Section 35.44 - Identification and Movement of Brucellosis Infected and Exposed Swine(a) Reactors. Reactor swine shall be identified with a red serially numbered reactor tag in the left ear and be sold to slaughter under state or federal permit (VS 1-27) within 15 days of the date they are identified as reactors. (Reactor herds under Plan 2, Chapter 35.47, may handle reactors according to recommended procedures of the plan.) Reactors must remain on the premises where they were found until the owner obtains a state or federal permit for movement to slaughter. Swine moved for immediate slaughter must go to a recognized slaughter establishment or to a state or federally approved market and held separate and apart from other swine for sale to a recognized slaughter establishment. Reactor swine must be slaughtered as soon as practical. The time may be extended for reasons mutually acceptable to the cooperating state and federal officials in charge.(b) Quarantined and exposed swine. Quarantined and exposed swine, when moved, must be accompanied by a permit (VS 1-27). They can be moved for immediate slaughter. When moved, the swine must be segregated from all other classes of livestock. When moved to premises other than the herd of origin, exposed animals must be individually identified by eartag and the number must be recorded on the permit.4 Tex. Admin. Code § 35.44
The provisions of this §35.44 adopted to be effective September 28, 1990, 15 TexReg 5358; amended to be effective July 20, 1992, 17 TexReg 4748.