# Title 48.1 — State Board of Animal Health

## Article 48.1-12 — Swine

## Chapter 48.1-12-01 — Swine

Exemptions
### § 48.1-12-01-01. Definitions.

The terms used throughout this title have the same meaning as in North Dakota Century Code
chapter 36-01. Additionally:
1. "Breeding swine" means any swine that are maintained for breeding purposes, including sows
that are parturient or which have given birth to one or more litters of pigs and boars which are
uncastrated and which have reached a stage of maturity rendering the animal capable of
being used as a breeding animal, including those boars that through age or infirmity are no
longer suitable for such use.
2. "Feeder swine" means swine being fed or intended to be fed for weight-gaining purposes and
eventual slaughter.
3. "Slaughter swine" means swine that are consigned to a slaughter market or consigned directly
to slaughter regardless of age, breed, or sex.
History: Effective July 1, 2016.
General Authority: NDCC 36-01-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 36-01-08
### § 48.1-12-01-02. Importation requirements - Certificate of veterinary inspection - Identification

- Exemptions.
1. Swine imported into the state, must be accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection
except:
a. Swine originating directly from a producer's premises, not diverted en route, and
consigned to an auction market approved by the board.
b. Swine consigned to a state or federally inspected slaughtering establishment.
c. Swine granted an exception by the board, if in the determination of the state veterinarian
the animals are free of contagious or infectious diseases.
d. Swine leaving the state for exhibition or competition with a valid certificate of veterinary
inspection may return to the state with the same certificate of veterinary inspection if the
animal has not been out of the state for more than thirty days.
e. Other swine as otherwise provided for by these rules.

2. Certificates of veterinary inspection must include an importation permit number issued by the
state veterinarian before entering the state. Swine imported on an approved electronic
certificate of veterinary inspection platform, not originating from an area classified as infected
with contagious disease by the board or state veterinarian, may be exempt from the
requirement for an importation permit number.
3. The state veterinarian may deny a request for an importation permit number if the state
veterinarian has information that swine:
a. Have not met the disease testing, vaccination, or identification requirements set forth in
North Dakota Century Code title 36 or this title, or as otherwise required by the state
veterinarian;
b. Have not met any pre-entry quarantine conditions imposed by law;
c. Have been exposed to, may have been exposed to, is infected with, or may be infected
with any contagious or infectious disease;
d. Is or may originate from an area or premises under quarantine or other form of official or
regulatory action relating to contagious or infectious disease; or
e. May be a threat to the health and well-being of the human or animal population of the
state, or both.
4. Swine imported into the state must be identified and marked in a manner prescribed by the
state veterinarian.
5. The state veterinarian may require additional disease testing, treatment, vaccination, or
identification if the state veterinarian has reason to believe other health risks are present.
6. Swine that is infected, or recently exposed to any contagious or infectious disease, may not
be imported.
History: Effective July 1, 2016; amended effective July 1, 2024.
General Authority: NDCC 36-01-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 36-01-08, 36-01-12, 36-14-04.1
### § 48.1-12-01-03. Importation disease testing requirements.

1. Brucellosis. Breeding swine over six months of age must have had a negative brucellosis test
within thirty days prior to entry into the state unless they are imported from a validated herd or
a validated state.
2. Pseudorabies. Imported swine must test negative for pseudorabies within thirty days prior to
entry into the state or comply with one of the following:
a. Be from a stage V or stage IV state or area, as designated by the USDA-APHIS-VS;
b. Be from a qualified pseudorabies negative herd; or
c. Be from a feeder swine pseudorabies monitored herd as designated by USDA-
3. Transmissible gastroenteritis. The accredited veterinarian must declare in a statement on the
certificate of veterinary inspection, "The premises the swine are originating from has not had
any signs or a diagnosis of transmissible gastroenteritis in the last sixty days."

4. Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus. The accredited veterinarian must declare in a statement on
the certificate of veterinary inspection, "The premises the swine are originating from has not
had any signs or a diagnosis of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in the last sixty days."
History: Effective July 1, 2016: amended effective July 1, 2024.
General Authority: NDCC 36-01-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 36-01-08, 36-01-12, 36-14-04.1
### § 48.1-12-01-04. Disease control.

Pseudorabies.
1. USDA-APHIS-VS establishes criteria for recognizing pseudorabies low-state area or
prevalence areas.
2. A pseudorabies vaccination for all swine is prohibited unless approved in writing by the state
veterinarian.
3. Breeding and feeder swine of unknown status must be quarantined until the swine
pseudorabies status is determined by isolation and a pseudorabies test is conducted at the
owner's expense, as well as a retest conducted in thirty to sixty days, at the owner's expense,
or such swine must be shipped directly to slaughter.
4. A pseudorabies infected swine herd, as determined by a test approved by the board, must be
quarantined and isolated from other susceptible animals on the farm, or other premises where
the infected herd is located.
5. Reactor animals must be slaughtered. Then, the infected herd must be retested and receive
two negative tests, the tests at least thirty days apart, with the first test occurring not sooner
than thirty days after the last reactor animal is removed from the herd. Nursing piglets are not
required to be tested.
6. As an alternative to a retest, the entire infected herd may be sent directly to slaughter.
7. The quarantine will be lifted only after the retests required pursuant to this subsection have
occurred, or the entire infected herd has been shipped directly to slaughter. Before the
quarantine is lifted, the premises of the infected herd must be cleaned and disinfected in a
manner prescribed by the state veterinarian, or other agent of the board.
8. Slaughter sows and boars must receive pseudorabies testing at the first point of sale in the
state, if necessary under a mandatory pseudorabies testing program instituted by the board.
9. Disposal of carcasses of swine infected with or testing positive for pseudorabies must be by a
method prescribed by the state veterinarian.
History: Effective July 1, 2016.
General Authority: NDCC 36-01-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 36-01-08, 36-01-12
### § 48.1-12-01-05. Removal or damaging of official identification or marks.

Official identification or marks may not be removed or tampered with without authorization by the
state veterinarian.
History: Effective July 1, 2016.
General Authority: NDCC 36-01-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 36-01-08
