabies in the last
six months, that is capable of segregating offspring at weaning into separate and apart
production facilities, and has implemented an approved pseudorabies eradication plan.
20. “Feeder swine” means swine fed for purposes of direct slaughter, including feeder pigs
andcullswine. However, “feederswine”doesnotincludeswinekeptforpurposesofbreeding
or reproduction.
21. “Fixed concentration point” means a concentration point which is a permanent
location where swine are assembled for purposes of sale and movement to a slaughtering
establishment as provided in section 166D.12.
22. “Herd” means a group of swine as established by departmental rule.
23. “Herd cleanup plan” means a plan to eliminate pseudorabies from a swine herd. The
plan must be developed by an epidemiologist in consultation with the herd owner and the
owner’sveterinarypractitioner. Theplanmustbeapprovedandsignedbytheepidemiologist,
the owner, and the practitioner. The plan must be approved and filed with the department.
24. “Herd of unknown status” means all swine except swine which are part of a known
infected herd, swine known to have been exposed to pseudorabies, or swine which are part
of a noninfected herd.
25. “Infected” means infected with pseudorabies as determined by an epidemiologist
whose diagnosis is supported by test results.
26. “Infected herd” means a herd that is known to contain infected swine, a herd
containing swine exhibiting clinical signs of pseudorabies, or a herd that is infected
according to an epidemiologist.
27. “Inspection service” means the animal and plant health inspection service, United
States department of agriculture.
28. “Isolation” means separation of swine within a physical barrier in a manner to prevent
swine from gaining access to swine outside the barrier, including excrement or discharges
from swine outside the barrier. Swine in isolation must not share a building with a ventilation
system common to other swine. Swine in isolation must not be maintained within ten feet of
other swine.
29. “Isowean feeder pig” means a feeder pig that weighs twenty pounds or less.
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30. “Known infected herd” means a herd in which swine have been determined by an
epidemiologist to be infected.
31. “Licensed pseudorabies vaccine” means a pseudorabies virus vaccine produced under
license from the United States secretary of agriculture under the federal Virus-Serum-Toxin
Act of March 4, 1913, 21 U.S.C. §151 et seq.
32. “Livestock” means swine, cattle, sheep, goats, horses, ostriches, rheas, or emus.
33. “Monitored herd” means a herd of swine, including a feeder swine herd, which has
been determined within the past twelve months not to be infected, according to a statistical
sampling.
34. “Move” or “movement” means the same as defined in section 163.30.
35. “Noninfected herd” means a herd which is one of the following:
a. A qualified pseudorabies negative herd.
b. A pseudorabies monitored herd.
c. Aherdinwhichtheanimalshavebeenindividuallytestednegativewithinthepastthirty
days.
d. A herd which originates from an area with little or no incidence of pseudorabies as
determined by the department based upon epidemiological studies and information relating
to the area.
e. A qualified differentiable negative herd.
36. “Nonvaccinate”meansaswinewhichhasnotbeenexposedtoapseudorabiesvaccine.
37. “Pseudorabies” means the contagious, infectious, and communicable disease of
livestock and other animals known as Aujeszky’s disease, mad itch, or infectious bulbar
paralysis.
38. “Pseudorabies eradication plan” means a written herd management program which
is based on accepted statistical and epidemiological evaluation and designed to eradicate
pseudorabies from the swine herds in a given area.
39. “Qualified differentiable negative herd” means a herd in which one hundred percent
of the herd’s breeding swine have been vaccinated and have reacted negatively to a
differentiable test and which have been retested, as provided in this chapter.
40. “Qualified negative herd” means a herd in which one hundred percent of the herd’s
breeding swine have reacted negatively to a test, and have not been vaccinated, and which is
retested as provided in this chapter.
41. “Quarantined herd” means a herd in which pseudorabies infected or exposed swine
are bred, reared, or fed under the supervision and control of the department, as provided in
section 166D.9.
42. “Reaction” means a result determined by an approved laboratory procedure designed
to recognize pseudorabies virus infection or a nondifferentiable vaccinated animal.
43. “Relocate” or “relocation” means the same as defined in section 163.30.
44. “Relocationrecord”meansarecordasmaintainedbytheownerofswineinaformand
containing information as required by the rules adopted by the department, which indicates
a relocation of swine as provided in section 166D.10.
45. “Restricted movement” means swine which are moved or relocated as provided in
section 166D.10A.
46. “Separate and apart” means to hold swine so that neither the swine nor organic
material originating from the swine has physical contact with other animals.
47. “Slaughtering establishment” means a slaughtering establishment operated under
the provision of the federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. §601 et seq., or a slaughtering
establishment which has been inspected by the state.
48. “Stage II county” means a county designated by the department as in stage II of the
national pseudorabies eradication program.
49. “Statistical sampling” means a test based on at least a ninety percent probability of
detecting at least a ten percent incidence of positive reaction within a herd.
50. “Test” means a serum neutralization (SN) test, virus isolation test, ELISA test, or other
test approved by the department and performed by a laboratory approved by the department.
51. “Transportation certificate” means a written document evidencing that the movement
or relocation of swine complies with the requirements of this chapter, and which may be
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a transportation certificate as provided in chapter 172B, or another document approved by
the department, including but not limited to one or more types of forms covering different
circumstances, as prescribed by the department.