Iowa Code 166D.11 – Vaccination and testing requirements
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1. A person shall not use in this state any vaccine that is not a differentiable vaccine.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 166D.11
- Approved premises: means a dry lot facility located in an area with confirmed cases of pseudorabies infection, which is certified by the department to receive, feed, and move or relocate infected swine as provided in section 166D. See Iowa Code 166D.2
- Department: means the department of environmental quality in a reference to a time before July 1, 1983, the department of water, air and waste management in a reference to a time on or after July 1, 1983, and through June 30, 1986, and the department of natural resources on or after July 1, 1986, and includes any officer or agency within that department. See Iowa Code 172D.1
- Differentiable vaccine: means a vaccine which has a licensed companion differentiable test, and includes a modified-live differentiable vaccine. See Iowa Code 166D.2
- Feeder pig: means an immature swine fed for purposes of direct slaughter which weighs one hundred pounds or less. See Iowa Code 166D.2
- Feeder swine: means swine fed for purposes of direct slaughter, including feeder pigs and cull swine. See Iowa Code 166D.2
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Herd: means a group of swine as established by departmental rule. See Iowa Code 166D.2
- movement: means the same as defined in section 163. See Iowa Code 166D.2
- Owner: shall mean the person holding record title to real estate to include both legal and equitable interests under recorded real estate contracts. See Iowa Code 172D.1
- person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Pseudorabies: means the contagious, infectious, and communicable disease of livestock and other animals known as Aujeszky's disease, mad itch, or infectious bulbar paralysis. See Iowa Code 166D.2
- Qualified differentiable negative herd: means a herd in which one hundred percent of the herd's breeding swine have been vaccinated and have reacted negatively to a differentiable test and which have been retested, as provided in this chapter. See Iowa Code 166D.2
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. a. Except as provided in this section, swine within a county which is designated by the department as in stage II of the national pseudorabies eradication program shall be vaccinated with a modified-live differentiable vaccine. The swine located in a stage II county shall be vaccinated as follows:
(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), the following applies:
(a) Breeding swine shall at a minimum receive quarterly vaccinations.
(b) Feeder swine shall at a minimum receive one vaccination. The feeder swine shall be vaccinated when the feeder swine reach eight to twelve weeks of age or one hundred pounds, whichever occurs earlier.
(2) If swine are required to be vaccinated prior to or after movement, as provided in section 166D.10, to a stage II county, the swine shall be vaccinated with a modified-live differentiable vaccine as otherwise required in that section.
b. The department shall adopt rules or issue an order that exempts swine from being vaccinated with a modified-live vaccine, as provided in this subsection, based on any of the following:
(1) The swine is part of a qualified negative herd or a qualified differentiable negative herd.
(2) The swine belong to a herd located within a county, if all of the following apply:
(a) The county has a history of zero percent prevalence of infection among all herds in the county, regardless of whether the county currently has a higher than zero percent prevalence of infection among all herds in the county.
(b) All contiguous counties have a zero percent prevalence of infection among herds in that county, as designated by the department.
3. a. The person who owns the swine when the swine is required to be vaccinated under this chapter shall be solely liable for providing the vaccine and administering the vaccination. A noninfected feeder pig required to be vaccinated upon arrival at an approved premises as provided in section 166D.10B shall be vaccinated at the expense of the owner who moves the feeder pig. If the swine is transported into this state, the owner shall be deemed to be the person who owns the swine immediately prior to transportation.
b. This subsection does not prohibit the owner of swine from contracting with a person, including a person receiving ownership of swine moved into this state, to provide the vaccination, if the person receives fair compensation for providing the vaccination and the sale price for the swine is not increased because the owner must comply with this subsection.
4. The cost, or any segment of the cost, of purchasing a laboratory product used for testing and vaccination provided in this chapter may be paid for by federal or state funds or a combination of both. Federal or state funds shall not be paid to the owner of a vaccinated herd other than the owner of a herd vaccinated with a modified-live differentiable vaccine.