Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 40-13-4-.01 - Definitions

(1) "Cattle" means bovine animals and bison.

(2) "Cervidae" means farmed deer and any species of deer, elk, moose, or other Artiodactyla maintained in confinement.

(3) "Chronic Wasting Disease" means the transmissible spongiform encephalopathy that affects members of the Cervidae family.

(4) "Equine" includes horses, mules, asses, and any other members of the Equidae species.

(5) "Farmed deer" means fallow deer (Dama dama), axis deer (Axis axis), sika deer (Cervus nippon), red deer and elk (Cervus elaphus), reindeer and caribou (Rangifer tarandus), and hybrids between these farmed deer species raised for the commercial sale of meat and other parts or for the sale of live animals.

(6) "Garbage" means any refuse matter or by-product which contains animal tissue or which has been mixed with any animal tissue, whether liquid or otherwise.

(7) "Livestock" means cattle, including bison, swine, equine, poultry, sheep, goats, ratites, and ruminants.

(8) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or agency, department, or other political subdivision of the state or any other entity.

Notes

Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 40-13-4-.01

O.C.G.A. Secs. 4-4-1, 4-4-1.1, 4-4-22, 4-4-95.1, 4-4-111, 4-6-1.

Original Rule entitled "Livestock Auction Markets" adopted. F. and eff. June 30, 1965. Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. Apr. 1, 1970; eff. Apr. 20, 1970. Amended: Authority changed. F. May 2, 1984; eff. May 22, 1984. Amended: F. June 11, 1992; eff. July 1, 1992. Repealed: New Rule entitled "Definitions" adopted. F. Jan. 17, 2003; eff. Feb. 6, 2003.