California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 2 - Animal Industry › Chapter 2 - Livestock Disease Control › Article 12 - Bovine Trichomonosis Control Program › Section 820 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) As
				  used in this article:
(1) "Affected herd"
				  means a group of cattle that is kept, fed or grouped together that contained,
				  anytime within the last 12 months, an animal that had opportunity for sexual
				  contact and was confirmed to be infected with
Tritrichomonas
				  foetus.
(2) "Bull
				  Slaughter Agreement" means a document stating the responsibilities of the buyer
				  of non-virgin bulls less than 18 months of age and bulls 18 months of age and
				  over that have not tested negative for trichomonosis within 60 calendar days of
				  the change of ownership.
(3)
				  "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.
(4) "Certified Semen Services" means a
				  subsidiary of the National Association of Animal Breeders, providing minimum
				  requirements for the health monitoring and disease surveillance of bulls prior
				  to entry, during an isolation period, and through residency at an artificial
				  insemination facility.
(5) "Change
				  of Ownership" means a transaction where an animal is sold or ownership is
				  transferred, with or without the exchange of money or other
				  compensation.
(6) "Department"
				  means the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
(7) "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.
(8) "Exposed herd" means a herd adjacent to a
				  premises occupied by an affected herd, herds sharing common pasture or having
				  other contact with affected herds as determined by the State
				  Veterinarian.
(9) "Herd" means a
				  group of cattle, under common ownership or supervision that is kept, fed and
				  grouped together.
(10) "Herdmate
				  bull" means any bull in the herd that has been used for breeding.
(11) "Herd of origin" means the herd in which
				  a bovine animal had the opportunity for sexual contact at anytime within the
				  last 12 months.
(12) "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).
(13) "Infected cattle" means cattle with a
				  positive trichomonosis test and classified as infected by the State
				  Veterinarian.
(14) "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.
(15) "Livestock" means cattle, bison, horses
				  and other equine species, poultry, sheep, goats, swine, and captive
				  cervids.
(16) "Negative
				  trichomonosis test" is a negative test result on a specimen collected from a
				  bull after 10 calendar days without contact with sexually mature female
				  cattle.
(17) "Person" means any
				  individual, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, or
				  joint stock company, or other legal entity.
(18) "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).
(19) "Specimen" means a sample taken from the
				  preputial cavity of a bull, or the uterine contents, cervical mucus or cervix
				  scraping, of a bovine female, by a trichomonosis approved
				  veterinarian.
(20) "Trichomonosis"
				  means a sexually transmitted disease of cattle caused by the protozoan parasite
Tritrichomonas foetus
.
(21) "Trichomonosis approved facility" means
				  any facility where bulls will remain under confinement without having access to
				  or allowed to commingle with sexually mature female cattle, approved by the
				  Department. Approval requires that District staff visit to confirm that the
				  site meets these requirements.
(22)
				  "Trichomonosis approved laboratory" means a laboratory approved by the
				  Department for diagnosing bovine trichomonosis.
(23) "Trichomonosis approved tag" means a
				  color coded tag, where the color indicates the trichomonosis year (September 1
				  through August 31 of the following year) the bull was tested, approved by the
				  Department for individually identifying bulls tested for
				  trichomonosis.
(24) "Trichomonosis
				  approved veterinarian" means a USDA category II accredited and state-licensed
				  veterinarian who has successfully completed a training program approved by the
				  Department for the sampling and handling of specimens for the diagnosis of
				  trichomonosis. This approval will be renewed by the Department every two (2)
				  years.
(25) "Trichomonosis test"
				  means a test for the detection of active infection with
Tritrichomonas
				  foetus
from a specimen collected by a trichomonosis approved
				  veterinarian and conducted at a trichomonosis approved laboratory.
(26) "USDA" means the United States
				  Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,
				  Veterinary Services.