Arizona Administrative Code › Title 3 - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 2 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE - ANIMAL SERVICES DIVISION › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R3-2-101 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In addition to the definitions provided in A.R.S.
				  §§
									3-1201,
				  3-1451, and
				  3-1771, the following
				  terms apply to this Chapter:
"Accredited veterinarian" means a veterinarian approved by
				  the State Veterinarian and USDA Area Veterinarian In Charge (A.V.I.C.) to
				  perform functions required by cooperative State-Federal animal disease control
				  and eradication programs. "Animal" means livestock, bison, dogs, cats, rabbits,
				  rodents, aquatic animals, game animals, furbearing and wildlife mammals,
				  poultry and psittacines.
"APHIS" means the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
				  of the United States Department of Agriculture. "Beef cattle" means all cattle
				  other than dairy cattle.
"Certificate of Veterinary Inspection" or "CVI" means a
				  legible record that is issued by a VS animal health official, state animal
				  health official, or accredited veterinarian at the point of origin of a
				  shipment of animals, conforms to the requirements of
				  R3-2-606, and
				  is written on a form approved by the chief animal health official of the state
				  of origin or an equivalent form of the USDA attesting that the animal described
				  has been inspected and found to meet the Arizona entry requirements.
"Dairy cattle" means any domesticated bovine dairy animal or
				  crosses of the Bos genus that show at least 50 percent phenotypic
				  characteristics of a dairy breed, including; Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Canadienne,
				  Dutch Belt, Holstein, Jersey, Guernsey, Kerry, Milking Devon, Milking
				  Shorthorn, or Norwegian Red.
"Designated feedlot" means a feedlot containing a confined
				  drylot area under state quarantine that is approved and authorized by the State
				  Veterinarian; contains a restricted feeding pen; and is maintained for finish
				  feeding of cattle or bison that do not meet the brucellosis or tuberculosis
				  import test requirements.
"Entry permit number" or "Import permit number" means a
				  serialized number issued by the State Veterinarian's Office that conforms to
				  the requirements of this chapter and allows the regulated movement of certain
				  animals into Arizona.
"Equine Infectious Anemia" or "EIA" means an infectious,
				  noncontagious, and potentially fatal viral disease of members of equine caused
				  by a RNA virus classified in the Lentivirus genus, family Retroviridae.
"Official Identification" as defined in
				  9 CFR
				  71.19(b) as revised on
				  January 1, 2018 for swine;
				  9
				  CFR 79.2(a)(2) as revised on
				  January 1, 2018 for sheep and goats; and
				  9 CFR
				  86.4 as revised on January 1, 2018 for
				  cattle.
"Poultry" means any bird except psittacine, whether live or
				  dead, including but not limited to chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, guineas,
				  ratites, squabs, and any exotic birds not regulated as restricted wildlife by
				  the Arizona Game and Fish Department. The definition "poultry" also includes
				  hatching eggs, which are fertilized eggs produced by breeding poultry.
"Psittacine" means a bird belonging to the family
				  Psittacidae, which includes macaws, parakeets, and parrots.
"USDA" means the United States Department of
				  Agriculture.
"VS" means the Veterinary Services branch of
				  APHIS.