164.1 - DEFINITIONS.
164.1 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter:
1. "Animal" means a nonhuman vertebrate.
2. "Bovine animal" means bison or cattle.
3. "Certificate of veterinary inspection" or
"certificate" means the same as defined in section 163.2.
4. "Class free state" means there has been no known
brucellosis in bovine animals for a period of twelve months. A state
is classified as class free, class A, class B, and class C, according
to guidelines set forth in 9 C.F.R. § 78.1.
5. "Condemned" or "reactor" applies to a designated
animal reacting to an official test conducted to determine if a
designated animal is infected with brucellosis.
6. "Designated animal" means a bovine animal or any other
species of animal that the department by rule determines is capable
of carrying and spreading brucellosis, including elk or goats.
7. "Official calfhood vaccination" means the vaccination of a
female calf of any species of bovine animal between the ages of four
months and ten months with brucella vaccine approved for that species
of bovine animal by the United States department of agriculture, if
the vaccination has been administered by a veterinarian according to
the rules established by the department.
8. "Official test" means a test for brucellosis approved for
a species of designated animal by the department and to the extent
applicable by the United States department of agriculture which is
conducted under the supervision of, or the authorization from, the
department.
9. "Owner" includes any person owning or leasing a designated
animal.
10. "Quarantine" means the entire herd of designated animals
must be confined to a premises designated by the department, if any
reactor is disclosed.
11. "Registered purebred" includes cattle with a certificate
from herdbooks where registered.
12. "State-approved premises" means an area, including a
feedlot or grazing area, established at the discretion of the
department for the care and feeding of untested designated animals as
provided by the department. However, for cattle, "state-approved
premises" means an area where untested heifers over six months of
age but under eighteen months of age are subject to care and feeding.
13. "Veterinarian" means a licensed accredited veterinarian
authorized by the department. Section History: Early Form
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 164.1] Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1036, § 1--3; 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 615; 97 Acts, ch
124, § 1; 2004 Acts, ch 1163, §18
Further definitions; see § 159.1