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. “Department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship.
7. “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.
8. “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.
9. “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.
10. “Owner” includes any person owning or leasing a designated animal.
11. “Quarantine” means the entire herd of designated animals must be confined to a premises designated by the department, if any reactor is disclosed.
12. “Registered purebred” includes cattle with a certificate from herdbooks where registered.
13. “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.
14. “Veterinarian” means a licensed accredited veterinarian authorized by the department.
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §164.1]
86 Acts, ch 1036, §1 – 3; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §615; 97 Acts, ch 124, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1163, §18; 2017 Acts, ch 159, §21
Further definitions; see §159.1
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