---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 85.5"
title: "9"
number: "85.5"
heading: "Interstate movement of infected swine or exposed swine."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/85.5"
---

# §85.5. Interstate movement of infected swine or exposed swine.


Infected swine or exposed swine, other than swine described in § [85.4 (a)](/cfr/9/85.4.md?p=a) or [(b)](/cfr/9/85.4.md?p=b), shall only be moved interstate in accordance with the following provisions:

- (a) **Movement of infected or exposed swine for slaughter.** Infected or exposed swine shall be moved interstate for slaughter only if:
  - (1) The swine are moved directly to a recognized slaughtering establishment or directly through one or more slaughter markets and then directly to a recognized slaughtering establishment;
  - (2) The swine are accompanied by a permit or owner-shipper statement and such permit or owner-shipper statement is delivered to the consignee;
  - (3) The permit, in addition to the information in [§ 85.1](/cfr/9/85.1.md), or the owner-shipper statement, in addition to the information in [§ 85.1](/cfr/9/85.1.md), lists the identification of the swine as required by [§ 71.19](/cfr/9/71.19.md) of this chapter; except if the swine are moved interstate and the identity of the farm of origin of each swine is maintained, the permit or the owner-shipper statement need not list the identification required by [§ 71.19](/cfr/9/71.19.md) of this chapter, if such swine are identified to the farm of origin at the recognized slaughtering establishment or the first slaughter market; and
  - (4) **The swine are moved to destination in one continuous movement without unloading enroute.**
- (b) **Movement of exposed swine to a quarantined herd or a quarantined feedlot.** Exposed swine shall be moved interstate directly to a quarantined herd or quarantined feedlot only if:
  - (1) The swine are negative to an official pseudorabies serologic test 21 days or more after last being exposed to any livestock showing clinical evidence of pseudorabies;
  - (2) The swine are officially vaccinated for pseudorabies within 15 days after the negative test;
  - (3) The swine are moved interstate within 30 days after the negative test;
  - (4) The swine are accompanied by a permit and such permit is delivered to the consignee; and
  - (5) The permit, in addition to the information described in [§ 85.1](/cfr/9/85.1.md), states: (i) The present pseudorabies quarantine status of the farm of origin; (ii) the identification of the swine as required by [§ 71.19](/cfr/9/71.19.md) of this chapter; (iii) the date of the official pseudorabies serologic test and the name of the laboratory where the test was conducted; (iv) the date of the official vaccination for pseudorabies; and (v) that approval for the interstate movement has been issued by the State animal health official of the State of destination prior to the interstate movement of the swine.

## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 10309, Feb. 16, 1979, as amended at 48 FR 57472, Dec. 30, 1983; 50 FR 47352, Nov. 15, 1985; 53 FR 40387, Oct. 14, 1988; 59 FR 67133, Dec. 29, 1994]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8301-8317; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 10309, Feb. 16, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[44 FR 10309, Feb. 16, 1979, as amended at 48 FR 57472, Dec. 30, 1983; 50 FR 47352, Nov. 15, 1985; 53 FR 40387, Oct. 14, 1988; 59 FR 67133, Dec. 29, 1994]