Florida Administrative Code › 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › 5C - Division of Animal Industry › Chapter 5C-4 - ADMISSION OF ANIMALS FOR EXHIBITION › Section 5C-4.0015 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
For the purposes of this chapter the following definitions
				  shall apply:
(1) Accredited
				Veterinarian. A veterinarian licensed in the state of origin and accredited by
				the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
				Service (USDA, APHIS) to perform certain functions of the federal and
				cooperative-state-federal programs in accordance with the provisions of Title 9
				Code of Federal Regulations 9
				CFR §
										161.1 (JAN 2018), which is hereby
				incorporated by reference and available online at
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-10035
.
(2) Animal(s). This term shall include: be as
				defined in Section 585.01(10),
				F.S., which provides that the term "animal" shall include wild or game animals
				whenever necessary to effectively control or eradicate dangerous transmissible
				diseases or pets which threaten the agricultural interests of the
				state.
(3) Authorized
				Representative. An employee of the state or federal government, or a licensed
				veterinarian accredited by the USDA, who is authorized to conduct animal
				disease control and eradication activities.
(4) Commercial Production Swine. Swine that
				have been subjected to and found negative on their most recent annual
				brucellosis and pseudorabies tests and have been continuously managed with
				adequate facilities and practices to prevent exposure to any transitional or
				feral swine and so recognized by state animal health officials.
(5) "Domestic animal" shall include any
				equine or bovine animal, goat, sheep, swine, domestic cat, dog, poultry,
				ostrich, emu, rhea, or other domesticated beast or bird.
(6) Exhibition. Any premises displaying or
				presenting livestock to the general public for an animal exhibit or animal show
				at an event sponsored by the state or county.
(7) Group. One or more Animals maintained on
				the same premises or in contact with one another.
(8) Horse. Any horse, mule, ass, zebra or
				other equidae.
(9) Isolation.
				Separation of individual Animals by a physical barrier in a manner that assures
				one Animal does not have access to the body, excrement, or discharges of
				another Animal; does not share a building with a common ventilation system; and
				is not within ten feet of another Animal.
(10) "Livestock" means grazing animals, such
				as cattle, horses, sheep, swine, goats, other hoofed animals, ostriches, emus,
				and rheas which are raised for private use or commercial purposes.
(11) Market Class. An exhibition class
				consisting of finished fed Animals that are isolated and housed seperately from
				all Animals not designated for slaughter immediately following the
				exhibition.
(12) Official
				Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (OCVI). A legible record or certificate
				made on an official form from the state of origin or from the USDA, or a
				Department-approved electronic format, issued and signed by veterinarians
				licensed and accredited in the state of origin for the purpose of certifying
				the Official Individual Identification, test requirements, and health status of
				specific Animals for movement, exhibition, and other designated
				purposes.
(13) Official Individual
				Identification. An individual Animal identification that uniquely identifies
				the Animal, the owner, the premises where the Animal was identified and the
				state in which the Official Individual Identification was applied and:
(a) For Cattle:
1. Is approved by the United States
				Department of Agriculture in accordance with
				9 C.F.R. §
												86.4(a)(1) (2013), as
				incorporated in Rule 5C-31.006, F.A.C.; or
2. Is submitted to and verified by the
				Department as meeting the requirements for Official Individual Identification
				such that state officials can determine the herd in which the Animal was
				officially identified.