Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part XXI - Animals and Animal Health › Chapter 21 - Animal Care Standards for Bovine, Equine, Poultry, Porcine, Ovine, and Caprine (Formerly Chapter 31) › Section XXI-2101 - Definitions (Formerly Section 3101)

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. In addition to the definitions listed
				below, and unless otherwise provided, the definitions in
				§101 of this Part shall apply to this
				Chapter.
B. The terms defined in
				this Chapter have the meanings given to them in this Section, except where the
				context expressly indicates otherwise.
C. Terms Defined in this Section
Ambulatory
-state of biological function
				  where an animal is capable of walking without pain for an extended period of
				  time.
Animal Care and Well-Being Plan
-a program
				  or method for providing or ensuring that an animal's basic needs are met to
				  maintain their health, biological function, and physical and behavioral
				  needs.
Animal Health
-physical state of an
				  animal.
Animal Husbandry
-the branch of agriculture
				  concerned with the care and breeding of domestic animals such as cattle,
				  horses, pigs, and sheep.
Animal Husbandry Procedures
-a way of
				  performing or effecting the care and breeding of livestock.
Beef Quality Assurance Guidelines (BQA)
-accepted production standards for quality and safety, including
				  biosecurity, animal health and well-being, production performance and
				  environmental stewardship, that are appropriate to an operation and which can
				  be met or exceeded in an objective manner.
Behavioral Needs
-a particular animal's need
				  to express behaviors given their species, age, sex, and physiologic
				  state.
Biosecurity
-preventive measures designed to
				  reduce the risk of transmission of infectious diseases, parasites and
				  pests.
Body Condition
-refers to the health or
				  physical fitness of the animal.
Body Condition Score (BCS)
-accepted
				  management tool used by producers, veterinarians, extension personnel, and
				  researchers to evaluate the nutritional level of livestock based on a numerical
				  scale.
Conspecific Aggression
-hostile actions or
				  fighting among a group of animals of the same species.
Discomfort
-unpleasant sensations other than
				  pain caused by a disruption of normal biologic function or psychological
				  needs.
Disease
-pathologic condition of any part of
				  an animal's biology.
Distress
-state of mental or physical pain,
				  intense anxiety, or suffering affecting the animal that may require immediate
				  attention.
Electric Stunning
-application of high
				  amperage current passed through the brain which renders the animal instantly
				  unconscious.
Electro-Immobilization
-use of electricity
				  to immobilize and paralyze animals that does not render them unconscious or
				  insensible to pain.
Euthanasia
-intentional causing humane death
				  of an animal in order to relieve pain and suffering.
Facility
-premises or something such as a
				  fenced in area or a structure or structures constructed to serve a function
				  related to livestock.
Good Animal Health
-having good biological
				  function and being free of disease and injury.
Handling
-actions involving hands on
				  treatment of livestock such as loading or unloading, restraining, or moving
				  animals in a pen or chute.
Health
-normal biologic and physiologic
				  function free of disease.
Heat
or
Cold Stress
-external temperature and/or humidity causing change of an animal's physiologic
				  function and/or causing distress.
Humane Death
-when an animal dies with
				  minimum pain and suffering that may result through utilization of methods such
				  as inhalant agents, injectable euthanasia agents, or other physical
				  methods.
Humane Treatment
-care an animal receives
				  with the intention and result of promoting animal health as balanced with
				  considerations of human health, food safety, and animal production.
Injury
-disruption of tissue causing pain or
				  impaired function.
Insensible
-unable to perceive any stimulus
				  or having no cortical brain function.
Knowledge
-having an awareness of
				  scientifically valid facts regarding animal health and animal husbandry and the
				  ability to apply these facts so as to ensure the care and well-being of
				  animals.
LDAF
-Louisiana Department of Agriculture
				  and Forestry.
Livestock
-bovine, equine, porcine, ovine,
				  caprine, and poultry used for show, profit, selling, or producing crops, plant
				  or animal products for market.
Livestock Personnel
-producer or person in
				  charge of animals.
Mass Euthanasia
-putting to death
				  populations of animals in unusual conditions such as wide spread disease
				  eradication and circumstances resulting from natural disasters, as authorized
				  by the state veterinarian.
Minimize Heat Stress
-systems utilizing one
				  or more of the following to reduce the negative impact on animals due to heat
				  stress- shade, facility design to improve air flow and ambient temperature from
				  outside temperature and airflow, fans or forced air movement, water cooling
				  systems such as misters, evaporative cooling systems, and climate controlled
				  air conditioning.
Minimize Pain and Distress
-actions taken to
				  reduce or eliminate those stimuli resulting in pain or distress.
National Chicken Council (NCC) Guidelines
-industry standard program for assessment of animal programs and
				  practices in broiler and broiler breeder operations.
Pain
-unpleasant stimulus associated with
				  actual or potential tissue damage that is perceived as unpleasant.
Parturition
-act of giving birth (i.e.
				  calving, foaling, lambing, farrowing).
Person in Charge
-person who has animal(s)
				  under his supervision or control.
Physiologic Requirements
-conditions needed
				  to maintain an animal's normal body function given their physical, metabolic,
				  and hormonal demands.
Physiologic State
-functioning of an
				  animal's body, including its current body systems, metabolism, and
				  homeostasis.
Practical
-method or technology which is
				  easily available and economically viable as determined by acceptable
				  standards.
Producer
-person who owns and is responsible
				  for the care of livestock that are raised for home use or for profit,
				  especially on a farm.
Rapid Loss of Consciousness
-that which
				  causes an animal to lose consciousness within 60 seconds.
Remedial Action
-any action taken to provide
				  care, nutrition, treatment, veterinary treatment, or other action in order to
				  eliminate the cause of compromised animal health.
Shelter
-physical object or construct that
				  provides protection from weather and climate to a specific animal;
shelter
may include manmade constructions, variations in the
				  topography of land, plants, trees, and shrubbery as conditions may
				  require.
Stress
-reaction by an animal to an
				  uncomfortable or unfamiliar physical or psychological stimulus that may include
				  an increased state of alertness, anxiety, increased heart rate, or
				  sweating.
Sufficient
-enough to meet the physiological
				  needs of the animal (i.e. adequate nutrition to maintain an average
				  BCS).
Supervision
-act or having the
				  responsibility to ensure an animal is provided care.
Timely Manner
-soon enough that is not too
				  late.
Veterinary Treatment
-procedure or care
				  performed by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  3:2095.1.