32.3.315    HERD STATUS ESTABLISHMENT

(1) The Montana department of livestock will certify and recertify a swine breeding herd as qualified pseudorabies negative upon determination of compliance with the provisions of 9CFR85, subsection 1.

(a) Copies of the current 9CRF are on file with the Department of Livestock and may be reviewed at the offices located at 6th Avenue and North Roberts in Helena, Montana. Copies are available from the Superintendent of Public Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., upon payment of a fee and identification by rule number.

(2) The Montana department of livestock will certify and recertify a breeding swine herd as pseudorabies monitored for feeder pig production when sampled and tested negative in compliance with the current Uniform Methods and Rules for pseudorabies eradication or the provisions of the National Pseudorabies Control Board criteria for monitored herds.

(a) Copies of the Uniform Methods and Rules for pseudorabies eradication and criteria of the National Pseudorabies Control Board are available from the department of livestock upon request.

History: Sec. 81-2-102 MCA; IMP, Sec. 81-2-102 MCA; NEW, 1991 MAR p. 1145, Eff. 7/12/91.