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Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 9 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF TUBERCULOSIS OF LIVESTOCK › Subchapter E - INDIVIDUAL ACCREDITED TUBERCULOSIS HERD PLAN › Section 9.46 - Annual retests

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Annual retests shall be complete. Animals not tested shall
					 be tuberculin tested and found negative before the herd can receive proper
					 credit for reaccreditation.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
												9.42 (relating to maintenance of
						accredited herd).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 9 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF TUBERCULOSIS OF LIVESTOCK › Subchapter E - INDIVIDUAL ACCREDITED TUBERCULOSIS HERD PLAN › Section 9.47 - Herd additions

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(a) Herd
				  additions shall originate directly from one of the following:
(1) Accredited herd.
(2) Herd in an accredited free
				  state.
(3) Herd in a modified
				  accredited area that has passed a herd test of animals over 24 months of age
				  within 12 months, and the individual animals for addition were negative to the
				  tuberculin test conducted within 60 days.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 9 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF TUBERCULOSIS OF LIVESTOCK › Subchapter F - MODIFIED ACCREDITED TUBERCULOSIS AREA AND ACCREDITED FREE STATE › Section 9.51 - Definition and designation of modified accredited area

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A state or county that maintains and reports an adequate
					 testing and surveillance program for detection of tuberculosis according to the
					 Federal Uniform Methods and Rules.
(1)
				  The state shall take progressive steps to seek out and eliminate
				  tuberculosis.
(2) Cattle in herds
				  of origin or cattle associated with those showing evidence of tuberculosis at
				  time of slaughter shall be quarantined and tested.
(3) The testing schedule of all reactor and
				  suspect herds shall be current.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 9 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF TUBERCULOSIS OF LIVESTOCK › Subchapter F - MODIFIED ACCREDITED TUBERCULOSIS AREA AND ACCREDITED FREE STATE › Section 9.52 - Definition and maintenance of accredited free state

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(a) A state may be declared Accredited Free
				  if the state complies with the procedures in the Federal Uniform Methods and
				  Rules and no evidence of tuberculosis has been found for 5 or more
				  years.
(b) Disclosure of
				  tuberculosis in an accredited free state will be sufficient justification for
				  revocation or suspension of the free status. After the epidemiological studies
				  have been completed and the exposed herds tested and no spread is evident,
				  there will be reinstatement of the free status.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 9 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF TUBERCULOSIS OF LIVESTOCK › Subchapter F - MODIFIED ACCREDITED TUBERCULOSIS AREA AND ACCREDITED FREE STATE › Section 9.53 - Herd additions in other than accredited free herds

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Additions shall meet the requirements in Chapter 3,
					 Subchapters B and I (relating to importation of cattle, goats and buffalo; and
					 intrastate transportation of cattle, goats and buffalo).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 10 - PSEUDORABIES DISEASE › GENERAL › Section 10.4 - Right of Department to test

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The Department reserves the right to blood test an animal
					 for pseudorabies at any time. It is unlawful for a person to interfere or to
					 refuse to present his animals for testing by an officer or agents of the
					 Department in the performance of duties after reasonable notice of the proposed
					 testing has been given.
The provisions of this §
												10.4 amended under section 40 of
						the act of July 22, 1913 (P. L. 928, No. 441) (3 P. S. §
													430); and section 1702 of The Administrative
						Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
													442).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 10 - PSEUDORABIES DISEASE › GENERAL › Section 10.5 - Notification of suspected pseudorabies cases

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A veterinarian suspecting or diagnosing pseudorabies in an
					 animal shall immediately report the case by telephone or other expeditious
					 means to the Department.
The provisions of this §
												10.5 amended under section 40 of
						the act of July 22, 1913 (P. L. 928, No. 441) (3 P. S. §
													430); and section 1702 of The Administrative
						Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
													442).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 10 - PSEUDORABIES DISEASE › GENERAL › Section 10.6 - Quarantine required

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(a)
				  Animals exposed to a pseudorabies test positive animal or animal with symptoms
				  of pseudorabies shall be immediately placed under quarantine.
(b) Swine not in compliance with importation
				  requirements and swine on the premises shall be placed under
				  quarantine.
(c) Swine transported
				  intrastate not meeting pseudorabies test requirements in §
										3.172(c) and (d)
				  (relating to health requirements) and swine on the premises shall be
				  quarantined.
The provisions of this §
												10.6 amended under section 40 of
						the act of July 22, 1913 (P. L. 928, No. 441) (3 P. S. §
													430); and section 1702 of The Administrative
						Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
													442).
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
												10.8 (relating to quarantine
						release).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 10 - PSEUDORABIES DISEASE › GENERAL › Section 10.7 - Permits and owner-shipper statements for movement of swine from quarantined herds

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A permit is required to move quarantined swine from a
					 quarantined premise. A person who has a permit to move quarantined swine shall
					 file an owner-shipper statement with the Department within 3 days of
					 movement.
The provisions of this §
												10.7 amended under section 40 of
						the act of July 22, 1913 (P. L. 928, No. 441) (3 P. S. §
													430); and section 1702 of The Administrative
						Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
													442).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 10 - PSEUDORABIES DISEASE › GENERAL › Section 10.8 - Quarantine release

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(a) Swine
				  quarantined for noncompliance with importation health requirements shall be
				  released from quarantine only when all importation requirements are
				  met.
(b) Swine quarantined in
				  accordance with §
										10.6(c) (relating
				  to quarantine required) may be released from quarantine when the swine are
				  determined by the Department to be pseudorabies test negative.
(c) A quarantine imposed upon a pseudorabies
				  infected swine herd may be released when one of the following conditions is
				  met:
(1) The swine have been removed from the
				  premises, the premises is thoroughly cleaned and disinfected with USDA-APHIS
				  approved disinfection procedures in accordance with
				  9 CFR
				  85.12 and
				  85.13 (relating to cleaning and
				  disinfecting means of conveyance; and cleaning and disinfecting livestock
				  markets and other facilities) and swine have not been on the premises for 30
				  days or more.
(2) Swine positive to
				  an official test for pseudorabies have been removed from the premises and
				  exposed swine which remain in the herd are negative to two official
				  pseudorabies tests. The first test may not be less than 30 days after the last
				  positive swine has been removed from the premises and the second test not less
				  than 60 days after the first test.
(3) Swine positive to an official test for
				  pseudorabies have been removed from the premises and three successive random
				  sample tests of the breeding herd and three successive random sample tests of
				  other swine on the premises that are at least 4 months of age are negative for
				  pseudorabies. The first test shall be done at least 30 days after removal of
				  all positive swine; the second test shall be done at least 90 days after the
				  first test and the third test shall be done at least 90 days after the second
				  test. The number of swine composing a random sample for quarantine removal
				  under this section is:
No. of swine in
								herd
No. of swine to be tested
1-10
All
11-35
10
36 or more
30% or 30, whichever is less
A random sample shall include all age groups including
					 boars.
(4) An official
				  pseudorabies epidemiologist has reviewed the herd history and determined the
				  herd is free of pseudorabies and the swine herd meets quarantine release
				  requirements in 9 CFR Part 85 (relating to pseudorabies).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 10 - PSEUDORABIES DISEASE › GENERAL › Section 10.9 - Qualified pseudorabies negative herd

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Qualified pseudorabies negative herd status can be obtained
					 and maintained by complying with the requirements as defined in 9 CFR Part 85
					 (relating to pseudorabies).
The provisions of this §
												10.9 amended uner section 40 of the
						act of July 22, 1913 (P. L. 928, No. 441) (3 P. S. §
													430); and section 1702 of The Administrative
						Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
													442).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 10 - PSEUDORABIES DISEASE › GENERAL › Section 10.10 - Pseudorabies vaccine

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(a) The use,
				  importation, sale or possession of pseudorabies vaccine is prohibited except
				  upon the specific written approval of the Department.
(b) Pseudorabies vaccinated swine having
				  pseudorabies antibodies that cannot be distinguished from antibodies produced
				  by pseudorabies virus are not permitted entry into this Commonwealth except by
				  specific written approval of the Department.
(c) Pseudorabies vaccinated swine in this
				  Commonwealth with antibodies that cannot be distinguished from antibodies
				  produced by pseudorabies virus shall be immediately quarantined and permitted
				  to be moved only to a recognized slaughter establishment or pseudorabies
				  restricted animal market or to a premise quarantined for pseudorabies or in
				  case of imported swine be returned to the state of origin.
(d) Permission to use licensed pseudorabies
				  vaccine to achieve control of the disease in infected herds and to prevent
				  infection in noninfected herds located in high pseudorabies risk areas may be
				  granted by the Department if a cooperative agreement for use of pseudorabies
				  vaccine is established between the Department, the swine herd owner and a
				  Pennsylvania licensed veterinarian.
The provisions of this §
												10.10 amended under section 40 of
						the act of July 22, 1913 (P. L. 928, No. 441) (3 P. S. §
													430); and section 1702 of The Administrative
						Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
													442).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 10 - PSEUDORABIES DISEASE › GENERAL › Section 10.12 - Quarantine, cleaning and disinfection of conveyances and animal facilities

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Conveyances and animal market and related facilities,
					 except those swine facilities at recognized slaughter establishments, used in
					 movement or housing of pseudorabies infected or exposed animal shall be
					 quarantined and will be released from quarantine only after being cleaned and
					 disinfected in accordance with the USDA-APHIS approved disinfection procedures
					 in 9 CFR
					 85.12 and
					 85.13 (relating to cleaning and
					 disinfecting means of conveyance; and cleaning and disinfecting livestock
					 markets and other facilities).
The provisions of this §
												10.12 amended under section 40 of
						the act of July 22, 1913 (P. L. 928, No. 441) (3 P. S. §
													430); and section 1702 of The Administrative
						Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
													442).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 10 - PSEUDORABIES DISEASE › GENERAL › Section 10.13 - Embryo and semen donors

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Embryo and semen donors shall be pseudorabies test negative
					 within 30 days of donation or be a member of a qualified pseudorabies negative
					 herd.
The provisions of these §
												§
												10.21-10.27 issued under section 1702 of
						The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
													442); sections 3 and 9 of the act of April
						17, 1929 (P. L. 533, No. 236) (3 P. S. §
													§
													343 and
						349); and sections 4 and 6 of
						the act of March 28, 1929 (P. L. 110, No. 117) (3 P. S. §
													§
													374 and
						376), unless otherwise
						noted.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 10 - PSEUDORABIES DISEASE › ERADICATION PROGRAM › Section 10.21 - Plan requirements

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(a)
Development and implementation
. The Department will provide
				  the owner of a pseudorabies swine herd with written notice of the time period
				  within which an official pseudorabies herd-cleanup shall be developed and put
				  into effect. This notice shall set forth the identity, address and telephone
				  number of the official pseudorabies epidemiologist who shall consult with the
				  herd owner in the development of the official herd-cleanup plan. The period
				  within which the official pseudorabies herd-cleanup plan shall be developed and
				  put into effect may be no longer than 60 days from the date upon which the
				  owner receives the written notice. The herd owner shall promptly submit a
				  proposed herd-cleanup plan to the Department.
(b)
Subject matter
. The
				  Department may require that an official pseudorabies herd-cleanup plan address
				  any activity relevant to the detection, containment or eradication of
				  pseudorabies within the infected swine herd, as well as the surveillance and
				  testing of the herd once it appears to be pseudorabies-free, regardless of
				  whether the area of the Commonwealth within which the herd is located has been
				  designated Stage I, Stage II, Stage III, Stage IV or Stage V.
(c)
Review, approval and
				  modification
.
(1) An official
				  pseudorabies herd-cleanup plan shall be approved by the Department prior to
				  being put into effect.
(2) The
				  Department will conduct its review of a proposed herd-cleanup plan within 15
				  days of receiving it, and will mail the Department's written approval,
				  disapproval or request for additional information to the herd owner within that
				  15-day period.
(3) A written
				  request by the Department for additional information shall toll the running of
				  the 15-day period described in paragraph (2).
(4) Subsection (a) notwithstanding, if the
				  Department fails to meet the 15-day deadline described in paragraphs (2) and
				  (3), the development and implementation period described in subsection (a) will
				  be extended by the number of days by which the Department exceeded its 15-day
				  deadline.
(5) The Department may
				  require that an official pseudorabies herd-cleanup plan be modified, and will
				  provide the affected herd owner with advance notice of any required
				  modifications in the manner set forth in this section.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 10 - PSEUDORABIES DISEASE › ERADICATION PROGRAM › Section 10.22 - Objectives of plan

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(a)
General objective
. The general objective of an official
				  pseudorabies herd-cleanup plan shall be to qualify all quarantined animals,
				  premises and articles for release from quarantine.
(b)
Specific objectives
.
(1) The objective of an official pseudorabies
				  herd-cleanup plan for a herd that is in an area of the Commonwealth designated
				  Stage II shall be to prevent the further spread of pseudorabies within the herd
				  and to take surveillance, sanitation and other measures toward eliminating
				  pseudorabies from the herd.
(2) The
				  objective of an official pseudorabies herd-cleanup plan for a herd that is in
				  an area of this Commonwealth designated Stage III shall be to eliminate
				  pseudorabies virus within the herd no later than 36 months after the Department
				  approves the plan.
(3) The
				  objective of an official pseudorabies herd-cleanup plan for a herd that is in
				  an area of the Commonwealth designated Stage IV or Stage V shall be to
				  eliminate pseudorabies virus in the herd no later than 6 months after the
				  Department approves the plan.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 10 - PSEUDORABIES DISEASE › ERADICATION PROGRAM › Section 10.23 - Monitoring the plan

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The Department will monitor the progress of an official
					 pseudorabies herd-cleanup plan. This monitoring will be conducted at the
					 Department's expense.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 10 - PSEUDORABIES DISEASE › ERADICATION PROGRAM › Section 10.24 - Progress report

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The owner of a pseudorabies infected swine herd that is
					 subject to an official pseudorabies herd-cleanup plan shall cooperate with the
					 Department in the preparation by the Department of periodic progress reports.
					 This cooperation includes making herd records available for inspection and
					 presenting herd animals for physical inspection and testing by the Department
					 or its authorized representatives during daylight hours or at some
					 mutually-agreeable time.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 10 - PSEUDORABIES DISEASE › ERADICATION PROGRAM › Section 10.25 - Consequences of noncompliance by herd owner

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If an owner of a pseudorabies infected swine herd has
					 received the written notice described in §
										10.21 (relating to plan
					 requirements), yet fails to develop and put into effect an official
					 pseudorabies herd-cleanup plan within the time period in that written notice,
					 the Department may order mandatory depopulation of the herd, and may revoke or
					 deny permits to move quarantined animals. The determination that an owner has
					 failed to develop and put into effect an official pseudorabies herd-cleanup
					 plan shall be made by the Department, which will consult with the Advisory
					 Committee in accordance with §
										10.27(f) (relating
					 to Advisory Committee), in making this determination.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
												10.27 (relating to Advisory
						Committee).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 10 - PSEUDORABIES DISEASE › ERADICATION PROGRAM › Section 10.26 - Indemnity

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(a) The Department
				  may offer indemnity if funds for indemnity are available, and may require the
				  depopulation of a herd if it determines that one or more of the following
				  apply:
(1) The herd owner has made a
				  concerted effort to implement an official pseudorabies herd-cleanup plan, but
				  has been unable to eliminate the pseudorabies virus from the herd within the
				  applicable objective time in §
											10.22(b) (relating
				  to objectives of plan).
(2) Failure
				  to depopulate the herd would unreasonably impede the progress or jeopardize the
				  pseudorabies status of the Commonwealth under the Eradication
				  Program.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 10 - PSEUDORABIES DISEASE › ERADICATION PROGRAM › Section 10.27 - Advisory Committee

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(a)
Establishment
. The Secretary will appoint an Advisory
				  Committee.
(b)
Duties
. It is the responsibility of the Advisory Committee to
				  do the following:
(1) Inform and educate all
				  segments of the Commonwealth's swine industry regarding pseudorabies
				  eradication activities.
(2) Review
				  the Eradication Program and make recommendations to the Department and to
				  USDA-APHIS officials.
(3) Consult
				  with the Department, as appropriate, on the subjects of Eradication Program
				  budgeting, regulations, the use of vaccine and the Commonwealth's progress
				  through the various stages of the Eradication Program.
(4) Maintain a liaison with other states and
				  the National Pseudorabies Eradication Program through the National Pork
				  Producers Council, the United States Animal Health Association, the Livestock
				  Conservation Institute and USDA-APHIS.
(5) Perform the duties of a "State
				  pseudorabies committee," as that term is defined in the Eradication Program
				  standards.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 11 - JOHNE'S DISEASE › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 11.1 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
Accredited veterinarian
-A licensed
					 veterinarian jointly accredited by USDA-APHIS and the Department in the state
					 in which the veterinarian is licensed to perform official duties on behalf of
					 USDA-APHIS or the Department in the state where he is licensed to practice
					 veterinary medicine. See accreditation standards established by
					 9 CFR Parts
					 160 and
					 161 (relating to definition of
					 terms; and requirements and standards for accredited veterinarians and
					 suspension or revocation of such accreditation).
Bureau
-The Bureau of Animal Industry of
					 the Department.
Department
-The Department of Agriculture
					 of the Commonwealth.
Johne's Disease (Paratuberculosis)
-A
					 chronic infectious disease of cattle and goats caused by a rod-shaped, acid
					 fast organism, Mycobacterium paratuberculosis and characterized by chronic
					 recurrent diarrhea and emaciation. Johne's disease is a dangerous transmissible
					 reportable disease.
Official Johne's test
-A test, approved by
					 USDA-APHIS and performed by an official laboratory according to procedures
					 established by the USDA-National Veterinary Services Laboratory, for the
					 diagnosis of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis infection.
Official laboratory
-A laboratory
					 designated by a state or Federal agency, subject to review by USDA-APHIS, to
					 perform official tests for the diagnosis of diseases of animals.
Official vaccination
-An approved killed M.
					 paratuberculosis vaccine administered subcutaneously in the brisket of calves
					 under 35 days of age by an approved veterinarian.
Reactors
-Cattle and goats that are
					 positive to an official Johne's test.
Suspects
-Animals showing symptoms of
					 Johne's disease.
The provisions of this §
												11.1 amended under section 20 of
						the act of July 22, 1913 (P. L. 928, No. 441) (3 P. S. §
													430); and section 1702 of The Administrative
						Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
													442).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 11 - JOHNE'S DISEASE › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 11.2 - Authorization and application of official test

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(a) The collection of fecal samples shall be
				  conducted by an accredited veterinarian and the bacterial culturing performed
				  by a laboratory approved by the Department and the United States Department of
				  Agriculture.
(b) The
				  histopathological examination of tissues shall be done at an approved
				  laboratory.
The provisions of this §
												11.2 amended under section 20 of
						the act of July 22, 1913 (P. L. 928, No. 441) (3 P. S. §
													430); and section 1702 of The Administrative
						Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
													442).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 11 - JOHNE'S DISEASE › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 11.3 - Reports of official tests conducted

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The approved laboratory shall report to the Bureau, in
					 writing, the results of official tests.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 11 - JOHNE'S DISEASE › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 11.4 - Identification of cattle and goats

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Cattle and goats under test shall be identified with an
					 official ear tag or breed registration tattoo. Registered animals shall be
					 identified on the test report with registered names and numbers in addition to
					 ear tags or breed registration tatoo.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 11 - JOHNE'S DISEASE › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 11.5 - Cattle or goats to be tested

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Cattle or goats 1 year of age or older are eligible for
					 fecal culture test.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 11 - JOHNE'S DISEASE › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 11.6 - Injury disclaimer

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The Department or a cooperating Federal agency, their
					 agents or representatives may not be responsible for unfavorable results or
					 injuries to animals that might be caused by handling or
					 testing.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 11 - JOHNE'S DISEASE › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 11.7 - Right of the Commonwealth to test

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The Commonwealth reserves the right to test an animal for
					 Johne's disease. It shall be unlawful for a person to impede, hinder or
					 interfere or to refuse to confine so as to allow testing without undue burden
					 on the person testing or to present his domestic animals for testing by
					 officers or agents of the Department in the performance of duties imposed by
					 this title after reasonable notice of the proposed testing has been
					 given.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 11 - JOHNE'S DISEASE › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 11.8 - Memorandum of understanding

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A memorandum of understanding outlining the
					 responsibilities of the herd owner and the Bureau shall be signed by both
					 parties before an active Johne's disease control program is
					 initiated.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 11 - JOHNE'S DISEASE › Subchapter D - HEALTH CERTIFICATES › Section 11.31 - Interstate health certificates

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A health certificate may be issued for the interstate
					 transportation of a Commonwealth animal originating from a Johne's disease
					 infected herd only with permission of the chief livestock health official of
					 the state or county of destination.
The provisions of this §
												11.31 amended under section 40 of
						the act of July 22, 1913 (P. L. 928, No. 441) (3 P. S. §
													430); and section 1702 of The Administrative
						Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
													442).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 13 - POULTRY HYGIENE › Section 13.1 - Adoption of Federal regulations

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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,
				  7 CFR
				  81 (relating to regulations governing the
				  inspection of poultry and poultry products) is hereby adopted by the Department
				  as governing poultry hygiene in this Commonwealth.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 13 - POULTRY HYGIENE › Section 13.2 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in
				  7 CFR
				  81 (relating to regulations governing the
				  inspection of poultry and poultry products) and applied to this chapter, have
				  the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Act
-The Pennsylvania Meat and Poultry
				  Hygiene Law of 1968 (31 P. S. §
										§
										483.1-483.24).
Administrator
-Director, Pennsylvania Bureau
				  of Animal Industry.
Commerce
-Intrastate commerce.
Department
-The Department of Agriculture of
				  the Commonwealth.
Inspector
-An employe of the Meat Hygiene
				  Division, Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture.
Reporting forms (Federal)
-Like forms
				  (Pennsylvania).
United States
-The Commonwealth of
				  Pennsylvania.
The United States Department of Agriculture
-The Department of Agriculture of the Commonwealth.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 13 - POULTRY HYGIENE › Section 13.3 - Exclusions and revisions

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(a) The
				following sections of 7 CFR
				81 (relating to regulations governing the
				inspection of poultry and poultry products) are not applicable in this
				Commonwealth:
(1) Sections
				81.11-81.13.
(2) Sections
				81.118-81.124.
(3) Sections
				81.151-81.153.
(4) Section
				81.156.
(5) Sections
				81.171-81.173.
(6) Sections
				81.300-81.314.
(7) Sections 81.400
				and 81.401.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 15 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF PULLORUM DISEASE › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15.1 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
Breeding flock
-A program bird kept on the
					 premises that is intended for the production of hatching eggs or that is
					 maintained for the purpose of establishing, continuing or improving parent
					 lines.
Bureau
-The Bureau of Animal Industry of
					 the Department.
Department
-The Department of Agriculture
					 of the Commonwealth.
Fowl typhoid
-An acute, subacute or chronic
					 infectious disease of poultry and other birds caused by the bacteria,
					 Salmonella Gallinarum. Fowl typhoid is a dangerous, transmissible, reportable
					 disease and it shall be subject to the act of April 17, 1929 (P. L. 533, No.
					 236) (3 P. S. §
											§
											341-351).
Hatchery
-Hatchery equipment on one
					 premises operated or controlled by a person for the incubation of eggs from
					 breeding flocks.
Official test
-The standard tube
					 agglutination test performed by a laboratory approved by the Department.
Program
-The Commonwealth program for the
					 eradication of pullorum disease and fowl typhoid. The program is based on
					 sanitary principles and includes repeated official blood testing of the flock,
					 elimination of reactors and correction of unsanitary conditions under the
					 supervision of the Bureau.
Program birds
-A chicken, turkey, waterfowl
					 and guinea and game fowl.
Pullorum disease
-An acute, subacute or
					 chronic infectious disease of poultry and other birds caused by the bacteria,
					 Salmonella Pullorum. Pullorum disease is a dangerous, transmissible, reportable
					 disease and it shall be subject to the act of April 17, 1929 (P. L. 533, No.
					 236) (3 P. S. §
											§
											341-351).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 15 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF PULLORUM DISEASE › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15.2 - Flock and participation

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(a)
				  Participation in the program shall be required for program bird breeding flocks
				  within this Commonwealth.
(b) Only
				  program birds and hatching eggs originating from breeding flocks or hatcheries
				  participating in the program or an equivalent official pullorum-typhoid
				  eradication program may be bought, sold, added to flocks, transported within or
				  imported into this Commonwealth, except those to be immediately
				  slaughtered.
(c) Participation in
				  the program requires:
(i) Blood tests of
				  breeding flocks.
(ii) Blood tests
				  of other avian species kept with or near the breeding flocks as deemed
				  necessary by the Department.
(iii)
				  Achievement and maintenance of a pullorum-typhoid free flock status under the
				  requirements of §
											§
											15.21 -15.23 (relating to
				  testing).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 15 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF PULLORUM DISEASE › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15.4 - Official bacteriological monitoring program

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The Bureau may allow the official bacteriological
					 monitoring program for maintenance of pullorum-typhoid free flock status. The
					 official monitoring program shall consist of:
(1) Monitoring of hatching eggs and their
				  environment for salmonella pullorum and salmonella gallinarum by
				  Bureau-approved bacteriological sampling tests.
(2) Blood tests of the breeding flock as
				  specified in §
										15.21 (relating to testing
				  requirements for pullorum-typhoid free flock status), as related to numbers,
				  percentages, and species tested.
(3) Prompt reporting of abnormal hatching egg
				  fertility, hatchability or abnormal mortality in chicks or other baby
				  fowl.
(4) Compliance with §
										15.9 (relating to records of
				  movement and reports of official tests).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 15 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF PULLORUM DISEASE › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15.5 - Collection of blood samples

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Blood samples of breeding flocks shall be collected by any
					 of the following under the supervision of the Bureau:
(1) An accredited veterinarian.
(2) A licensed poultry technician.
(3) An agent of the Bureau or
				  APHIS-USDA.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 15 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF PULLORUM DISEASE › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15.6 - Commercial flocks

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Breeding flock owners wishing to maintain a separate
					 nonparticipating flock for commercial egg or meat production shall submit a
					 written request, prior to purchase of the chicks, to the Bureau, 2301 North
					 Cameron Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120, requesting permission to raise
					 a commercial flock in conjunction with a breeding flock. Permission will be
					 contingent upon on-the-premises inspection of existing facilities and
					 conditions and the determination of safe operational policies by Department
					 inspectors.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 15 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF PULLORUM DISEASE › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15.7 - Identification of the flock

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(a) Birds
				  in the flock bled for tests shall be identified with an official band approved
				  by the Department.
(b) Information
				  on large and small leg bands and band sealing pliers for identification of
				  poultry can be obtained from the Bureau, 2301 North Cameron Street, Harrisburg,
				  Pennsylvania 17120.
(c) The flock
				  and band numbers of birds bled for official tests shall be identified by
				  completion of the official blood testing report slip (AAI-29), which shall
				  accompany blood samples submitted for official tests.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 15 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF PULLORUM DISEASE › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15.8 - Hatcheries

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(a) Hatcheries
				  shall be handled in the same manner as a single flock. Each unit shall comply
				  with all of the requirements of the program.
(b) Hatcheries shall accept eggs only from
				  flocks participating in the program.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 15 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF PULLORUM DISEASE › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15.9 - Records of movement and reports of official tests

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Records and reports of official tests shall be maintained
					 and made available for inspection by an authorized agent of the Bureau at any
					 reasonable time as follows:
(1)
Records of movement.
Managers of flocks and hatcheries shall
				  maintain a complete record for a 12-month period of names and addresses of
				  sources and destinations of program birds or hatching eggs transported or
				  otherwise moved to or from their premises. The records shall also include the
				  date of movement and indicate the species, breed and strain moved.
(2)
Reports of official
				  tests.
It is recommended by the Bureau that managers of breeding
				  flocks and hatcheries should maintain a file for at least 2 years, as of
				  November 30, 1977, and thereafter, of reports of official tests on their birds
				  and on each of the flocks from which hatching eggs are procured. Waterfowl and
				  quail breeding flocks and hatcheries should maintain the aforementioned reports
				  for 6 years if maintaining pullorum-free flock status by repeat testing every 5
				  years as described in §
										15.21(c)(iii)
				  (relating to testing requirements for pullorum-typhoid free flock status).
				  Properly completed NPIP Forms 15 may be used in lieu of reports of official
				  tests. Use of this procedure will facilitate verification of compliance with
				  testing requirements.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
												15.4 (relating to official
						bacteriological monitoring program).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 15 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF PULLORUM DISEASE › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15.10 - Importation and intrastate transportation of program birds and their hatching eggs

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Program birds and their hatching eggs imported into or
					 transported within this Commonwealth shall meet provisions of §
										15.2(b)  (relating
					 to flock and participation) and shall move in full compliance with Chapter 3
					 Subchapters E and L (relating to importation of all types of poultry, birds,
					 water and game fowl and their hatching eggs; and intrastate transportation for
					 all types of poultry, birds, water and game fowl and their hatching
					 eggs).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 15 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF PULLORUM DISEASE › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15.11 - Exhibition of program birds

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(a)
				  Program birds for exhibition in this Commonwealth shall be from flocks
				  participating in an official pullorum-typhoid eradication program.
(b) Participation in an official pullorum
				  eradication program shall be verified in a manner acceptable to the Bureau at
				  time of entrance to the show premises.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 15 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF PULLORUM DISEASE › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15.12 - National poultry improvement plan

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A person or firm who meets the requirements of Pennsylvania
					 pullorum-typhoid free flock program may obtain a U.S. pullorum-typhoid clean
					 classification by submitting an application form to the Bureau. The Bureau will
					 approve United States ratings under the authority and guidelines of the
					 memorandum of understanding with USDA for this purpose.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 15 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF PULLORUM DISEASE › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15.13 - Fowl typhoid

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This chapter applies to fowl typhoid since fowl typhoid is
					 serologically identical with pullorum disease.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 15 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF PULLORUM DISEASE › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15.15 - Flock medication

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Medication of the flock with antibiotics or
					 chemotherapeutic agents, within the 4 weeks prior to collection of official
					 blood test samples, shall be reported to the Bureau on the reverse side of an
					 official blood testing report slip (Form AAI-29). Medication may be detrimental
					 to the test and should be given only when absolutely
					 necessary.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 15 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF PULLORUM DISEASE › TESTING › Section 15.22 - Volumes, breeds and ages for testing

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(a) The numbers, percentages and species
				  tested shall be as stated in §
										15.21 (relating to testing
				  requirements for pullorum-typhoid free flock status).
(b) The Department may increase volume or
				  species requirements as deemed necessary to eradicate pullorum disease and fowl
				  typhoid in this Commonwealth.
(c)
				  Breeding chickens shall be tested after 5 months of age. Breeding turkeys,
				  waterfowl, guinea and game fowl shall be tested after they are more than 4
				  months of age requirements as deemed necessary to eradicate pullorum
				  disease.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
												15.2 (relating to flock and
						participation).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 15 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF PULLORUM DISEASE › TESTING › Section 15.23 - Testing requirements for infection

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(a) When one or more birds in a breeding
				  flock has been infected with pullorum disease or fowl typhoid, the breeding
				  flock shall have two negative, consecutive, official, 100% tests conducted at
				  intervals of not less than 60 days and not more than 1 year apart, plus a third
				  negative, consecutive, official 100% test 1 year after the aforementioned
				  double-negative testing interval.
(b) Breeding flocks exposed or suspected of
				  exposure to pullorum disease or fowl typhoid shall test as follows:
(1)
Chickens, turkeys, guinea and
				  game fowl
. Two negative, consecutive, official tests conducted at
				  intervals of not less than 60 days and not more than 1 year apart.
(2)
Waterfowl
. Two negative,
				  consecutive, official tests conducted at intervals of not less than 1 year and
				  not more than 2 years apart in conjunction with a bacteriological monitoring
				  program approved by the Bureau.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 15 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF PULLORUM DISEASE › SANITATION › Section 15.43 - Removal of reactors

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On request of Department agents and in accord with their
					 directions, premises, equipment and houses shall be thoroughly cleaned and
					 disinfected by the owner following the removal of reactors. Assistance in
					 disinfection may be provided by the Bureau.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 15 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF PULLORUM DISEASE › SANITATION › Section 15.44 - Incubators

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Incubators shall be thoroughly cleaned, disinfected and
					 fumigated before the hatchery season and after each hatch.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 15 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF PULLORUM DISEASE › SANITATION › Section 15.46 - Shipping containers

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New, unused or clean and disinfected containers and crates
					 shall be used for shipments. Reference should also be made to Chapter 3
					 Subchapters E and L (relating to importation of all types of poultry, birds,
					 water and game fowl and their hatching eggs; and intrastate transportation for
					 all types of poultry, birds, water and game fowl and their hatching
					 eggs).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 15 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF PULLORUM DISEASE › ADVERTISING › Section 15.51 - Advertising to be truthful

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Owners of flocks or hatcheries shall use only true
					 statements when publishing advertising material pertaining to the status of
					 their flocks.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 15 - CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF PULLORUM DISEASE › MISCELLANEOUS › Section 15.63 - Indemnity

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For the provisions covering indemnity for pullorum disease
					 refer to the act of June 22, 1931 (P. L. 682, No. 249) (3 P. S. §
											§
											398-400) and Chapter 8 (relating to
					 appraisal and indemnity for diseased animals).