54-2287 Department; conduct feeder and breeding swine testing program; status swine herd title.

NE Code § 54-2287 (2019) (N/A)

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54-2287. Department; conduct feeder and breeding swine testing program; status swine herd title.

(1) The department shall continually conduct a feeder and breeding swine testing program. Under the program, the department may require testing of both feeder and breeding swine whenever such swine are moving in commerce through concentration points or whenever feeder and breeding swine are sold at private treaty.

(2) The department shall assign a status swine herd title to those swine herds which meet the requirements developed by the department for such title. Such requirements shall include (a) the method and number of swine subjected to testing, (b) the procedure for herd additions, deletions, and movement into and out of such herds, and (c) a legal description of the land on which facilities are located to maintain a qualified pseudorabies negative herd or a qualified pseudorabies negative growout herd.

(3) The department may cancel or suspend the title of a qualified pseudorabies negative herd or a qualified pseudorabies negative growout herd for failure to meet the requirements of subsection (2) of this section. The department shall not renew such titles if the approved testing schedule is not adhered to.

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