901:1-17-09 Swine.

(A) No person shall cause a shipment into or import feeder swine into Ohio except from a stage V state or area without a permit as provided in paragraph (P) of rule 901:1-17-02 of the Administrative Code. Conditions of the permit shall be:

(1) Permit applicants may be required to provide the county of origin, herd of origin and monitored herd test date.

(2) Feeder swine shall be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection unless consigned from a herd of origin to a livestock market approved under Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 9, Part 71, to handle any class of swine; and

(3) The certificate of veterinary inspection shall include the following:

(a) Certifying statement from the issuing veterinarian: “To the best of my knowledge, all swine in this shipment have not been fed garbage”;

(b) Eartag numbers that identify pigs to the herd of origin or a permit from the Ohio department of agriculture for alternative individual identification;

(4) Feeder swine shall be individually identified under paragraph (A)(3)(b) of this rule unless consigned from a herd of origin to a livestock market approved under Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 9, Part 71, to handle any class of swine; and

(5) Feeder swine shall be quarantined to the farm or feedlot of destination until animals move to immediate slaughter except such swine, including off-site nursery pigs, may move or be used for non slaughter purposes with a permit from the Ohio department of agriculture; and

(6) Feeder swine shall:

(a) If from a state with split stage II/III status or lower, originate from a herd in which a representative sample of animals six months of age and over have been tested and are negative to pseudorabies test within the preceding six months or an interval approved by the department. “Representative sample” is defined as:

(i) In herds of ten sows or less, all are tested.

(ii) In herds of eleven to thirty-five sows, ten swine are tested.

(iii) In herds of thirty-six or more sows, thirty per cent or thirty swine, whichever is less, are tested; or

(b) Originate from a state with a pseudorabies eradication status of stage III, IV, or V; or

(d) Originate from a qualified negative gene-altered vaccinated herd; or

(e) Be accompanied by a negative official test for pseudorabies conducted within thirty days preceding movement; and

(7) In addition to all other requirements in this rule, no person shall cause shipment into or import feeder swine into Ohio, from a state or area within a state with no status, stage I status or stage II status, and an infection rate greater than one per cent, unless the swine are vaccinated with a G1 vaccine and

(a) Upon the addition of these swine the feedlot of destination shall become a stage II feedlot; and

(b) Any future swine additions to this stage II feedlot shall be vaccinated with a G1 vaccine and

(i) It is depopulated of all swine; or

(ii) A thirty day interval occurs between any introduction into the feedlot of additional swine. The feedlot population is then subjected to “representative sample” pseudorabies test at the owner’s expense and must be found negative.

(d) The department may issue a permit to vaccinate the feeder pigs on arrival in Ohio, or arrival at the feedlot, in lieu of the vaccination requirement in paragraph (A)(7)(b) of this rule. Feeder pigs originating from qualified negative herds are exempt from the requirements of paragraphs (A) (7)(a), (A)(7)(b) and (A)(7)(c) of this rule.

(B) No person shall move or import domestic swine except from a stage V state or area into Ohio for breeding purpose without a permit as provide in paragraph (P) of rule 901:1-17-02 of the Administrative Code. In addition to the requirements set out in paragraphs (A), (C) and (P) of rule 901:1-17-01 of the Administrative Code, the requirements for the permit to import swine for breeding purposes shall include a certificate of veterinary inspection stating:

(1) Identification by registration number, official ear notch, tattoo or an eartag firmly affixed, breed, age, sex, and the state of origin; and

(2) That no garbage has been fed within the lifetime of the swine in the shipment; and

(3) The swine meet the following pseudorabies requirements:

(a) Be from a qualified pseudorabies negative herd and be subject to quarantine and isolation from all other swine on the farm of destination until each group of said imported swine are tested, as prescribed in paragraph (B)(3)(e) of this rule, at the owner’s expense and found to be negative to an official test for pseudorabies twenty-one to thirty days after arrival; or

(b) Be negative to an official test for pseudorabies conducted within thirty days preceding movement, and be subject to quarantine and isolation from all other swine on the point of final destination until each group of said imported swine are tested at owner’s expense, as prescribed in paragraph (B)(3)(e) of this rule, and found to be negative to an official test for pseudorabies twenty-one to forty-five days after arrival;

(c) Be from an area or state recognized as stage IV and be subject to quarantine and isolation from all other swine on the farm of destination until each group of imported swine is tested, as prescribed in paragraph (B)(3)(e) of this rule, at the owner’s expense and found to be negative to an official test for pseudorabies twenty-one to thirty days after arrival; or

(d) Swine imported from a state recognized as stage V or from an area or country recognized by United States department of agriculture, animal plant health inspection service, veterinary services as pseudorabies free would be exempt from pseudorabies entry requirement and subsequent post entry tests.

(e) The number of swine post-entry tested under paragraphs (B)(3)(a), (B)(3)(b) and (B)(3)(c) of this rule shall be as follows:

(i) In groups of ten swine or less, all are tested.

(ii) In groups of eleven to thirty-five, ten swine are tested.

(iii) In groups of thirty-six or more, thirty per cent or thirty swine, whichever is less are tested.

(4) The swine meet the following brucellosis requirements:

(a) Originate from a validated brucellosis-free herd, state or country; or

(b) Be negative to a brucellosis test within thirty days preceding movement, if the animal was six months of age or over, and subject to retest as destination. Brucellosis tests of animals intended for interstate movement shall be made in a state or state-federal laboratory.

(C) No person shall move or import swine into Ohio for any other purposes without a permit unless from a stage V state or area except as provided for in Chapter 901:1-18 of the Administrative Code unless:

(1) They are accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection; and

(2) They are identified by a registration number, official ear notch, tattoo or an eartag; and

(3) No garbage has been fed to them within their lifetime; and

(4) The swine:

(a) Are from a pseudorabies qualified negative herd and shall be quarantined and isolated from all other swine at their point of final destination until they are tested at the owner’s expense and found to be negative to an official test for pseudorabies which must be conducted twenty-one to thirty days after arrival; or

(b) Are negative to an official test for pseudorabies within thirty days preceding entry, and they shall be quarantined and isolated from all other swine at their point of final destination until they are tested at the owner’s expense and found to be negative to an official test for pseudorabies which must be conducted twenty-one to thirty days after arrival; or

(c) Are from an area or state recognized at stage IV and be subject to quarantine and isolation from all other swine on the farm of destination until they are tested, at the owner’s expense and found to be negative to an official test for pseudorabies twenty-one to thirty days after arrival; or

(d) Are imported from or a state recognized as stage V or from an area or county recognized by United States department of agriculture, animal plant health inspection service, veterinary services as pseudorabies free would be exempt from pseudorabies entry requirement and subsequent post entry tests.

(5) The swine meet the following brucellosis requirements:

(a) Originate from a validated brucellosis-free herd, or state; or

(b) Be negative to a brucellosis test within thirty days preceding entry to the exhibition, if the animal was six months of age or over and subject to retest at destination. Brucellosis tests of animals intended for interstate movement shall be made in a state or state-federal laboratory.

(D) A permit may be issued as provided in paragraph (P) of 901:1-17-02 of the Administrative Code by the chief, division of animal industry, Ohio department of agriculture, for:

(1) Swine for breeding or other purposes not complying with paragraph (B) or (C) of this rule;

(2) Any garbage-fed swine to be imported into Ohio.

Effective: 04/11/2005

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 01/21/2005 and 04/11/2010

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 941.03

Rule Amplifies: 941

Prior Effective Dates: 2/26/77, 10/24/80, 6/11/84, 1/1/88, 1/30/91, 2/15/93, 8/15/93, 6/15/98, 3/19/99