163A.3 - TEST WITHIN SIXTY DAYS.
163A.3 TEST WITHIN SIXTY DAYS.
No person or partnership shall sell or offer for service any
breeding swine for breeding purposes unless such breeding swine is
accompanied by an official brucellosis test report showing that the
breeding swine has been tested by a licensed veterinarian within
sixty days of sale or service and found to be negative to the
brucellosis test. Such test shall be recognized for one change of
ownership or service only within the sixty-day period. Thereafter, a
negative test shall be required for each subsequent change of
ownership or service.
If an animal is added to a validated brucellosis-free herd, it
must be a negative animal that either comes from another validated
brucellosis-free herd or has been negative to at least one
brucellosis test, or if required by rules of the department, to two
brucellosis tests conducted not less than thirty days nor more than
sixty days apart, the last test being within thirty days prior to the
introduction of the animal into the herd. Section History: Early Form
[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 163A.3]
Referred to in § 163.30, 163A.2