Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.801
Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "pseudorabies and swine brucellosis control and eradication act".
Michigan Compiled Laws — PSEUDORABIES AND SWINE BRUCELLOSIS CONTROL AND ERADICATION ACT (Act 239 of 1992)
Michigan · statute · 239 of 1992, Mich. Comp. Laws · 29 active provisions
Provisions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.803
Meanings of words and phrases.
For the purpose of this act, the words and phrases defined in sections 5 through 15 shall have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.805
Definitions; A, B.
(1) "Accredited veterinarian" means a veterinarian approved by the United States department of agriculture to perform specific functions required by cooperative state-federal disease control and eradication programs. (2) "Animal" means any vertebrate member of the animal kingdom other than a human being. (3) "Approved…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.807
Definitions; D to F.
(1) "Department" means the Michigan department of agriculture. (2) "Differential test" means an official test approved by the director designed to distinguish swine which are positive for pseudorabies field strain virus associated antibodies from swine that have antibodies due to vaccination with a differential vaccine…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.809
Definitions; G to L.
(1) "Gilt" means any female breeding swine until her first litter is farrowed, born, or aborted. (2) "Herd" means any individual swine or group of swine under common ownership or management maintained on a swine premises for more than 24 hours for any purpose, or 2 or more individual swine or groups of swine that have…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.811
Definitions; M to P.
(1) "Monitored feedlot" means a herd of swine being fed for slaughter whose pseudorabies negative status is demonstrated by an annual official test, on a schedule prescribed by the director of representative groups of swine that have been on the premises at least 30 days. (2) "Movement permit" means a statement on a fo…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.813
Definitions; P to R.
(1) "Pseudorabies" means the contagious, infectious, and communicable disease of livestock and other animals known also as Aujeszky's disease, mad itch, or infectious bulbar paralysis caused by the pseudorabies virus. (2) "Pseudorabies herd agreement" means a written agreement signed by the owner or owner's representat…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.815
Definitions; S to V.
(1) "Sow" means any female swine that has farrowed or given birth to or aborted 1 litter or more. (2) "State veterinarian" means the chief animal health official of the state as appointed by the director in accordance with section 7 of the animal industry act of 1987, Act No. 466 of the Public Acts of 1988, being secti…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.817
Pseudorabies and brucellosis in porcine species; disease control and eradication; agreements with secretary of agriculture; market swine identification program.
(1) The director may enter into agreements with the secretary of agriculture, United States department of agriculture, the secretary's authorized representative, or any other person to further pseudorabies and brucellosis disease control and eradication. (2) The department shall cooperate with the United States departm…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.819
Feeder pigs; origination and movement requirements.
(1) Feeder pigs shall originate from a breeding herd whose status has been established as any of the following: (a) Feeder pig monitored herd. (b) Qualified pseudorabies negative herd. (c) Vaccinated feeder pig monitored herd. (d) Qualified pseudorabies negative gene-altered vaccinated herd. (e) A herd located in an ar…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.821
Transferring swine infected with or exposed to pseudorabies; transferring feeder pigs to approved pseudorabies quarantined feedlot; movement permit; requirements.
(1) A person shall not sell, loan, lease, move, or otherwise transfer swine known to be infected with, or known to have been exposed to, pseudorabies except directly to slaughter or through slaughter swine market channels unless permission of the director is obtained. Feeder pigs may be transferred to an approved pseud…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.823
Identification of feeder pigs.
(1) Feeder pigs shall be identified in a manner as described in subsection (2) in a manner that allows tracing to the herd of origin for the purpose of epidemiology and investigations to determine the spread of disease. (2) Feeder pigs shall be identified before leaving the herd of origin with official identification t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.825
Establishment of herd status; conducting official pseudorabies test; transfer of status; schedule; test requirements; herd number or designations; retesting.
(1) Beginning 90 days after the effective date of this act, each owner of any swine herd of unknown status shall cause an official test for pseudorabies to be conducted on such herd at the owner's expense for establishment of at least 1 of the following herd statuses: (a) A qualified pseudorabies negative herd. (b) A q…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.827
Pseudorabies and swine brucellosis control and eradication fund.
There is created within the department of treasury a pseudorabies and swine brucellosis control and eradication fund which shall be administered by the director. Fees assessed and collected pursuant to this act shall be remitted to the state treasury for credit to the pseudorabies and swine brucellosis control and erad…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.829
Pseudorabies; diagnosis; availability of herd for testing.
(1) When pseudorabies is diagnosed in swine purchased from or sold to another producer in the preceding 12 months, the owners of both the herd of origin and the herd of destination shall make available their herds for testing on a schedule prescribed by the director at the director's request. (2) When pseudorabies infe…
Mich. Comp. 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 breeding swine; information furnished to department.
(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, th…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.833
Identification of herd of origin; notification; availability of herd for official test.
(1) Brucellosis or pseudorabies positive swine shall be traced to the herd of origin. The director shall notify the owner of the herd of origin within 60 days after the date the department is notified of positive swine. (2) When the herd of origin has been identified, the owner of the swine herd in this state shall, up…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.835
Approved pseudorabies quarantined feedlot.
(1) The director shall issue a certificate to the owner of an approved pseudorabies quarantined feedlot for the acceptance of feeder pigs from a pseudorabies quarantined premises and for the purpose of feeding such pigs in isolation from other animals and for sale and direct movement to slaughter or another approved qu…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.837
Importing swine into state with prior entry permit; delivery to slaughterhouse or collection facility; compliance; requirements for breeding swine imported into state.
(1) A person shall not import into this state swine, other than swine consigned directly to a slaughterhouse or to an approved livestock auction market for sale as slaughter swine, without a prior entry permit obtained from the director. (2) Swine brought into this state for slaughter shall be delivered only to a slaug…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.839
Importation of swine; requirements; waiver.
(1) Breeding swine brought into this state shall remain at the destination stated on the official interstate health certificate or official interstate certificate of veterinary inspection until the herd owner obtains a negative official test for pseudorabies conducted not less than 30, or more than 60, days following t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.841
Importation of feeder pigs; requirements; entry of feral swine.
(1) Feeder pigs imported into this state shall meet 1 of the following requirements: (a) Originate directly from a feeder pig monitored herd or qualified negative pseudorabies free herd. (b) Originate directly from a herd in a state which participates in a pseudorabies testing program that is approved by the director.…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.843
Pseudorabies veterinary biological; use; conditions; distribution.
(1) The use of a pseudorabies veterinary biological is prohibited except when used or prescribed for use by an accredited veterinarian. A person shall not use or prescribe for use any pseudorabies veterinary biological for swine unless 1 of the following conditions is met: (a) The herd in which the vaccine is used is a…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.845
Swine presented to livestock auction or collection point as entering interstate commerce.
All swine presented to a livestock auction or collection point licensed under Act No. 284 of the Public Acts of 1937, being sections 287.121 to 287.131 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, shall be considered to have entered interstate commerce and shall be identified prior to sorting and grouping in accordance with title 9…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.847
Livestock auction market, yards, and premises considered infected with organisms of infectious diseases of swine; moving or selling swine; identification; proof, test report, or permission required; copy of documents; feral swine entering facility for other than immediate slaughter.
(1) For the purpose of this act, a livestock auction market, public stockyard, auction sale yard, livestock yard, garbage feeding premises, and slaughterhouse premises shall be considered as infected with the organisms of infectious diseases of swine. (2) Swine shall not be moved or sold from a livestock auction market…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.849
Sale as feeding and breeding swine; requirements; conveyance; facilities approved as swine assembly point; pseudorabies test requirements; identification of swine consignment; removal of swine from premises.
(1) The director may approve the designation of a swine assembly point for swine to be assembled and grouped for sale as feeding and breeding swine when facilities are provided separate and apart from any slaughter hogs if these facilities, methods of operations, and management practices have been inspected and approve…
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