8 Colo. Code Regs. § 1201-19, pt. 9

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 22, November 25, 2024

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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