Michigan Laws 287.831 – Status as pseudorabies quarantined infected herd; agreements; herd cleanup plan; slaughter or other disposition; introduction of animals into infected herd; compliance; movement of vaccinated bre
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(1) Not later than 180 days after the effective date of this act, owners of all herds with the status as a pseudorabies quarantined infected herd shall enter into a pseudorabies herd agreement or an approved pseudorabies quarantined feedlot agreement with the director. When pseudorabies is diagnosed in a swine herd, the herd owner shall enter into a pseudorabies herd agreement and a herd cleanup plan within 90 days after the issuance of the quarantine. All herd cleanup plans shall be formulated with the goal of eradication of the pseudorabies virus from the herd within a maximum of 36 months from the date of the approval of the pseudorabies herd agreement by the official pseudorabies epidemiologist for this state. The herd cleanup plan shall be part of an approved pseudorabies herd agreement.
(2) If it is determined by the director that the control or eradication of swine brucellosis or pseudorabies warrants the slaughter or other disposition of infected or exposed swine, the director may order the slaughter or other disposition of the swine.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 287.831
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(3) The director may order slaughter or other disposition of herds whose owners do not enter into a pseudorabies herd agreement or an approved pseudorabies quarantined feedlot agreement.
(4) The director may prohibit the introduction of animals into an infected herd.
(5) A person shall not knowingly purchase, move, or import feeder swine or breeding swine from a seller who has not complied with the provisions of this act or rules promulgated pursuant to this act.
(6) Vaccinated breeding swine shall move only directly to slaughter or through slaughter market channels and shall not be sold, loaned, leased, or moved to another swine premises without the permission of the director.
(7) The owner of a herd in which pseudorabies infection has been diagnosed shall furnish the following information to the department:
(a) A list of all swine that are additions to the herd from another herd during the preceding 12 months including the number of animals added and the address of origin.
(b) A list of sales and movement of all swine from the herd within the preceding 12 months including number sold and the address of their destination.