TITLE 8: AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
SUBCHAPTER b: ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS (EXCEPT MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION ACT REGULATIONS)
PART 115 ILLINOIS PSEUDORABIES CONTROL ACT
SECTION 115.10 DEFINITIONS


 

Section 115.10  Definitions

 

The definitions for this Part shall be as set forth in the general definitions Section (8 Ill. Adm. Code 20.1).  Also, the following definitions shall apply to this Part:

 

                        "Act" means the Illinois Pseudorabies Control Act [510 ILCS 90].

 

"Official random-sample test (95/5)" means a sampling procedure utilizing official pseudorabies serologic tests that provide a 95 percent probability of detecting infection in a herd in which at least 5 percent of the swine are seropositive for pseudorabies.  Each separated group of swine on an individual premises must be considered a separate herd and sampled as follows:

 

                                                Less than 100 head – test 45

            100-200 head – test 51

            201-999 head – test 57

            1000 and over – test 59

 

"Official random-sample test (95/10)" means a sampling procedure utilizing official pseudorabies serologic tests that provide a 95 percent probability of detecting infection in a herd in which at least 10 percent of the swine are seropositive for pseudorabies.  Each segregated group of swine on an individual premises must be considered a separate herd and sampled as follows:

 

            Less than 100 head – test 25

            100-200 head – test 27

            201-999 head – test 28

            1000 and over – test 29

 

"Official test" or "test" means any serologic test for the detection of pseudorabies (serum neutralization (SN), for example) as approved by the United States Department of Agriculture (9 CFR 85.1, 2002) and conducted in an approved laboratory.

 

(Source:  Amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 14638, effective September 23, 2002)