South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 27 - CLEMSON UNIVERSITY STATE LIVESTOCK-POULTRY HEALTH COMMISSION › Article 16 - LIVESTOCK MARKETS › Subarticle I - LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKETS › Section 27-1036 - Specific Rules and Regulations Regarding the Sale of Swine

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
(A) Swine to Be Treated Against Hog Cholera
				Except as Noted Under Paragraphs B, C, D, and I--All swine entered into a
				Livestock Auction Market for other than immediate slaughter shall be inoculated
				against hog cholera using serum alone. The dosage of serum shall be determined
				by agreement between the State Veterinarian and the Livestock Auction Market
				Veterinarian. All swine so inoculated shall be properly identified by an ear
				tag or other means of identification furnished to the market veterinarian by
				the Livestock-Poultry Health Division.
(B) Hog Cholera Treatment of Sows and Their
				Pigs--Pregnant sows and gilts shall be given anti-hog-cholera serum alone. Pigs
				suckling the dam, when both are entered in the sale and both are purchased by
				the same owner, may be given serum alone.
(C) Hog Cholera Treatment of "No Sale"
				Hogs--Hogs being entered into a Livestock Auction Market and subsequently not
				being sold, shall, before they are allowed to leave the Livestock Auction
				Market, be inoculated against hog cholera according to the provisions of
				Section
				47-11-110
				of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina and 27-1036(A) of these rules and
				regulations, except as noted under 27-1036(B) and (D).
(D) "No Sale" Hogs Moved for Immediate
				Slaughter--When hogs enter a Livestock Auction Market and the owner
				subsequently elects not to sell such, the Livestock Auction Market Veterinarian
				may issue the owner a permit to move such hogs for immediate slaughter without
				inoculating them against hog cholera, provided that the Scale Ticket or a
				receipt for sale from the Slaughtering Establishment to which the hogs move is
				returned to the Livestock Auction Market Veterinarian.
(E) Restriction on Entering Market--No swine,
				except for immediate slaughter, shall enter a market more than 24 hours prior
				to a sale, and those swine entering a market not for immediate slaughter shall
				be inoculated with serum within 24 hours following termination of the
				sale.
(F) Quarantine Pens--Separate
				pens shall be provided for holding hogs which have or are suspected of having
				been exposed to a contagious or infectious disease, and said pens shall be
				properly identified.
(G)
(1) Disposition of Sick or Exposed Hogs--If
				sick hogs are noted prior to unloading at the Livestock Auction Market, then it
				shall be the right and duty of the Livestock Auction Market Veterinarian, the
				Livestock Auction Market Operator or his employees, or any veterinarian or
				livestock inspector or livestock Law Enforcement Officer employed by the State
				Veterinarian or the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States
				Department of Agriculture, to refuse permission for such hogs to enter the
				Livestock Auction Market. It shall be the duty of any State or Federally
				employed Veterinarian or Livestock Inspector, or the Livestock Auction Market
				Veterinarian to issue a quarantine to the owner of such hogs and such hogs
				shall be returned to the premises of the owner under said quarantine, until the
				cause of the illness or suspected illness can be determined by the State
				Veterinarian.
(2) When Sick Hogs
				Are Noted in the Auction Market--If sick hogs are noted in the Livestock
				Auction Market, such hogs shall be moved to a quarantine pen and the seller of
				such hogs shall either return them to his premises under an official State
				quarantine until the cause of such illness or suspected illness can be
				determined by the State Veterinarian, or send them to immediate slaughter
				subject to inspection.