Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT › Article 3 - SWINE BRUCELLOSIS AND CERVIDS › Section 9-3-6 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
As used in
				K.A.R.
				9-3-6 through
				9-3-17, each of the following terms
				shall have the meaning specified in this regulation:
(a) "Adult domesticated cervid" means any
			 domesticated cervid that is 12 months of age or older.
(b) "Affected herd" means any domesticated
			 cervid herd in which tissues or fluids collected from a live animal or carcass
			 of an animal tested positive for any infectious or contagious disease for which
			 the herd may be quarantined, including chronic wasting disease (CWD), bovine
			 tuberculosis (TB), or Brucella abortus (brucellosis), using an approved test
			 conducted at an approved laboratory.
(c) "Animal" means a member of the family
			 Cervidae, unless otherwise stated.
(d) "APHIS" means the animal and plant health
			 inspection service of the United States department of agriculture.
(e) "Approved laboratory" means any
			 laboratory approved by APHIS to conduct brucellosis, TB, and CWD
			 testing.
(f) "Approved test" means
			 any test for brucellosis, TB, or CWD conducted under protocols established by
			 APHIS.
(g) "Cervid" means any member
			 of the family Cervidae and hybrids, including deer, elk, moose, caribou,
			 reindeer, and related species.
(h)
			 "Chronic wasting disease" and "CWD" mean a nonfebrile, transmissible spongiform
			 encephalopathy that is insidious and degenerative and that affects the central
			 nervous system of cervids.
(i)
			 "Commingling" means grouping animals in a manner in which physical contact
			 among animals could occur, including maintaining animals in the same pasture or
			 enclosure. This term shall not include holding animals at a sale, during
			 transportation, during artificial insemination, or in other situations in which
			 only limited contact is involved.
(j) "Commissioner" means Kansas animal health
			 commissioner.
(k) "CWD-clean herd"
			 means a herd that has been a participating herd for at least 10 years in Kansas
			 or in a state with a CWD monitoring program of equivalent status.
(l) "CWD-exposed animal" means an animal that
			 is part of a CWD-positive herd or that has been exposed to a CWD-positive
			 animal or contaminated premises within the previous five years.
(m) "CWD-exposed herd" means a herd in which
			 a CWD-positive animal has resided within five years before that animal's
			 diagnosis as CWD-positive, as determined by an APHIS employee or representative
			 of the commissioner.
(n)
			 "CWD-infected herd" means any herd with a confirmed CWD-positive animal that
			 has not completed a herd plan.
(o)
			 "CWD-positive animal" means any cervid that tests positive on an approved test
			 at an approved laboratory.
(p)
			 "CWD-source herd" means a herd that is identified through testing or
			 epidemiological investigations to be the source of CWD-positive animals
			 identified in other herds.
(q)
			 "CWD-suspect animal" means any cervid that showed clinical signs of the disease
			 before death, but whose results on an approved test are inconclusive or have
			 not yet been reported.
(r)
			 "CWD-suspect herd" means a herd for which unofficial CWD test results,
			 laboratory evidence, or clinical signs suggest a diagnosis of CWD, as
			 determined by an APHIS employee or state representative, but for which
			 confirmatory laboratory results have been inconclusive or not yet
			 reported.
(s) "Depopulate" means to
			 remove, from a premises, animals that are determined to be infected or exposed
			 to a specific disease by means of euthanizing the animals or by moving the
			 animals to an approved slaughter facility for slaughter.
(t) "Domesticated cervid" means "domesticated
			 deer," as defined in
			 K.S.A.
			 47-2101 and amendments thereto.
(u) "Domesticated cervid permit" means the
			 permit required by
			 K.S.A.
			 47-2101, and amendments thereto, to sell or
			 raise any cervid.
(v) "Herd" means a
			 group of animals maintained on the same premises or two or more groups of
			 animals maintained in a manner that results in commingling.
(w) "Herd inventory" means an accounting that
			 lists each adult domesticated cervid by its sex, age, breed or species,
			 official identification and any other identification and that is confirmed by
			 an accredited veterinarian or by a representative of the
			 commissioner.
(x) "Herd plan" means
			 a signed written agreement between the herd owner, the commissioner, and the
			 APHIS administrator, detailing any testing requirements and allowable movements
			 into and out of an affected herd. The herd plan may also include requirements
			 on fencing, decontamination, and cleanup of premises.
(y) "Herd status" means the number of years
			 during which a herd owner's participating herd has been in an approved CWD
			 monitoring program, indicating the probability that the herd is not affected by
			 the disease. Herd status is determined by the length of time the herd has been
			 monitored for CWD and by the herd owner's full compliance with the
			 program.
(z) "Official
			 identification" means the identification required by
			 K.S.A.
			 47-2101, and amendments thereto, which for
			 any animal in a participating herd shall be in the form of a unique means of
			 identification approved by APHIS and the commissioner. Acceptable forms of
			 official identification shall include electronic implants, which are also known
			 as microchips, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, tamper-resistant
			 tags, and national uniform eartagging system tags but shall exclude ear tattoos
			 and flank tattoos.
(aa)
			 "Participating herd" means any herd enrolled in the CWD monitoring
			 program.
(bb) "Premises" means the
			 grounds and buildings occupied by a herd and equipment used in the husbandry of
			 the herd.
(cc) "Program" means the
			 CWD monitoring program or the APHIS herd certification program, whichever is
			 applicable.
(dd) "TB" means bovine
			 tuberculosis.