SECTION 35:15-22-51. Validated/qualified herd establishment

(a)   A person shall establish a swine herd as a V/Q herd status by completing the following:

(1)   Each pig shall be permanently identified with both ear notches and an 840 button-type electronic official identification ear tag by the time of testing.

(2)   The herd owner shall submit a completed application and inventory no later than thirty (30) days after a complete herd test for brucellosis and pseudorabies.

(A)   The application shall include, at a minimum, the herd owner's name, mailing address, telephone number, signature, and date of application.

(B)   The inventory shall include, at a minimum, animal identification, age, breed, sex, and date of inventory.

(3)   The herd owner shall test negative all swine six (6) months of age or older to an official brucellosis and pseudorabies test to establish a V/Q herd.

(4)   A minimum of ninety (90) percent of the swine in the herd shall have been on the premises and a part of the herd for at least ninety (90) days prior to the whole herd test or have entered directly from another V/Q herd.

(b)   Swine maintained outside of the primary herd premises shall not be considered a part of the V/Q herd.

(c)   Herd owners shall have a minimum of four (4) adult sows to be eligible for the V/Q herd program.

(d)   V/Q herd status and herd number shall be issued after completion of the first quarterly test following the whole herd test.

(e)   Only the primary herd owner or an immediate family member may exhibit swine under V/Q herd status.

[Source: Added at 20 Ok Reg 1520, eff 6-12-03; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 2157, eff 6-25-06; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 2178, eff 7-25-11; Amended at 31 Ok Reg 717, eff 9-12-14; Amended at 33 Ok Reg 1150, eff 9-11-16; Amended at 35 Ok Reg 751, eff 9-14-18]