Utah Admin. Code R58-1-2 - Definitions
(1) "Accredited Veterinarian" means a
veterinarian approved by the Deputy Administrator of Veterinary Services (VS),
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS), United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA), in accordance with 9 CFR 161 to perform functions
required by cooperative state-federal disease control and eradication
programs.
(2) "Animal
identification number (AIN)" means a numbering system for the official
identification of individual animals in the United States that provides a
nationally unique identification number for each animal. The AIN consists of 15
digits, with the first three being the country code. The country code is 840
for the United States, or a unique country code may be used for any U.S.
territory that has such a code and elects to use it in place of the 840
code.
(3) "Animals" means
vertebrates, except humans.
(4)
"Approved Livestock Market" means a livestock market that is licensed by the
department under Title 4, Chapter 30, Livestock Markets.
(5) "Approved Slaughter Establishment" means
a state or federally inspected slaughter establishment at which ante-mortem and
postmortem inspection are conducted by state or federal inspectors.
(6) "Brand Inspection Certificate" means an
official form, issued by a government agency or other agency responsible for
animal identification in the state of origin, used to transfer the title of
livestock, listing the identification marks of the animals as well as the
consignor and consignee contact information.
(7) "Camelid" means a camel, llama, alpaca,
guanaco, and vicuna.
(8) "Captive
Cervidae" means a term referring to captive-bred members of the cervid family
including caribou, reindeer, elk, and fallow deer, or any other captive-bred
cervidae allowed with permission from the State Veterinarian and the Utah
Division of Wildlife Resources.
(9) "Certificate of Veterinary Inspection"
means an official paper or electronic form completed by an accredited
veterinarian that has examined the animal listed on the certificate and has
completed any disease testing or vaccinations required.
(10) "Commuter herd" means a herd of cattle
or bison moved interstate during normal livestock management operations and
without change of ownership directly between two premises, as provided in a
commuter herd agreement.
(11)
"Commuter herd agreement" means a written agreement between the owner of a herd
of cattle or bison and the animal health officials for the states or tribes of
origin and destination specifying the conditions required for the interstate
movement from one premises to another in the course of normal livestock
management operations and specifying the period, up to one year, that the
agreement is effective. A commuter herd agreement may be renewed
annually.
(12) "Dairy cattle" means
any cattle, regardless of age, sex, or current use, that are of a breed used to
produce milk or other dairy products for human consumption.
(13) "Department" means the Utah Department
of Agriculture and Food.
(14)
"Designated Brucellosis surveillance area" means an area within a state
designated by the animal health official of that state as an area of increased
disease risk for bovine Brucellosis.
(15) "Direct Movement" means the movement of
animals without unloading and enroute to their final destination, except for
stops of less than 24 hours to feed, water, or rest the animals being moved,
and without commingling with another producer's animals.
(16) "Exposed Animal" means an animal that
has been in contact with, on the same premises as, or within a quarantine zone
where animals with a contagious or communicable disease are present.
(17) "Flock-based number system" means the
number system that combines a flock identification number (FIN) with a
producer's unique livestock production numbering system to provide a nationally
unique identification number for an animal.
(18) "Flock identification number (FIN)"
means a nationally unique number assigned by a state, tribal, or federal animal
health authority to a group of animals that are managed as a unit on one or
more premises and are under the same ownership.
(19) "Gamebird" means any captive raised
animal identified as a Pen-Reared Gamebird in Section
R657-4-2.
(20) "Group or lot identification number
(GIN)" means the identification number used to uniquely identify a "unit of
animals" of the same species that are managed together as one group throughout
the preharvest production chain.
(21) "Import Permit" means a number given by
the department to the issuing veterinarian that is recorded on the Certificate
of Veterinary Inspection if required before the movement of the animals into
the state.
(22) "Interstate
movement" means the movement of animals from one state into or through any
other state.
(23) "National
Uniform Eartagging System (NUES)" means a numbering system for the official
identification of individual animals in the United States that provides a
nationally unique identification number for each animal.
(24) "Official calfhood vaccinate" means
female bison or cattle vaccinated by a USDA Veterinary Services representative,
state certified technician, or accredited veterinarian with an approved dose of
RB51 vaccine or other USDA approved agent while from 4 to 12 months of age in
accordance with its labeling. These cattle shall be properly identified by
official tattoos and ear tags or registration tattoos.
(25) "Official ear tag" means an
identification tag approved by the department that bears an official
identification number for individual animals. The official ear tag shall be
tamper-resistant and have a high retention rate in the animal.
(26) "Official identification device or
method" means a means approved by the department of applying an official
identification number to an animal of a specific species or associating an
official identification number with an animal or group of animals of a specific
species or otherwise officially identifying an animal or group of
animals.
(27) "Official
identification number" means a nationally unique number that is permanently
associated with an animal or group of animals.
(28) "Officially identified" means identified
using an official identification device or method approved by the
department.
(29) "Poultry" means
domestic fowl including chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, peafowl, pigeons, and
ratites or other captive-bred birds not listed in Section
R657-4-2 that are bred for the
primary purposes of producing eggs or meat whether kept for production or
exhibition.
(30) "Premises
identification number (PIN)" means a nationally unique number assigned by a
state, tribal, or federal animal health authority to a premise that are, in the
judgment of the state, tribal, or federal animal health authority a
geographically distinct location from other premises.
(31) "Qualified feedlot" means a feedlot
approved by the department to handle cattle confined to a dry lot area that is
used to upgrade or finish feeding animals going only to slaughter or another
qualified feedlot. Animals shall be kept separate from other animals not
destined for slaughter.
(32)
"Quarantine" means a verbal or written restriction of movement of animals into
or out of an area or premise, issued by a state animal health
official.
(33) "Reactor" means any
animal that has been determined by an epidemiologist to be infected with
Brucellosis or Tuberculosis based on test results, herd or flock history, or
culture results.
(34) "Suspect"
means any animal that may be infected with a contagious, infectious, or
communicable disease based on test results or herd or flock history but not
confirmed by official laboratory tests.
(35) "Travel permit" means a permit issued by
the department for show horses and mules instead of a brand inspection
certificate. Travel permits do not exempt horses from health requirements as
described in Section R58-1-6.
(36) "United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) approved backtag" means a backtag issued by APHIS that provides a
temporary unique identification for each animal.
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