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In administering the pseudorabies eradication program, the department shall regulate
noninfected herds as follows:
1.A qualified negative herd must be certified, recertified, and maintained as follows:
a.The herd shall be certified when all breeding swine have reacted negatively to a test.
The herd must have been free from infection for thirty days prior to testing. At least ninety
percent of swine in the herd must have been on the premises as a part of the herd for at least
sixty days prior to testing, or swine in the herd must have been moved or relocated directly
from another qualified negative herd. To remain certified, the herd must be retested and
recertified each month as provided by the department. The herd shall be recertified when
the greater of five head of swine or at least t
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In administering the pseudorabies eradication program, the department shall regulate
noninfected herds as follows:
1. A qualified negative herd must be certified, recertified, and maintained as follows:
a. The herd shall be certified when all breeding swine have reacted negatively to a test.
The herd must have been free from infection for thirty days prior to testing. At least ninety
percent of swine in the herd must have been on the premises as a part of the herd for at least
sixty days prior to testing, or swine in the herd must have been moved or relocated directly
from another qualified negative herd. To remain certified, the herd must be retested and
recertified each month as provided by the department. The herd shall be recertified when
the greater of five head of swine or at least ten percent of the herd’s breeding swine react
negatively to a test.
b. Before being added to the herd, new swine, including swine returning to the herd after
contact with nonherd swine, shall be isolated until the new swine react negatively to a test
conductedthirtydaysormoreaftertheswinehasbeenplacedinisolation. Swinefromaherd
ofunknownstatusmustreactnegativelytoatestnotmorethanthirtydayspriortomovement
from the herd of unknown status and retested in isolation at least thirty days after movement
onto the premises where the qualified negative herd is located.
c. Swine from another qualified negative herd may be added without isolation or testing.
d. The owner shall make a request to the department for approval or reapproval of a
qualified negative herd when the required tests are completed. Upon satisfactory proof that
all requirements have been met, the herd shall be recertified by the department.
2. A monitored herd shall be initially certified, recertified, and maintained as follows:
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a. The herd shall be certified when a statistical sampling of the herd is determined to be
noninfected.
b. In order to remain certified the herd must be retested and recertified as provided by
the department. The herd must be recertified annually. The herd shall be recertified when a
statistical sampling of the herd is determined to be noninfected within twelve months from
initial certification or the most recent recertification.
c. A monitored herd shall not be certified or recertified, if the herd is located within a
county which is designated by the department as in stage II of the national pseudorabies
eradication program, unless the herd is vaccinated with a modified-live differentiable vaccine
pursuant to section 166D.11 and as required by the department.
d. A monitored herd may receive new swine into the herd from a noninfected herd.
3. A qualified differentiable negative herd shall be certified, recertified, and maintained
as follows:
a. The herd shall be certified when one hundred percent of breeding swine have reacted
negatively to a test. The herd must have been free from infection for thirty days prior to
testing. At least ninety percent of swine in the herd must have been on the premises as a part
of the herd for at least sixty days prior to testing, or swine in the herd must have been directly
moved or relocated from a qualified negative herd or qualified differentiable negative herd. A
differentiablevaccinemustbeadministeredatintervalsinaccordancewiththepackageinsert
for that vaccine. To remain certified, the herd must be retested and recertified as provided
by the department. The herd shall be recertified when each month at least ten percent of the
herd’s breeding swine react negatively to a test.
b. Beforeaddingtotheherdnewswine,includingswinereturningtotheherdaftercontact
with nonherd swine, the herd shall be isolated until the new swine react negatively to a test
conducted thirty days or more after the swine have been placed in isolation. Swine from a
herd of unknown status must react negatively to a test not more than fifteen days prior to
movement from the herd of unknown status and retested in isolation at least thirty days after
movement onto the premises where the qualified differentiable negative herd is located.
c. Swine from a qualified negative or qualified differentiable negative herd may be added
without isolation or testing.
d. The owner shall make a request to the department for certification or recertification
of a qualified differentiable negative herd when the required tests are completed. Upon
satisfactory proof that all requirements have been met, the herd shall be recertified by the
department.