Illinois Administrative Code › Title 8 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part 20 - DEFINITIONS › Section 20.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"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.