Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part XXI - Animals and Animal Health › Chapter 9 - Horses and other Equines (Formerly Chapter 5) › Subchapter A - General Provisions (Formerly section 511) › Section XXI-903 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Wherever in
				  these EIA rules and regulations the masculine is used, it includes the feminine
				  and vice versa; wherever the singular is used, it includes the plural and vice
				  versa.
Approved EIA Testing Laboratory
-a
					 laboratory which is authorized by the board to conduct the EIA test analysis on
					 equine blood samples.
Board
-the Louisiana State Livestock
					 Sanitary Board.
Buyer
-any person who purchases EIA
					 positive or S branded equine for slaughter.
Direct to Slaughter
-for shipment or
					 movement from the premises of origin directly to an approved slaughter
					 establishment for the purpose of slaughter without any stopping or diversion
					 except as is necessary or incidental to such shipment.
EIA Negative Equine
-equine that is
					 currently tested for EIA with a negative test result in accordance with these
					 EIA rules and regulations.
EIA Positive Equine
-an equine that has
					 completed an EIA test with a positive ELISA test result, confirmed with a
					 positive AGID test result at Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory or
					 National Veterinary Services Laboratory.
EIA Quarantine
-the secure and physical
					 isolation of EIA positive equine, S branded equine or both in a specific
					 confined area the perimeter of which is at all times at least 200 yards away
					 from all other equine.
EIA Test
-has the same meaning as
test for EIA
defined hereinafter.
Equine
-any member of the family of
Equidae
including horses, mules, burros, donkeys, asses, and
					 zebra.
Equine Infectious Anemia
-a contagious and
					 infectious disease of equine caused by a lentivirus the symptoms of which can
					 include intermittent fever, depression, weakness, edema, anemia and sometimes
					 death. The disease is also known as swamp fever and is sometimes referred to
					 herein as "EIA."
Equine Quarantined Holding Area
-an area
					 where the secure and physical isolation of only EIA positive equine, S branded
					 equine, or both are confined, the perimeter of which provides for separating by
					 at least 440 yards from all other equine that are not EIA positive equine, S
					 branded equine, or both.
Exposure to EIA
-in the presence of an EIA
					 positive equine.
Foal
-an equine less than one year
					 old.
In the Presence of
-coming within 200 yards
					 of the animal or object referred to.
Livestock Dealer
-any person engaged in the
					 buying and selling of livestock permitted by the board. Any person, who buys
					 and sells the same livestock within 30 days and has engaged in five or more
					 purchases and/or sales of the same livestock within any 12-month period, is
					 said to be engaged in the business of buying and selling livestock.
Owner
-any person who, in any form,
					 possesses, has custody of, or has an ownership interest in an equine. A person
					 is an owner during the period of time of the described relationship. A parent
					 or tutor of an owner who is a minor is also an owner during the period of time
					 that the owner-parent or tutor's minor resides with the parent or tutor. A
					 curator of an owner who has been interdicted is an owner during the period of
					 time that the interdict is an owner.
Permanent Individual Equine
					 Identification
-one of the following methods of identifying
					 equine:
a. operational implanted electronic identification
					 transponder with individual number;
b. legible individual lip tattoo; or
c. legible individual hot brand or freeze brand other than
					 the brand S or 72A on the left shoulder.
Person
-any natural
person
, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability
					 company, corporation, association or any legal entity whatsoever.
Premises
-any immovable or movable property
					 in which or upon which an equine is, was or could be located.
Public Livestock Market
-any place,
					 establishment or facility commonly known as a "livestock market," "livestock
					 auction market," "sales ring," "stockyard," or the like, operated for
					 compensation or profit as a public market for livestock, consisting of pens, or
					 other enclosures, and their appurtenances, in which livestock are received,
					 held, sold, or kept for sale or shipment.
Quarantine
-the secure and physical
					 isolation of equine in a specific confined area the perimeter of which is at
					 all times at least 200 yards away from other equine.
S Branded Equine
-an equine which has been
					 branded with the letter S at least 3 inches in height on the left
					 shoulder.
Stall Barn
-a building in which equine are
					 customarily housed.
Test for EIA
-a test, approved by the
					 United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
					 Service, Veterinary Services, for scientifically testing equine for the
					 presence of EIA. The
test for EIA
is also sometimes herein
					 referred to as the "EIA test."
Testing Veterinarian
-a veterinarian
					 accredited by the United States Department of Agriculture who draws an equine's
					 blood for an EIA test and who submits the blood sample to an approved EIA
					 testing laboratory.
Verification
-a written statement signed by
					 each owner which includes the name, address, telephone number of each owner,
					 the name of the equine, if any, the permanent individual identification of the
					 equine, and an affirmative attestation of the date, place and the manner of
					 ending the life of the equine.
VS Form 10-11
-the form provided by the
					 board or the United States Department of Agriculture utilized in EIA testing
					 which provides for information including the name of the laboratory, the case
					 number, the date of completion of the EIA test, the equine owner's name,
					 address, telephone number and the permanent individual identification of the
					 equine and the test results.
VS Form 1-27 Permit
-a form provided,
					 completed and issued by the board or the United States Department of
					 Agriculture which is required before certain livestock may be moved from the
					 premises of origin.
Written Proof of EIA Test
-the VS Form
					 10-11 or electronic equivalent, approved by the board, completed by an approved
					 EIA testing laboratory which, when completed, provides the name of the
					 laboratory, the case number, the date of completion of the EIA test, the equine
					 owner's name, address, telephone number and permanent individual identification
					 of the equine and the test results.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 3:2091-2097.