Florida Administrative Code › 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › 5C - Division of Animal Industry › Chapter 5C-16 - POULTRY DISEASES › Section 5C-16.001 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
For the purpose of this rule chapter, the definitions in
				  Sections 585.001 and
				  585.01, F.S., and the following
				  shall apply:
(1) Avian Influenza (AI)
				- an infectious disease of wild birds and domestic Poultry caused by a virus in
				the family Orthomyxoviridae, genus Influenza virus A.
(2) Avian Influenza Approved Test - antibody
				or antigen capture methodologies recognized by NPIP and conducted at a
				laboratory approved to conduct such tests by USDA, APHIS.
(3) Control Area - a limited movement area
				established by the Division of Animal Industry that is at least ten (10) km
				(~6.21 miles) beyond the perimeter of a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
				infected premises.
(4) Domestic
				Fowl - any member of the class Aves that is propagated or maintained under
				control of a person for commercial, exhibition, or breeding purposes, or as
				pets.
(5) Emergency Management
				Response System (EMRS) - a USDA, APHIS, web-based application for authorized
				users in the reporting of routine investigations of foreign animal diseases
				(FADS), surveillance and control programs, state specific disease outbreaks,
				and national animal health emergency responses (all-hazards).
(6) Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza - an
				Avian Influenza virus of H5 or H7 subtype that has an intravenous pathogenicity
				index in six (6) week old chickens greater than or equal to one point two (1.2)
				or causes greater than seventy-five (75) percent mortality in four (4) to eight
				(8) week old chickens infected intravenously.
(7) National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP)
				- a cooperative state-federal-industry program for prevention and control of
				certain hatchery-disseminated diseases and for improvement of Poultry and
				Poultry Products as provided in 9 CFR §§145-147 (2018) as adopted in
				Rule 5C-3.001, F.A.C.
(8) Official Certificate of Veterinary
				Inspection (OCVI) - a legible record of certificate made on an official form
				from the animal's state of origin, issued and signed by veterinarians licensed
				and accredited in the animal's state of origin for the purpose of certifying
				the official individual identifications, test requirements, and health status
				of specific animals for movement, exhibition, and other designated
				purposes.
(9) Poultry - chicken,
				turkeys, quail, pheasants, chukars, peafowl, guineas, ratites, and waterfowl.
				The term also includes other Domestic Fowl used for commercial, exhibition or
				breeding purposes, or as pets.
(10)
				Poultry Products - hatching eggs, breeder flocks for imported hatching eggs,
				chicks, or poults less than four (4) days old, chicks, poults, litter, and
				offal but does not include table eggs and processed Poultry for human
				consumption.
(11) Racing Pigeon -
				homing pigeons used to race. The homing pigeon is a variety of domestic pigeon
				(
Columba livia domestica
) derived from the rock pigeon,
				selectively bred to find its way home over extremely long distances.
(12) USDA, APHIS. The United States
				Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
				Services.
Rulemaking Authority 570.07(23), 585.002(4),
					 585.08 (2) FS. Law Implemented
					 585.08, 585.11(1),
					 585.145,
					 585.16
					 FS.
New 1-1-67, Formerly 5C-16.01, Amended 7-3-95, 9-21-16,
					 8-25-19.