Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-3-8-.13
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024
Section 80-3-8-.13 - Disease Control Rules For Swine At Sales Markets(1) All swine, except those for immediate slaughter, that are moved into any livestock market or other place where swine are offered for sale that come from two or more separate locations or premises shall be identified with ear tag or by other methods of individual identification as prescribed by the State Veterinarian. The identification of swine as required herein shall be made when the swine are unloaded and received at the livestock market or other place of sale and the identification tag numbers shall be recorded on the lotting-in slips used by the sales market.(2) All swine held at a livestock market or other place of sale to be sold for feeding or breeding purposes must be held separate from slaughter swine and shall be maintained on imperviously surfaced pens, alleys, docks, scales and sales rings for their entire stay in the market. If swine for breeding and feeding purposes are kept in close proximity to areas used for slaughter swine, they must be separated by a solid partition of at least four (4) feet in height. No drainage shall be allowed to flow from the area used for slaughter swine into the area used for breeding and feeding swine. Sales rings, scales, alleys, and all other such facilities used for all classes of swine shall be cleaned and disinfected prior to each sales day.(a) Swine held at a livestock market or other place of sale that are to be sold for feeding or breeding purposes shall not be driven along alleys or loaded from chutes that are used for the handling of slaughter swine unless such chutes and alleys have been cleaned and disinfected after being used for slaughter swine.(b) Swine held at a livestock market or other place of sale to be sold for feeding or breeding purposes shall be sold prior to slaughter swine.(3) All swine, except those for immediate slaughter and those hereinafter exempt, before being moved from any livestock market or from any other place where swine are offered for sale that come from two or more separate locations or premises, shall be accompanied by a certificate issued by an accredited veterinarian which shall bear the identification tag number of the swine and shall state that such swine have been examined; that they are free of any indications of infectious or contagious diseases, and that the swine have received a proper dose of anti-hog cholera serum not more than five (5) days prior to the date of their sale.(4) When all swine offered for sale at livestock markets or other places of sale where swine are offered for sale that come from two or more locations or premises have originated directly from farms located in areas officially designated as Hog Cholera Free Areas by the United States Department of Agriculture, they may be sold for breeding and feeding purposes without being required to receive anti-hog cholera serum before leaving the market to return to farms in Alabama.(5) All swine received for sale at livestock markets or other places of sale where swine are offered for sale that come from two or more separate locations or premises shall have originated directly from farms on which all swine have been examined by a person or persons designated by the State Veterinarian. All swine on the farm shall have been found free from any indication of any illness. All such swine so examined on the farm must also meet all requirements set forth in the standards of the State Veterinarian for such inspections. Such swine sold for breeding and feeding purposes shall be exempt from the requirement of receiving anti-hog cholera serum before leaving the market to return to farms in Alabama, provided the owner who offered the swine for sale has signed a statement that he did not leave any apparently sick swine on his farm and that he has not had any apparently sick swine since the last inspection.(6) All swine that return to farms from any livestock market or from any other place where swine are offered for sale that come to the livestock market from two or more separate locations or premises shall be held in isolation from other swine and in quarantine on the farm to which they return for a period of not less than thirty (30) days. No swine that have passed through any livestock market or other place where swine are offered for sale that come from two or more separate locations or premises, shall again be offered or accepted for sale at any other livestock market or other place of sale during a period of thirty (30) days. Such swine may be moved from the farm to which they have been transported only on permit from the State Veterinarian or his authorized representative and then only for immediate slaughter or under quarantine to other premises.(7) No swine shall return to farms in Alabama from any livestock market or from any other place where swine are offered for sale in Alabama that come from two or more premises that have passed through more than one concentration point after such swine leave the farm of origin.(8) No swine, including those for immediate slaughter, shall remain in any livestock market or other place where swine are offered for sale that come from two or more separate locations or premises for more than seventy-two (72) hours.(9) A list of the days on which breeding or feeding swine will be sold at livestock markets or other places of sale must be furnished to and approved by the State Veterinarian, and no breeding or feeding swine shall be permitted to leave the livestock market or other place of sale except on the days as approved by the State Veterinarian.(10) These regulations expressly repeal regulations heretofore adopted which require the dipping and spraying of all swine with 2% cresol solution before leaving livestock markets or other places of sale. NOTE: The above rule (80-3-8-.13) was previously denoted as Chapter 80-3-9. It has now been downgraded into rule status and incorporated into Chapter 80-3-8. The bonding and insurance requirements originally found in Chapter 80-3-8 have been transferred to Chapter 80-3-13 entitled Rules for Operating Livestock Markets.
Author: Charles H. Barnes
Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-3-8-.13
Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 2-15-64(c).