Utah Admin. Code R58-6-2 - Definitions
(1) "Avian influenza" means an infection or
disease of poultry caused by viruses in the family Orthomyxoviridae, genus
Influenza virus A.
(2) "Cleaning
and disinfection" means to remove organic debris and treat with a product which
is registered by the Environmental Protection Agency as to neutralize
pathogens, by the specifications for use as shown on the label of each
product.
(3) "Commercial gamebird
facility" means a facility licensed by the Department that raises more than
1,000 gamebirds per year.
(4)
"Dealer" means a person engaged in the business of purchasing hatching eggs,
poultry, or gamebirds for immediate resale.
(5) "Department" means the Utah Department of
Agriculture and Food.
(6) "Exposed
(Exposure)" means contact with birds, equipment, personnel, supplies, or any
article infected with, or contaminated by, communicable avian disease
organisms.
(7) "Flock" means any of
the poultry or game birds on one farm.
(8) "Gamebird" means any captive-raised
animal identified as a "Pen-reared Gamebird" in Section
R657-4-2.
(9) "Group/lot identification number (GIN)"
means an 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.
(10)
"Hatchery" means a facility that hatches eggs for commercial sale or provides
the service for other operations.
(11) "Infected flock' means a flock in which
an authorized laboratory has discovered one or more birds infected with an
avian disease.
(12) "License" means
a license issued by the Department to individuals that commercially produce or
sell hatching eggs or live birds.
(13) "Live bird market" means a temporary
facility or site that illegally receives live birds to be resold or slaughtered
and sold on-site.
(14) "National
Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP)" means a cooperative industry, state, and
federal program through which new diagnostic technology can be effectively
applied to the improvement of poultry and poultry products.
(15) "Person" means an individual,
association, partnership, government agency, corporation, or any agent of the
foregoing.
(16) "Poultry" means
domesticated fowl, including chickens, turkeys, guineas, ratites, and pigeons,
or other captive bred birds not listed in Section
R657-4-2 which are bred for the
primary purposes of producing eggs or meat whether kept for production or
exhibition.
(17) "Public
exhibition" means a public show of poultry.
(18) "Pullorum - Typhoid" means a disease of
poultry caused by Salmonella.
(19)
"Ratite" means an ostrich, emu, rhea, or cassowary.
Notes
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