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Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 287. Animal Industry § 287.821

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 21. (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 pseudorabies quarantined feedlot as part of a pseudorabies herd agreement and herd cleanup plan. The pseudorabies herd agreement shall operate as the written permission of the director for movement from the quarantined premises.

(2) Feeder pigs may be sold, loaned, leased, or moved from a quarantined premises to an approved pseudorabies quarantined feedlot only when accompanied by a movement permit, a copy of which shall be forwarded to the director within 5 days of movement.

(3) Feeder pigs to be transferred shall be in compliance with all of the following:

(a) Bear official identification which contains the herd number assigned to the herd of origin by the director.

(b) Have been vaccinated for pseudorabies prior to movement using a differential vaccine specified and approved by the director.

(c) Be by direct movement from the herd of origin to the destination on the movement permit.

(d) Not move through a swine market or other facility or premises prior to arrival at the approved pseudorabies quarantined feedlot.

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