166B.2 - GENERAL AUTHORITY.
166B.2 GENERAL AUTHORITY.
The department may destroy or require the destruction of any swine
which the state veterinarian knows to be, or suspects is, affected
with or exposed to hog cholera, whenever the department finds such
destruction to be necessary to prevent or reduce the danger of the
spread of hog cholera. Disposal of condemned swine shall be under
the supervision of a regulatory employee. Salvage of apparently
healthy marketable swine is permissible as a minimum provision and
may be discontinued in favor of total herd disposition with
indemnification as necessary and without such salvage in any case or
at any time when it is determined by the department and the United
States department of agriculture that the procedure would constitute
an undue threat to the eradication program. Before being condemned
and ordered to be destroyed, a positive diagnosis of hog cholera
affecting the herd must be confirmed by a state or federal laboratory
or personnel approved by the department and the United States
department of agriculture. Section History: Early Form
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 166B.2]