Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 15 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Subtitle 11 - ANIMAL HEALTH › Chapter 15.11.18 - Requirements for Sheep and Goats for the Eradication of Scrapie › Section 15.11.18.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this chapter
				the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) 'Animal" means a sheep or a
				goat.
(2) 'Administrator" means an
				employee of USDA, APHIS-VS, authorized to administer the National Scrapie
				Eradication Program.
(3) "APHIS-VS"
				means the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services unit
				of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
(4) "Approved tagging site" means a site
				approved by the Department or APHIS-VS that tags and records all animals
				according to 9 CFR 86, the Animal Disease Traceability Rule.
(5) "Department" means the Maryland
				Department of Agriculture.
(6)
				"DSE" means a designated scrapie epidemiologist with knowledge of scrapie who
				is selected by the Administrator and the Department to coordinate and evaluate
				the scrapie eradication program.
(7) "Exposed animal" means an animal that:
(a) Has been in a flock or an enclosure off
				the premises of the flock with a scrapie positive animal;
(b) Resides in a noncompliant flock;
				or
(c) Has resided on the premises
				of a flock before or while it was designated an infected or source flock and
				before a flock plan was completed.
(8) "High risk animal" means any one of the
				following:
(a) A genetically susceptible
				exposed animal including embryos;
(b) A female offspring of a scrapie positive
				female animal including embryos;
(c) A suspect animal; or
(d) Any animal including embryos that the
				Administrator determines to be high risk based on the epidemiology of the
				flock.
(9) "Immediate
				Slaughter" means a process whereby a goat or sheep is sold or transferred for
				slaughter and is moved with an owner-hauler statement to a restricted slaughter
				facility for processing within 72 hours of a sale or transfer or entry into
				Maryland.
(10) "Interstate
				Certificate of Veterinary Inspection" or "ICVI" means a certificate for
				interstate movement of animals completed by an issuing veterinarian, or a State
				or federal veterinarian.
(11)
				"Issuing Veterinarian" means an accredited veterinarian approved by the
				Department and APHIS-VS to issue an ICVI.
(12) "Low risk exposed animal" means any one
				of the following:
(a) The animal was exposed
				to a positive animal that was not born in the flock and did not lamb in the
				flock or lamb in an enclosure where the exposed animal resided;
(b) The exposed animal is male and was not
				born in the infected or source flock;
(c) The exposed animal is a castrated male;
				or
(d) The exposed animal, as
				determined by the Administrator and State representative, is unlikely to be
				infected with scrapie.
(13) "Official identification" means an
				identification mark or device approved by the Department and APHIS-VS that
				identifies an animal and is used in accordance with APHIS-VS program standards,
				including:
(a) A U.S. Department of
				Agriculture approved scrapie ear tag, provided that the tag is placed:
(i) In the animal's ear (left ear
				recommended); or
(ii) If the
				animal is earless and moving for immediate slaughter or to a terminal feedlot
				as defined in 9 CFR 79, on a durable neck strap placed around the animal's
				neck;
(b) An electronic
				implanted device as defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture under
				9 CFR §
												79.2; and
(c) Legible registry tattoos issued by a
				registry that has agreed to cooperate with APHIS-VS in tracing scrapie
				positive, suspect, and exposed animals, provided the tattoo is placed:
(i) In the animal's ears in the location
				required by the registry; or
(ii)
				If the animal is earless, on the animal's tail web.
(14) "Owner" means the owner of
				the flock of origin or an agent of the owner.
(15) "Owner-hauler statement" or
				"owner-shipper statement" means a document that is generated by the owner,
				signed by the owner or hauler, documenting an animal's movement to an approved
				tagging site or a restricted livestock facility approved by the Department, and
				that, at a minimum, includes:
(a) The name,
				address, and telephone number of the owner and, if different, the
				hauler;
(b) The address and scrapie
				flock identification number of the flock of origin;
(c) The name and address of the destination
				of the shipment;
(d) A description
				of the species, breed, number, sex, and age of the animals shipped;
(e) A complete listing of all animals by
				official identification; and
(f)
				The date of the shipment.
(16) "Restricted livestock facility" means an
				auction market approved by the Department that maintains animals to be sold or
				transferred for immediate slaughter in separate enclosures from other
				animals.
(17) "Scrapie" means a
				fatal degenerative disease, classified as transmissible spongiform
				encephalopathy, affecting the central nervous system of sheep and
				goats.
(18) "Scrapie consistent
				state" means a state that meets the scrapie control requirements provided in
				9 CFR §
											79.6.
(19) "Scrapie exposed flock" means a flock:
(a) That the DSE has designated as:
(i) An infected flock; or
(ii) A source flock that has completed a
				flock plan and has retained a female genetically susceptible exposed
				animal;
(b) That is
				under investigation and:
(i) Has retained a
				female genetically susceptible exposed animal or suspect animal; or
(ii) Whose owner declines genotyping and
				live-animal or post-mortem scrapie testing required by APHIS-VS or the
				Department
(c) For which
				a Post Exposure Monitoring and Management Plan is required by APHIS-VS or the
				Department that is not in compliance with the conditions of that
				plan.
(20) "Scrapie
				positive animal" means an animal that is diagnosed with scrapie by an
				authorized laboratory approved by APHIS-VS.
(21) "Scrapie suspect animal" means an animal
				suspected of having scrapie by an accredited veterinarian, the Department, or a
				veterinary medical officer of USDA.
(22) "Waybill" means a document from an
				approved tagging site, a restricted livestock facility, or a licensed livestock
				dealer that documents an animal's sale from such location to a farm, an
				authorized slaughter facility, or other location approved by the Department,
				and that, at a minimum, includes:
(a) The
				name, address, and telephone number of the issuing party;
(b) The date of sale and the date of
				movement;
(c) The name and address
				of the destination of the animal shipment;
(d) A description of the species, breed, age,
				sex, and number; and
(e) A complete
				listing of the individual official identification of each animal, which may
				include any use of glue-on back tags for animals destined for
				slaughter.