"Accredited veterinarian" means a veterinarian who is licensed
by the state in which he practices, is approved by the animal health authority
of that state, and is accredited by the United States Department of
Agriculture.
"Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service" means the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of
Agriculture.
"Approved eartag" means an eartag that provides unique
identification for the individual animal, is tamper resistant, and has been
approved for use either by the U.S. Department of Agriculture or the Illinois
Department of Agriculture. The eartag may conform with one of the
following:
A nine digit alphanumeric system starting with "33" (the postal
code for Illinois) followed by three letters and four numbers; or
The Animal Identification Number (AIN) system or the Premises
Based Numbering (PBN) system as provided in
9 CFR
71.1(2009).
Information concerning manufacturers of approved eartags may be
obtained from the Department.
"Approved health certificate" means one that has been so
endorsed by the Animal Health Official of the state of origin.
"Approved identification" or "official identification" means an
approved eartag, a breed registry tattoo when the breed registry certificate of
registration accompanies the animal, a tattoo conforming to the six-character
alphanumeric National Tattoo System that provides a unique identification for
each herd or lot of animals, or microchip.
"Approved laboratory" means one of the animal disease
laboratories operated by the Department, the State-Federal Serology Laboratory,
the Laboratories of Veterinary Diagnostic Medicine at the College of Veterinary
Medicine, University of Illinois, or a laboratory approved by the Animal Health
Official of the exporting state to conduct official tests.
"Auction market" means a licensed livestock facility (stockyard
or livestock market under State and Federal veterinary supervision) where
livestock are assembled and sold.
"Brucellosis" means the disease wherein an animal is infected
with Brucella micro-organisms irrespective of the occurrence or absence of
clinical signs.
"Certified Brucellosis-Free Herd" means one that has qualified
for, and the owner has been issued, a certified brucellosis-free herd
certificate by the Animal Health Official of the state of origin and the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service.
"Consignment" means a document issued by the owner or shipper
of livestock, designating the name of the owner and/or shipper; place of
origin; stockyard, auction market, or packing plant of destination; date of
shipment; and number and description of livestock, certified to by the owner or
shipper, kept in possession of the carrier and delivered to a stockyard,
auction market, or packing plant of destination upon acceptance. This
consignment shall be held by the stockyard, auction market, or packing plant
for a period of not less than 6 months for inspection by the legally authorized
officials of the United States Department of Agriculture and the Department and
other officials having police powers.
"Contagious disease" means a specific infectious disease which
is readily transmitted from host to host by direct contact or by means of
intermediate hosts.
"Department" or "Department of Agriculture", unless otherwise
indicated, means the Department of Agriculture of the State of Illinois.
"Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department of
Agriculture.
"Federal Inspector" means an Animal Health Technician or
veterinarian employed by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the
United States Department of Agriculture.
"Feeder female cattle" means female bovines of the beef breeds
6-18 months of age that have not been tested for brucellosis prior to
sale.
"Feeder swine" or "feeding swine" means swine under 4 months of
age, weighing less than 180 pounds and not requiring testing as breeding swine
or swine consigned directly to slaughter.
"Health certificate" or "certificate of health" or "interstate
health certificate" or "certificate of veterinary inspection" means a legible
record, made on an official form of the state of origination of the movement,
or the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, and issued by an accredited
veterinarian of the state of origination of the movement, a veterinarian in the
employ of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or a veterinarian in
the employ of the United States Armed Services, that shows the animals or birds
listed on the certificate meet the health requirements of the state of
destination. For movement into Illinois, all animals must meet the importation
requirements prescribed for the state of origin regardless of the current
location of the animals. The health certificate shall contain the name and
complete mailing address of the consignor, the name and complete mailing
address of the consignee, and an accurate description or identification of the
animals or birds involved, and shall also indicate the health status of the
animals or birds, including the dates and results of required tests and dates
of vaccination, if any. A health certificate is valid for 30 days after
issuance, except when specific exemptions are made for exhibition livestock.
The 2 copies of the health certificate that are labeled "Division Copy" shall
be submitted to the Department within 30 days after the date of inspection. No
alteration of any type is allowed on a health certificate.
"Infected animal", "positive animal" or "reactor" means an
animal which has given a positive reaction to any official test or in which
evidence of the disease has been found in the body or in the body discharges,
when the animal has been classified as such by a State Animal Health Official
or Federal epidemiologist.
"Infectious disease" means the reaction resulting from the
introduction into the body of a specific disease-producing organism or its
toxic product.
"Infestation" or "infested with" means the invasion of the body
by animal parasites.
"Market Cattle Identification Program" means the brucellosis
testing program of market cattle that is part of the National Brucellosis
Eradication Program ( 9 CFR 78(2009)). In accordance with the authority stated
in the Illinois Bovine Brucellosis Eradication Act [510 ILCS 30/2
], the Department has entered into a cooperative agreement with the United
States Department of Agriculture to identify brucellosis infected herds.
"Marketing center " means an approved livestock facility (under
State and Federal veterinary supervision) where livestock are assembled and
sold and that has been approved under
9 CFR
71.20(2009).
"Milk ELISA" means the diagnostic test using milk to detect the
presence of any disease, such as brucellosis, in a herd through an
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
"Negative exposed cattle" means a test negative animal in an
infected herd.
"Official test" means any test for the detection of a
reportable disease in Illinois as defined in 8 Ill. Adm. Code
85.10,
approved by the Department and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,
which is based on a standard test that is approved by the American Association
of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians and the United States Department of
Agriculture and conducted in an approved laboratory.
"Premises identification number" means a unique number assigned
by the Department or the United States Department of Agriculture to a livestock
production unit that is epidemiologically distinct from other livestock
production units. A premises identification number consists of IL followed by
the assigned premises number, or a number assigned by USDA under the National
Animal Identification System, to a livestock production unit or any place where
livestock can be located or co-mingled. A premises identification number may be
used in conjunction with a producer's own livestock production numbering system
to provide a unique identification number for an animal.
"Public stockyard" means a stockyard where trading in livestock
is conducted, where yarding, feeding, and watering facilities are provided by
the stockyard, transportation, or similar company, and where State and/or
Federal inspection is maintained for the inspection of livestock for
communicable disease.
"Quarantine" means a condition in which one or more animals
shall be kept separate and apart from and not allowed to come in contact in any
way with other animals.
"Recognized slaughtering establishment" means an establishment
where slaughtering is conducted under Federal or State inspection.
"Restriction" or "restricted" means a condition in which one or
more animals shall be kept on certain designated premises and shall not be
allowed to come in contact in any way with animals from other premises.
"Ring test" or "brucellosis ring test" or "BRT" means the
diagnostic test of milk or cream to detect the presence of brucellosis in the
herd in which such milk or cream sample was produced.
"State Inspector" means an Animal and Animal Products
Investigator or veterinarian employed by the Illinois Department of
Agriculture.
"Suspicious animal" or "suspect" means an animal that has given
a positive reaction to an official test and whose test results are less than
that which would result in a classification of reactor.
"Tuberculosis-Free Accredited Herd" means one for which a
certificate of accreditation has been issued by the Animal Health Official of
the state of origin and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service.
