California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 2 - Animal Industry › Chapter 2 - Livestock Disease Control › Article 1.5 - Bovine Brucellosis › Section 751 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) As
				  used in this article:
(1) "Accredited
				  Veterinarian" means a veterinarian approved by the USDA, in accordance with the
				  provisions of 9 CFR, Part 161 (2015), to perform functions as specified in 9
				  CFR, Chapter I, Subchapter B (Parts 49-56), Subchapter C (Parts 70-89) and
				  Subchapter D (Parts 91-99).
(2)
				  "Animal identification number (AIN)" means a numbering system for the official
				  identification of individual animals in the United States that provides a
				  nationally unique identification number for each animal in accordance with 9
				  CFR, Part 86 (2015).
(3) "Approved
				  Brucella Vaccine" means a vaccine, approved by and produced under license of
				  the USDA, to increase the resistance of cattle to brucellosis infection. It
				  shall be procured and distributed by the Department. Direct sale of Brucella
				  vaccine without approval of the Department is prohibited.
(4) "Approved Livestock Marketing Facility"
				  means a stockyard, livestock market, buying station, concentration point, or
				  any other premises under State or Federal veterinary inspection where livestock
				  are assembled and that has been approved by the USDA in accordance with
				  9 CFR, Part 71, section
				  71.20 (2015).
(5) "Certificate of Veterinary Inspection"
				  means an official numbered document issued and signed by a USDA accredited and
				  state-licensed veterinarian in the state of origin certifying the inspection of
				  animals in preparation for interstate and intrastate movements. The
				  requirements of a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection used for moving
				  livestock into, within and from California shall be in accordance with Title 3,
				  California Code of Regulations, section
				  830.3.
(6) "CFR" means Code of Federal
				  Regulations.
(7) "Contract
				  Veterinarian" means an accredited veterinarian who has a valid contract with
				  the Department's Animal Health Branch to vaccinate animals in California
				  against brucellosis and perform other brucellosis regulatory procedures if
				  included in the vaccination contract or if included in a separate
				  contract.
(8) "Dairy cattle" means
				  all cattle, regardless of age or sex or current use, that are 40 percent or
				  more dairy in breed(s) used to produce milk or other dairy products for human
				  consumption, including, but not limited to, Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Holstein,
				  Jersey, Guernsey, Milking Shorthorn, and Red and Whites.
(9) "Department" means the California
				  Department of Food and Agriculture.
(10) "Designated Epidemiologist" means a
				  state or federal veterinarian with knowledge of brucellosis epidemiology,
				  selected by state and federal veterinarians in charge, with the concurrence of
				  the USDA brucellosis staff. The Designated Epidemiologist will coordinate and
				  evaluate the Brucellosis Eradication Program as assigned.
(11) "Directly" means moved in a means of
				  conveyance, without stopping to unload while en route, except for stops of less
				  than 24 hours to feed, water, or rest the animals being moved, and with no
				  commingling of animals at such stops.
(12) "District Epidemiologist" means a
				  district or field veterinarian selected by the Chief of the Animal Health
				  Branch to supervise brucellosis disease control and eradication within a herd
				  or a district.
(13) "Electronic
				  Identification Device" means an identification device that relays a unique
				  animal identification number to an electronic reader by means of radio
				  waves.
(14) "Herd" means:
(A) All animals under common ownership or
				  supervision that are grouped on one or more parts of any single premises (lot,
				  farm, or ranch); or
(B) All animals
				  under common ownership or supervision on two (2) or more premises which are
				  geographically separated but on which animals from the different premises have
				  been interchanged or had contact with each other.
(15) "Individual official identification"
				  means officially identifying an animal with an official identification number
				  as defined in section Title 3, California Code of Regulations, section
				  830
				  (a)(25).
(16) "Interstate Livestock Entry Permit"
				  means a numbered document issued by the Department for approving the movement
				  of animals that meet entry requirements into California. The requirements of an
				  Interstate Livestock Entry Permit used for moving livestock into California
				  shall be in accordance with Title 3, California Code of Regulations, section
				  830.4.
(17) "Livestock" means cattle, bison, horses
				  and other equine species, poultry, sheep, goats, swine, and captive
				  cervids.
(18) "Minimal Risk State"
				  means a state in which the California State Veterinarian or USDA has determined
				  there is a minimal risk for introducing diseases, toxic conditions, or other
				  agents to California livestock.
(19) "National Uniform Eartagging System"
				  means a numbering system for the official identification of individual animals
				  in the United States that provides a nationally unique identification number
				  for each animal.
(20) "Native
				  animals" means a group of animals under one (1) owner either on the premises
				  where they were born or where the group has been kept for at least four (4)
				  months before shipping, provided animals have not been added to the group on
				  the premises within the four (4) months prior to the date of
				  shipping.
(21) "Official vaccinate"
				  means a female bovine animal, when vaccinated, identified, and reported, by a
				  federal or state veterinarian or an accredited, contract veterinarian with an
				  approved Brucella vaccine, is classified as an:
(A) Official brucellosis calfhood vaccinate
				  when vaccinated against brucellosis at the prescribed age for calfhood
				  vaccination, or
(B) Official
				  brucellosis adult vaccinate when vaccinated against brucellosis, at an age
				  older than the age prescribed for calfhood vaccination as part of an individual
				  whole-herd adult vaccination plan.
(22) "Official eartag" means an
				  identification tag approved by the Department and USDA that bears an official
				  identification number for individual animals. All official eartags applied to
				  animals must bear an official eartag shield. The design, size, shape, color,
				  and other characteristics of the official eartag will depend on the needs of
				  the users, subject to the approval of the Department or USDA. The official
				  eartag must be tamper-resistant and have a high retention rate in the
				  animal.
(23) "Official eartag
				  shield" means the shield-shaped graphic of the U.S. Route Shield with "U.S." or
				  the State postal abbreviation alpha code imprinted within the shield.
(24) "Person" means any individual,
				  corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, or joint stock
				  company, or other legal entity.
(25) "Quarantine" means the designation of
				  host and/or at-risk population(s) of animals, humans, and/or animal products,
				  wherever located, for appropriate action as determined by the State
				  Veterinarian, pursuant to Food and Agricultural Code section
				  9562 and in accordance with Title
				  3, California Code of Regulations, Division 2, Chapter 7, Article 3.
				  (commencing with section
				  1301.)
(26) "Recognized slaughtering establishment"
				  means any slaughtering facility operating under the Federal Meat Inspection Act
				  (21 U.S.C.
				  601 et seq.), or State meat or poultry
				  inspection acts, approved by the USDA in accordance with
				  9 CFR, Part 71, section
				  71.21 (2015).
(27) "Registered feedlot" means a feedlot or
				  feed yard having more than 500 head of cattle at one time during the calendar
				  year in which cattle are being fed for slaughter, and that is registered with
				  the Department in accordance with Food and Agricultural Code section
				  21082.
(28) "Slaughter pens" means a pen or set of
				  pens on a premises, used to feed restricted cattle destined for slaughter,
				  approved by the Department and USDA to hold only animals for slaughter in
				  accordance with Title 3, California Code of Regulations, section
				  1302.3.
(29) "Terminal feedlot" means a confined
				  feeding operation, or portion thereof, approved by the Department to hold only
				  animals for slaughter in accordance with Title 3, California Code of
				  Regulations, section
				  1302.2.
(30) "USDA" means United State Department of
				  Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary
				  Services.