8 CCR 1201-19 Part 9 - Swine Health, Pseudorabies, and Brucellosis
9.1. Definitions
9.1.1. "Breeding swine" means all swine six
(6) months of age or older being kept for reproductive purposes.
9.1.2. "Brucellosis" means a disease in swine
caused by Brucella suis.
9.1.3. "Cooked garbage" means garbage that
has been heated throughout to boiling or equivalent temperature for a period of
30 minutes or heated according to any other method specifically approved by the
Department.
9.1.4. "Feeder swine"
means swine intended to be fed to a finished slaughter weight and not intended
for breeding or exhibition.
9.1.5.
"Garbage" means all refuse, animal or vegetable, and includes all waste
material, by-products of a kitchen, restaurant, hospital, hotel, or
slaughterhouse, and every refuse accumulation of animal, fruit, or vegetable
matter, liquid or otherwise, but excludes such vegetable products as leaves and
tops of vegetable plants which have not been mixed with or exposed to or which
do not contain any other garbage or waste product prior to feeding to
swine.
9.1.6. "Herd" means one or
more swine maintained on common ground and includes all swine under common
ownership or supervision that are geographically separated.
9.1.7. "Infected herd" means a herd in which
an animal has been determined to be infected with pseudorabies using an
official pseudorabies test.
9.1.8.
"Interstate swine movement report" means a paper or electronic document
detailing interstate movement of animals within a swine production health
system.
9.1.9. "Official
pseudorabies test" means a test approved by the USDA to be conducted on swine
for the diagnosis of pseudorabies and performed in a laboratory approved by the
State Veterinarian.
9.1.10.
"Pseudorabies" means the infectious and communicable disease of livestock and
other animals also known as Aujeszky's disease, mad itch, or infectious bulbar
paralysis.
9.1.11. "Raw garbage"
means garbage that has not been heated throughout to boiling or equivalent
temperature for 30 minutes, or heated according to a method specifically
approved by the Department.
9.1.12.
"Stage V Free status" means a state or area that has been designated as free of
pseudorabies.
9.1.13. "Swine
Production Health Plan" means an agreement applied for by a swine production
system and designed for a swine production system's interstate transport of
swine between operations, without change of ownership, for breeding, feeding,
and rearing as a normal part of the swine operation.
9.1.14. "Swine Production System" means an
enterprise that consists of multiple sites of swine production (i.e., sow
herds, nursery herds, and growing or finishing herds) that do not include a
recognized slaughter facility or livestock market, that are connected by
ownership or contractual relationships, and between which swine are moved while
remaining under the control of a single owner or a group of contractually
connected owners.
9.1.15. "Uniform
Methods and Rules (UM&R) for Swine Brucellosis Control/Eradication" means
the standards set in APHIS Bulletin No.
91-55-042 (1998) (as incorporated
herein).
9.1.16. "Pseudorabies
Eradication Program Standards" means the standards set in APHIS Bulletin No.
91-55-071 (2003) (as incorporated
herein).
9.2. Test
Positive Swine, Quarantine and Disposition
9.2.1. Any swine herd found to have positive
animals to the serum neutralization test or any other approved recognized test
for pseudorabies or brucellosis shall be placed under quarantine by the State
Veterinarian or his authorized representative.
9.2.2. A hold order shall be placed on any
herd when epidemiological evidence indicates that adjacent or epidemiologically
linked movements have occurred from an infected herd.
9.2.3. Pseudorabies and brucellosis positive
swine and herd mates shall be managed in accordance with the Pseudorabies
Eradication Program Standards and UM&R for Swine Brucellosis
Control/Eradication.
9.3.
Cooking of Garbage to Prevent Swine Disease
9.3.1. No person may feed garbage to swine
without approval from the State Veterinarian. Guidelines for cooking garbage
are as follows:
9.3.1.1. Entire mass must be
brought to the boiling point and held at that temperature for a period of not
less than 30 minutes.
9.3.1.2. A
recording thermometer shall be used and maintained with dated charts for
examination by a representative of the Department and be kept on file for a
period of not less than 90 days. Each chart shall bear thereon the name and
address of person for whom the garbage was cooked. There shall be no retracing
of charts.
9.3.2. The
Department may make periodic inspections of garbage-cooking facilities and
premises.
9.3.3. Premises must be
open for inspection by a designated representative of the Department, including
cooking operations, equipment, and animals, at any reasonable
time.
9.4. Interstate
Movement of Swine - Identification; Swine Production Health Plan
9.4.1. Swine that are moved into Colorado
within a swine production system to other than a recognized slaughter facility
or a specifically authorized livestock market are not required to be
individually identified when moved, provided that the following requirements
are met:
9.4.1.1. The swine may be moved into
Colorado only to another premises identified in a valid swine production health
plan for that swine production system.
9.4.1.2. The swine production system must
operate under a valid swine production health plan that both the sending and
receiving states have agreed to follow.
9.4.1.3. The swine must have been found free
from signs of any communicable disease during the most recent inspection of the
premises by the swine production system's licensed accredited veterinarian
within 30 days prior to the movement.
9.4.1.4. Prior to the movement of any swine,
the producer moving swine must deliver the required interstate swine movement
report to the following individuals identified in the swine production health
plan:
9.4.1.4.1. The swine production system's
licensed accredited veterinarian for the premises from which the swine are to
be moved.
9.4.1.4.2. The state
animal health official for the state of origin of the swine.
9.4.1.4.3. The Colorado State
Veterinarian.
9.4.1.4.4.
Individuals designated by the state animal health
officials.
9.4.1.5. The
receiving premises must not commingle swine received from different premises in
a manner that prevents identification of the premises that sent the swine or
groups of swine. This requirement may be met by use of permanent premises or
individual animal identification, by keeping groups of animals received from
one premises physically separate from animals received from other premises, or
by any other effective means.
9.4.1.6. For each premises, the swine
production system must maintain, for three years after the date of creation,
records that will allow a state animal health official to trace any animal on
the premises back to its previous premises and must maintain copies of each
swine production health plan signed by the producer, all interstate swine
movement reports issued by the producer, and all reports the swine production
system's accredited veterinarian issues documenting the health status of the
swine on the premises.
9.4.1.7.
Each premises must allow state animal health officials access to the premises
upon request to inspect animals and review records.
9.4.1.8. Every seven calendar days, each
swine production system must send the State Veterinarian a written summary that
is based on the interstate swine movement report data and that shows how many
animals were moved in the past seven calendar days, the premises from which
they were moved, and the premises to which they were moved.
9.4.2. A swine production health plan must
include all the following:
9.4.2.1. Address
and contact information for all premises that are part of the swine production
system and that receive or send swine in interstate commerce.
9.4.2.2. Provisions for regular veterinary
inspections of all swine maintained on the identified premises, at intervals no
greater than 30 days, by the swine production system's licensed accredited
veterinarian.
9.4.2.3. Description
of the record-keeping system of the swine production system.
9.4.2.4. The signature of each official of
each swine production system identified in the plan, including the swine
production system's licensed accredited veterinarian, the state veterinarian,
an APHIS representative, and the state animal health official from each state
in which the swine production system has a premises.
9.4.2.5. Acknowledgement that the managers of
all the swine production system's premises listed in the plan have been
notified that any failure of the participants in the swine production system to
abide by the provisions of the plan and the applicable provisions of
9 CFR Parts
71 and
85 constitutes a basis for the
cancellation of the swine production health plan.
9.4.3. An interstate swine movement report
must include the following information:
9.4.3.1. The name, location, and premises
identification of the premises from which the swine are to be moved.
9.4.3.2. The name, location, and premises
identification number of the premises to which the swine are to be
moved.
9.4.3.3. The date of
movement.
9.4.3.4. The number, age,
and type of swine to be moved.
9.4.3.5. A description of any individual
identification or group identification associated with the swine.
9.4.3.6. The name of the swine production
system's licensed accredited veterinarian.
9.4.3.7. The health status of the herd from
which the swine are to be moved, including any disease of regulatory concern to
the state or to USDA/APHIS.
9.4.3.8. An accurate statement that swine on
the premises from which the swine are to be moved have been inspected by the
swine production system's licensed accredited veterinarian within 30 days prior
to the interstate movement, consistent with the dates specified by the
premise's swine production health plan and are found to be free from signs of
communicable disease.
9.4.4. The following procedures apply to
cancellation of, or withdrawal from, a swine production health plan:
9.4.4.1. The state veterinarian may cancel
the state's participation in a swine production health plan by giving written
notice to all swine producers, accredited veterinarians, and other state animal
health officials listed in the plan. Withdrawal shall be effective upon the
date specified by the state veterinarian in the notice, but for shipments in
transit, withdrawal shall become effective seven days after the date of such
notice.
9.4.4.2. A swine production
system may withdraw one or more of its premises from participation in the plan
upon giving written notice to the state veterinarian, the accredited
veterinarian(s), and all swine producers listed in the plan. Withdrawal shall
be effective upon the date specified by the swine production system in the
written notice, but for shipments in transit, withdrawal shall become effective
seven days after the date of such notice.
9.4.4.3. The state veterinarian shall cancel
a swine production health plan after determining that swine movements within
the swine production system have occurred that were not in compliance with the
swine production health plan. Before a swine health production plan is
canceled, the state veterinarian shall inform a representative of the swine
production system of the reasons for the
cancellation.
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