APHIS Extends Comment Period for Brucella and PRV Proposal

April 24, 2013 — 

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has extended its comment period for a potential new approach to managing swine brucellosis and pseudorabies. Swine brucellosis and pseudorabies have been eliminated from commercial swine herds within the United States, but potential sources of introduction of these diseases exist and APHIS believes program modifications are necessary to address these risks. The proposed action plan presents the agency’s current thinking about the program modifications under consideration.

APHIS will now consider all comments that received on or before July 22, 2013.

The complete text of the proposal can be seen at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-02-07/html/2013-02772.htm