RELATES TO:
KRS 257.196,
525.130
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS 257.196 requires the Board of Agriculture to
promulgate administrative regulations establishing on-farm livestock and
poultry care standards recommended to it by the Kentucky Livestock Care
Standards Commission. This administrative regulation establishes additional
livestock standards and specifically authorized practices for swine.
Section 1. The provisions of
302 KAR 21:020 apply to on-farm livestock and poultry in
Kentucky, except as provided by this administrative regulation. This
administrative regulation adds additional standards and specifically authorized
practices to
302 KAR 21:020 for swine.
Section 2.
(1) Additional Standards.
(a) If being transported, swine shall be able
to stand in their natural position without touching the top of the transport
conveyance.
(b) Body condition may
be evaluated using the Pork Quality Assurance Guidelines.
(2) Authorized Practices. The following shall
be authorized practices:
(a)
Castration;
(b) Needle teeth
clipping;
(c) Boar tusk
removal;
(d) Tail
docking;
(e) Identification using
ear notching, tattooing, or ear tagging;
(f) Environmentally controlled housing. Swine
may be raised in environmentally controlled housing designed in a manner that
minimizes the effects of adverse weather conditions;
(g) Stalls, pens, or outdoor lots with
shelters if used for gestating sows; and
(h) Crates, pens, or outdoor huts if used for
farrowing and lactating sows.
Section 3. Incorporation by Reference.
(1) "Pork Quality Assurance Guidelines",
2013, is incorporated by reference.
(2) This material may be inspected, copied,
or obtained, subject to applicable copyright law, at the Kentucky Department of
Agriculture, 100 Fair Oaks, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601, Monday through Friday, 8
a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
