The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise:
"Agent" means any person, firm, association, partnership, or
corporation buying, receiving, soliciting, or negotiating the sale of poultry
for or on behalf of any poultry dealer.
"Approved disinfectant" means any chemical approved by the
United States Department of Agriculture as a disinfectant when used according
to direction for the purpose specified.
"Biosecurity" means a regimen of cleaning poultry-related
equipment and the disinfection of such equipment with an approved disinfectant
to prevent the spread of avian influenza and other infectious and contagious
poultry diseases.
"Dealer" or "poultry dealer" means any person who engages in
the business of buying and selling, exchanging, or bartering eggs or live
poultry in the Commonwealth of Virginia for his own account or that of another
person.
"Poultry" means all domestic birds, including but not
limited to chickens, ducks, and turkeys, as well as all native and exotic wild
birds, including those wild birds indigenous to the
Commonwealth.
