Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › 278 - Notification, Testing, Transportation and Importation Requirements for Captive Cervidae › Section 22-278-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
The terms used in Sections 22-278-1 to
				22-278-5,
				inclusive, shall have the following meaning:
(1) "Accredited Veterinarian" means a
			 veterinarian approved by the Administrator of the United States Department of
			 Agriculture (USDA), Animal & Plant Health Inspection Services
			 (APHIS).
(2) "Bovine" means all
			 cattle of the genus Bos.
(3)
			 "Captive Cervid" means all species of deer, elk, moose and all other members of
			 the family Cervidae including reindeer and caribou of the genus Rangifur raised
			 or maintained in captivity for the production of meat and other agricultural
			 products, for sport or for exhibition.
(4) "Captive Cervidae or Captive Cervids"
			 means one or more "Captive Cervid".
(5) "Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)" means a
			 transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of cervidae.
(6) "Comparative Cervical Tuberculin (CCT)
			 Test" means an intradermal injection of biologically balanced USDA bovine
			 Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) tuberculin and avian PPD tuberculin at
			 separate sites in the mid-cervical area of the animal to determine the probable
			 presence of bovine tuberculosis (M. bovis) by comparing the response of the two
			 tuberculins at 72 hours (plus or minus 6 hours) following the
			 injection.
(7) "Designated
			 Accredited Veterinarian" means an accredited veterinarian who is trained and
			 approved by cooperative State and Federal animal health officials to conduct
			 the single cervical tuberculin (SCT) test on captive cervids.
(8) "Herd" means a group of captive cervids,
			 a group of other livestock, or a group of captive cervids and other livestock
			 maintained at the same location, or two or more groups of captive cervids or
			 captive cervids and other livestock under common ownership or supervision that
			 are geographically separated but that have movement of animals between groups
			 without regard to health status.
(9) "Federal Veterinary Medical Officer"
			 means a veterinarian employed by USDA, APHIS.
(10) "Livestock" means "Livestock" as defined
			 in Section
			 22-278
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, for example, cattle, bison, swine, goats,
			 sheep, llamas, alpacas, captive cervids, antelope and other hooved
			 animals.
(11) "Single Cervical
			 Tuberculin (SCT) Test" means the intradermal injection of 0.1 ml (5,000
			 tuberculin units) of USDA PPD bovis tuberculin in the mid-cervical area of the
			 animal with reading by visual observation and palpation at 72 hours (plus or
			 minus 6 hours) following the injection.
(12) "Source herd" means a herd in which the
			 State Veterinarian or federal veterinary medical officer has determined that a
			 captive cervid less than 60 months of age that was diagnosed as CWD positive
			 was born.
(13) "Tuberculin" means a
			 product that is approved by and produced under USDA license for injection into
			 cervids and other animals for the purpose of detecting bovine
			 tuberculosis.
(14) "Tuberculosis"
			 means the contagious, infectious, and communicable disease caused by
Mycobacterium bovis.
(Also referred to as bovine
			 tuberculosis.)