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Title 18 . Environmental Conservation
Chapter 36 . Administrative Enforcement
Section 55. Swine

18 AAC 36.055. Swine

(a) A swine imported into the state must be accompanied by a permit and a health certificate which, for a swine over four months of age, must include a certification that within 30 days before importation the swine has tested negative to the following tests in laboratories approved by the United States Department of Agriculture to conduct such tests:

(1) an official brucellosis test unless the swine is from a swine herd validated to be brucellosis-free; and

(2) a serum neutralization (SN) test or other pseudorabies test approved by the United States Department of Agriculture, unless the swine is from a swine herd certified by an accredited inspecting veterinarian to have had no clinical evidence of pseudorabies in the previous 12 months.

(b) A swine imported into the state must be inspected within 10 days before shipment and must be identified by an ear tag, tattoo, or other permanent identification.

(c) A swine which has at any time been fed raw garbage may not be imported into the state.

(d) A swine imported into the state may not originate from a state in which there is imposed a United States Department of Agriculture quarantine for a swine disease.

(e) A swine imported into the state must be isolated from resident swine for 30 days after arrival.

History: Eff. 9/1/82, Register 83

Authority: AS 03.05.020


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