Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 02 - Agriculture, Department of › Rule 02.08.01 - SHEEP AND GOAT RULES OF THE IDAHO SHEEP AND GOAT HEALTH BOARD › Section 02.08.01.010 - DEFINITIONS

Current through August 31, 2023
01.
Accredited Veterinarian
. A
			 veterinarian approved by the Administrator and USDA/APHIS/VS in accordance with
			 provisions of Title 9, Part 161, Code of Federal Regulations to perform
			 functions of State-Federal animal disease control programs. (3-23-23)
02.
Animals
. All vertebrates,
			 except humans. (3-23-23)
03.
Authorized Federal Inspector
. An employee of USDA authorized by
			 the Board to perform the functions of the Idaho Sheep and Goat Health Board.
			 (3-23-23)
04.
Authorized
			 State Inspector
. An employee of the state of Idaho authorized by the
			 Board to perform the functions of the Idaho Sheep and Goat Health Board.
			 (3-23-23)
05.
Board
.
			 The Idaho Sheep and Goat Health Board or its designee. (3-23-23)
06.
Breeding Stock
. Intact male
			 or female sheep or goats of any age. (3-23-23)
07.
Brucellosis
. An infectious
			 disease of animals and humans caused by bacteria of the genus
Brucella
. (3-23-23)
08.
Brucella Ovis
Test
			 Positive
. An animal that tests in the positive range on an approved
Brucella Ovis
ELISA test. (3-23-23)
09.
Brucella Ovis
Test
			 Suspect
. An animal that tests in the suspect range on an approved
Brucella Ovis
ELISA test. (3-23-23)
10.
Brucella Ovis
Test
			 Negative
. An animal that tests in the negative range on an approved
Brucella Ovis
ELISA test. (3-23-23)
11.
Certificate
. An official
			 certificate of veterinary inspection or other approved certificate issued by an
			 accredited veterinarian, state or federal animal health official, or other
			 approved official at the point of origin of the shipment of animal(s) being
			 imported. (3-23-23)
12.
Commercial Low-Risk Goats
. Intact or castrated goats, raised for
			 fiber or meat, that are not registered or exhibited, that are not scrapie
			 positive, suspect, high risk, or exposed animals and that have not been exposed
			 to sheep or are not from a state that has scrapie in goats. (3-23-23)
13.
Contemporary Lambing Group
.
			 The time from the first birth to sixty (60) days post birthing of the entire
			 group in a given lambing season. (3-23-23)
14.
Exposed
. Animals that have
			 had direct contact with other animals, herds, or materials that have been
			 determined to be infected with or affected by any infectious, contagious, or
			 communicable disease. (3-23-23)
15.
Federal Animal Health Official
. An employee of USDA/APHIS/VS who
			 has been authorized to perform animal health activities. (3-23-23)
16.
Flock
. Flock or flocks are
			 interchangeable with the terms herd or herds and denote a group of one (1) or
			 more animals that are fed, housed and birthed together on the same premises, or
			 animals maintained in separate geographic areas that have interchange at or
			 around the time of birth. Changes in ownership of a flock do not change the
			 identity of the flock or the regulatory requirements applicable to the flock.
			 (3-23-23)
17.
Flock
			 Plan
. A written flock management agreement signed by the owner, his
			 accredited veterinarian if there is one, a representative of the Division of
			 Animal Industries, and an APHIS representative in which each signatory agrees
			 to undertake action specified in the Flock Plan to eradicate or control scrapie
			 as defined in 9 CFR Part 54.8 a-f. Goats exposed to scrapie will be subjected
			 to the same rules as sheep. (3-23-23)
18.
Goats Requiring Premises/Flock
			 Identification Number
. Sexually intact goats or goats that have resided
			 on the same premises as sheep or any other goats not defined in Subsection
			 010.13. (3-23-23)
19.
Idaho Premises/Flock Identification
			 Number
. A unique identification number or alphanumeric designation
			 approved by APHIS, and assigned by the Board to each premises/flock of breeding
			 sheep or goats, as defined in Subsection
			 010.21, in the state of Idaho.
			 (3-23-23)
20.
Low Risk
			 Commercial Sheep
. Commercial whiteface, white-faced cross, or commercial
			 hair sheep from a flock with no known risk factors for scrapie, including any
			 exposure to female black-faced sheep, that are identified with a permanent
			 brand or ear notch pattern registered with an official brand registry and that
			 are not scrapie-positive, suspect, high-risk, or exposed animals and are not
			 animals from an infected, source, or exposed flock. (3-23-23)
21.
Negative
. Animals are
			 classified as negative when they have been subjected to official tests for a
			 disease, and the tests performed have failed to disclose evidence of the
			 disease. (3-23-23)
22.
Official Individual Identification
. The unique identification of
			 individual animals with an alpha numeric number applied as a tag, a legible
			 tattoo, electronic device, or any other device approved by APHIS. The Idaho
			 Premises/Flock Identification number can serve as the official individual
			 identification number if it contains a unique individual animal number in
			 addition to the Idaho premises/flock identification number. (3-23-23)
23.
Post Exposure Monitoring and
			 Management Plan
. A monitoring plan which includes a written agreement
			 signed by the owner of the flock and a representative of the Division of Animal
			 Industries and an APHIS representative in which each participant agrees to
			 undertake actions specified in the agreement to monitor for the occurrence of
			 scrapie in the flock for at least five (5) years after an approved Flock Plan
			 has been completed. The PEMMP requires at least once a year flock inspections
			 and prompt reporting of any animal over fourteen (14) months of age which dies
			 in the flock so that some of these animals can be selected and submitted for
			 scrapie testing. The Plan also includes the requirements outlined in
			 9 CFR Part
			 54.8. Owners may request to join the Scrapie
			 Flock Certification Program after two (2) years of participation in the PEMMP.
			 (3-23-23)
24.
Premises
. The ground, area, buildings and equipment utilized to
			 raise, propagate or control sheep and goats. (3-23-23)
25.
Quarantine
. A written
			 order, executed by the Board or the Administrator of Animal Industries, to
			 confine or hold animals on a premises or any other location, where found, and
			 prevent movement of animals from a premises or any other location.
			 (3-23-23)
26.
Scrapie
.
			 A transmissible spongiform encephalopathy that is a nonfebrile, transmissible,
			 insidious, degenerative disease affecting the central nervous system of sheep
			 and goats. (3-23-23)
27.
Scrapie Exposed Animal
. Any animal which has been in the same
			 flock at the same time within the previous seventy-two (72) months as a scrapie
			 positive female animal excluding limited contacts. Limited contacts are
			 contacts between animals that occur off the premises of the flock and do not
			 occur during or within sixty (60) days after parturition for any of the animals
			 involved. (3-23-23)
28.
Scrapie Flock Certification Program
. A cooperative
			 Federal-State-Industry voluntary program for reducing the incidence and
			 controlling the spread of scrapie through flock certification.
			 (3-23-23)
29.
Scrapie High
			 Risk Animal
. An animal determined by epidemiologic investigation to face
			 a high risk of developing clinical scrapie because the animal was: (3-23-23)
a. Progeny of a scrapie-positive dam;
			 (3-23-23)
b. Born in the same
			 contemporary lambing group as a scrapie-positive animal, or (3-23-23)
c. During any subsequent lambing season if
			 born before the flock completes the requirements of a flock plan; or
			 (3-23-23)
d. Born in the same
			 contemporary lambing group as progeny of a scrapie-positive dam or any QQ, at
			 codon 171, sheep present in the lambing facility/area where a scrapie-positive
			 animal was born during the contemporary birth of a scrapie-positive animal.
			 (3-23-23)
e. Animals that fit the
			 criteria for high risk animals which are determined by genetic testing to be QR
			 or RR at the 171 codon, or are determined by other recognized testing
			 procedures to pose no risk, may be exempted as high risk animals by the Board,
			 upon the recommendation of the State Scrapie Certification Board, based upon
			 evidence from the latest research information available.
			 (3-23-23)