051-12 Wyo. Code R. §§ 12-2 - Definitions

(a) "Board" means the Wyoming Livestock Board.

(b) "Brucella ovis Exposed Ram" means any test negative or untested Test Eligible Ram that has been in contact with a Brucella ovis Infected Ram during the last 45 days.

(c) "Brucella ovis Infected Ram" means any ram with a positive Official Test result for the bacteria Brucella ovis.

(d) "Common Grazing" means any common pasturing arrangement on all private, state, tribal, or federal lands or any combination thereof in which ovine from two or more Flock or Herd Units not under common ownership can commingle.

(e) "ELISA Test" means the enzyme-linked immunoassay test used on serum to establish the individual animal and Flock status for Brucella ovis.

(f) "Flock" or "Herd Unit" means a group of one or more ovine with one or multiple owners that is managed as one flock or herd.

(g) "Indeterminate Test Results" means an ELISA Test with results in a low positive range that does not verify infection status.

(h) "Official Individual Identification" means any official identification device conforming to the National Uniform Eartagging System, National Scrapie Eradication Program Identification Requirements, or National Animal Disease Traceability Rule Identification Requirements.

(i) "Official Test" means a test to detect the presence of Brucella ovis that is approved by the Wyoming State Veterinarian and one of the following:

(i) The American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians;

(ii) The National Veterinary Services Laboratory; or

(iii) An International Organization for Standardization (ISO) accredited laboratory.

(j) "PCR Test" means the Polymerase Chain Reaction test used on semen from Brucella ovis indeterminate rams and low positive rams.

(k) "Test Eligible Ram" means any ram over six months of age.

(l) "Virgin Ram" means any ram six months of age or younger that has not had breeding contact.

(m) "Wyoming Accredited Veterinarian" means an individual who is licensed to practice veterinary medicine in Wyoming and is accredited by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinarian Services to perform accredited duties in the state of Wyoming.

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051-12 Wyo. Code R. §§ 12-2

Amended, Eff. 5/12/2015. Amended, Eff. 6/7/2023.