165A.1 - DEFINITIONS.
165A.1 DEFINITIONS.
1. "Concentration point" means a location or facility where
cattle are assembled for purposes of sale or resale for feeding,
breeding, or slaughtering, and where contact may occur between groups
of cattle from various sources. "Concentration point" includes a
public stockyard, auction market, street market, state or federal
market, untested consignment sales location, buying station, or a
livestock dealer's yard, truck, or facility.
2. "Department" means the department of agriculture and land
stewardship.
3. "Infected" means infected with paratuberculosis as
provided in section 165A.3.
4. "Paratuberculosis" means a disease caused by the bacterium
mycobacterium paratuberculosis, and which is also referred to as
Johne's disease.
5. "Separate and apart" means to hold cattle so that neither
the cattle nor organic material originating from the cattle has
physical contact with other animals.
6. "Slaughtering establishment" means a slaughtering
establishment operated under the provision of the federal Meat
Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. § 601 et seq., or a slaughtering
establishment that has been inspected by the state. Section History: Recent Form
2001 Acts, ch 101, §1