Illinois § 6

§ 6.

Quarantine. When any animal in a herd is classified as a reactor to an official test for brucellosis, the Department shall quarantine any animal it deems necessary to prevent the spread of the disease. Reactor swine shall be tagged in the left ear with a reactor identification tag. Such reactors shall not be offered for breeding purposes. The Department may slaughter such swine whenever the Director finds, following an administrative hearing, such destruction to be necessary to prevent or reduce the danger of spreading swine brucellosis. If State funds are available for paying indemnity, the Department shall pay to the owner of swine so destroyed the appraisal value of such swine less any salvage value received and less any indemnity paid by the Federal Government. In no case shall any payment be more than $50 per head for grade swine or more than $100 for any registered purebred animal or any breeding animal upon which a certificate of registration has been issued by an approved inbred or hybrid livestock registry association. The Department may, by regulation, increase the indemnity payments to facilitate the program for eradication of swine brucellosis. The swine shall be appraised jointly by the owner or his representative and a representative of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture or a representative of the Department. Appraisal shall be at their actual value for meat, feeding or breeding purposes at the time and place of appraisal. In the case of grade animals, only females shall be eligible for appraisal based on breeding value. Swine presented for appraisal as purebred, inbred or hybrid shall be accompanied by their certificate of registry at the time of appraisal or they shall be appraised as grades. In the absence of such certificate of registry, the Department may grant a reasonable time for the presentation of their certificate of registry to the appraiser. (Source: P.A. 89-154, eff. 7-19-95.)