§ 3.172. Health requirements.
(a) Swine affected with or exposed to a disease declared by the Department to be a dangerous transmissible disease may not be transported except when accompanied by a permit issued by the Department.
(b) Swine in intrastate movement shall be individually identified as follows:
(1) Breeding swine shall be identified by an eartag, tattoo or a combination of herd tattoo and earnotch.
(2) Feeder swine shall be identified according to paragraph (1) or by a herd number registered by the Department and applied to each swine by eartag or tattoo.
(3) Swine for slaughter shall be identified according to paragraph (1) or (2) or by a backtag.
(c) Breeding swine shall be negative for pseudorabies within 30 days prior to the intrastate movement and shall be accompanied by a health certificate that states the individual identification of each animal and the latest pseudorabies test date or that the swine are members of a qualified pseudorabies negative herd and the latest herd pseudorabies test date. A swine owner may move swine from a pseudorabies monitored herd to premises the swine owner owns, rents or leases without additional testing and without health certificates.
(d) Feeder swine originating from other than a pseudorabies free county may move intrastate only if they have not been in contact with swine of unknown pseudorabies status and they meet one of the following conditions:
(1) Originate from a qualified pseudorabies negative herd.
(2) Originate from a pseudorabies monitored herd.
(3) Are negative on an official test for pseudorabies within 30 days prior to movement.
(e) Health certificates are not required for swine consigned to slaughter. These swine shall be identified as to farm of origin in accordance with subsection (b) and slaughtered within 3 days.
Authority The provisions of this § 3.172 issued under act of March 28, 1929 (P. L. 110, No. 117) (3 P. S. § 371); and act of April 17, 1929 (P. L. 533, No. 236) (3 P. S. § 342); amended under section 40 of the act of July 22, 1913 (P. L. 928, No. 441) (3 P. S. § 430); and section 1702 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 442).
Source The provisions of this § 3.172 adopted April 11, 1975, effective April 12, 1975, 5 Pa.B. 895; amended March 11, 1977, effective March 12, 1977, 7 Pa.B. 698; amended March 19, 1982, effective May 19, 1982, 12 Pa.B. 979; amended August 16, 1991, effective August 17, 1991, 21 Pa.B. 3688. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (144196).
Cross References This section cited in 7 Pa. Code § 3.180 (relating to swine for exhibition); 7 Pa. Code § 5.61 (relating to swine consigned); and 7 Pa. Code § 10.6 (relating to quarantine required).
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