Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part XXI - Animals and Animal Health › Chapter 1 - General Provisions; Administrative Matters › Subchapter A - General Provisions › Section XXI-101 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. As used in this
				  Part, the following terms shall have the following meanings ascribed to them.
Accredited Herd
-a herd which has passed at
					 least two consecutive annual tuberculin tests and no other evidence of bovine
					 tuberculosis has been disclosed.
Accredited Veterinarian
-a licensed
					 veterinarian
accredited
by the United States Department of
					 Agriculture (USDA).
AIN-
animal identification number issued by
					 the USDA.
Annual Test
-tests conducted at intervals
					 of not less than 10 months nor more than 14 months.
APHIS
-the Animal and Plant Health
					 Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Approved Slaughter Establishment
-any
					 slaughter establishment that is under state or federal meat inspection.
Aquaculture
- producing, raising, managing,
					 harvesting, or marketing of aquatic livestock under controlled
					 conditions.
Aquatic Livestock
- finfish species and
					 crawfish produced, raised, managed, or harvested within or from a constructed
					 impoundment in compliance with rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this
					 Part.
Aquatic livestock
shall not include those species of
					 fish excluded from this Part by
					 R.S.
					 3:559.14.
Auction Operator
-a person responsible for
					 the operation of a livestock auction market.
Auction Veterinarian
-an accredited
					 veterinarian employed at an auction market and authorized to carry out the
					 provisions of the livestock auction market regulations.
Authorized Agent of the Livestock Sanitary
					 Board
-an employee of the Livestock Sanitary Board or the USDA.
Authorized Buyer
-
1. an employee of a USDA approved
				  slaughtering establishment who buys livestock that move from the auction market
				  directly to the slaughtering establishment with no period of time spent in a
				  holding area of any kind;
2. a buyer
				  who has a permit issued by the Livestock Sanitary Board to operate a quarantine
				  holding area for EIA positive and "S" branded horses; or
3. a permitted livestock dealer.
Board-
the Louisiana Board of Animal
					 Health.
Bovine Tuberculosis
- a disease in cattle,
					 bison, or dairy goats caused by
Mycobacterium bovis
.
Breeding Purpose
-all cattle, purebred or
					 grade, that are sold for stocker, feeding, grazing, dairy and/or reproductive
					 purposes.
Breeding-Type Cattle
-all cattle 20 months
					 of age and over for dairy breeds and 24 months of age and over for beef breeds
					 as evidenced by the presence of the first pair of permanent incisor teeth,
					 including animals under these ages which are parturient or post-parturient,
					 other than steers and spayed heifers offered for sale for any purpose other
					 than immediate slaughter. This includes dairy, stocker, feeder-grazer and
					 purebred animals.
Brucellosis
-a disease of livestock capable
					 of being transmitted to man and caused by Brucella organisms, commonly called
					 "Bang's disease" in cattle and "undulant fever" in man.
Brucellosis Exposed Herd
-a herd of cattle
					 that has intermingled with
Brucellosis
infected cattle or
					 otherwise been exposed to
Brucellosis
infected animals which
					 includes:
1. cattle whose premises are
				  adjacent to that of known infected cattle even though a roadway, waterway, or
				  any right of-way or servitude is between the premises and if deemed necessary
				  by the state veterinarian and the designated epidemiologist, the premises are
				  considered to be adjacent;
2. cattle
				  herds where there is direct drainage from
Brucellosis
quarantined premises; or
3. cattle
				  herds in common range with
Brucellosis
infected herds.
NOTE: All herds, other than dairies, negative to the
Brucellosis
ring test (BRT) and certified
Brucellosis
free herds, tested within the past 12 months,
					 owned by an individual, partnership, corporation, or association, that are
					 within 50 miles of an infected herd owned by such individual, partnership,
					 corporation, or association.
Brucellosis Herd Test
-a
Brucellosis
test of all cattle in a herd over six months of
					 age, except:
1. steers;
2. spayed heifers;
3. dairy animals that are official
Brucellosis
calfhood vaccinates under 20 months of age, which
				  are not parturient or preparturient (springers);
4. beef animals that are official
Brucellosis
calfhood vaccinates under 24 months of age which
				  are not parturient or preparturient (springers).
Brucellosis Infected Herd
-
1. a herd will be considered infected if an
				  official
Brucellosis
blood test of the herd reveals one or
				  more reactors;
2. a herd to which
				  one or more
Brucellosis
reactors in a consignment, tested in
				  the market cattle testing program, (tested on the physical premises of the
				  auction market or slaughter establishment), has been traced. The herd shall be
				  considered infected and under quarantine until the entire herd of origin has
				  had two official negative blood tests, the second test being not less than 180
				  days from the date the last reactor was removed from the herd and the premises.
				  The second test may be dispensed with upon concurrence by the state
				  veterinarian, the designated epidemiologist and the state/federal area
				  veterinarian, based on the history and epidemiology of the herd;
3. a dairy herd that has had a positive milk
				  ring test. The herd shall be considered infected and handled as such until the
				  entire herd has been officially blood tested. The status of the herd will then
				  be determined by the results of the herd blood test.
Brucellosis Qualified Herd
-a herd located
					 in a
Brucellosis
quarantined area that has been tested and
					 found negative to
Brucellosis
within the last 12
					 months.
Brucellosis Quarantined Area
-an area or
					 state that is under USDA
Brucellosis
quarantine.
Brucellosis Quarantined Herd
-a
Brucellosis
infected herd that has not successfully completed
					 the testing requirements for negative status; or an exposed herd that has been
					 placed under quarantine to be tested until such time as it has been declared
Brucellosis
negative.
Brucellosis Reactor
-any animal which is
					 positive to one or more
Brucellosis
tests which indicate the
					 animal is infected with
Brucellosis
.
Brucellosis Test Eligible
-all cattle which
					 are one year of age and older except:
1. steers;
2. spayed heifers;
3. dairy cattle that are official
Brucellosis
calfhood vaccinates less than 20 months of age
				  which are not parturient or preparturient (springers);
4. beef cattle that are official
Brucellosis
calfhood vaccinates less than 24 months of age
				  which are not parturient or preparturient (springers).
Bull-
an uncastrated male of domestic
					 cattle.
1.
Breeding
				  Bull
-a bull less than 24 months of age in which there is no presence
				  of both permanent central incisor teeth in wear if the bull has been commingled
				  with breeding females; a bull less than 24 months of age in which there is the
				  presence of both permanent central incisor teeth in wear; and a bull that is 24
				  months of age or older.
2.
Virgin Bull
-a bull less than 24 months of age in which both
				  permanent central incisor teeth in wear are not present and that has never been
				  commingled with breeding females.
Buyer
-any individual, partnership,
					 corporation or association which handles EIA positive and/or "S" branded
					 horses.
Cattle-
all dairy and beef animals of the
					 genus
Bos
and bison of the genus
Bison.
Certificate of Approval
-a document issued
					 to a commercial poultry producer by the Board of Animal Health approving a
					 specific method of disposing of dead poultry to be used by the commercial
					 poultry producer.
Certificate of Veterinary Inspection
(
CVI
)-a record of an animal's health recorded on an official
					 form. These certificates are valid for 30 days only unless an extension is
					 allowed by the Board of Animal Health.
Certified Brucellosis Free Herd
-a herd
					 that meets the requirements as outlined in the federal uniform methods and
					 rules (
Brucellosis
eradication).
Commercial Poultry Producer
-any person,
					 firm or corporation engaged in the production of broilers, pullets, turkeys,
					 game birds, commercial eggs or hatching eggs for wholesale or retail
					 purposes.
Commissioner
-the
commissioner
of agriculture and forestry.
Complete Negative Brucellosis Herd Test
-a
					 negative
Brucellosis
test of all cattle, as defined in
Brucellosis herd test
. Such tests must be accompanied by a
					 statement signed by the herd owner, or his representative, certifying that the
					 provisions constituting a herd and
Brucellosis herd test
, as
					 defined in §101, have been met prior to the sale of
					 non-
Brucellosis
vaccinated female cattle from such herds other
					 than to slaughter or to a quarantined feedlot.
Delinquent Herd
-any infected herd not
					 tested within a period of 120 days is considered delinquent.
Department
-Louisiana Department of
					 Agriculture and Forestry
Depopulation
- the removal of all animals
					 in a herd, flock or group by extermination and proper disposal of the
					 carcasses.
Destroyed
-condemned under state or federal
					 authority and put to death by consignment to slaughter or by humane
					 euthanasia.
Direct to Slaughter
-the shipment of cattle
					 or poultry from the premises of origin directly to a slaughter establishment
					 without diversion to assembly points, such as auctions, public stockyards and
					 feedlots.
Equipment
-capable of delivering required
					 temperature as a unit designed by Floyd Rush Corporation patent or comparable
					 equipment.
Executive Secretary
and/or
State
					 Veterinarian
-an appointee representing the board to serve in said
					 capacity.
Federal Inspector
-an inspector or
					 veterinary medical officer of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,
					 United States Department of Agriculture.
Flock Plan
-a written agreement, between
					 the owner of the flock and a veterinarian employed by the LDAF or USDA, APHIS,
					 VS, approved by the state veterinarian to control scrapie in sheep and
					 goats.
Form VS 1-27
-a form which must be secured
					 from state or federal personnel before cattle may be moved from the premises.
					 This document will be valid for 15 days from the date of issuance.
Garbage
-all animal and vegetable waste
					 resulting from the handling, preparation and cooking of food; unconsumed food
					 in all public and private establishments and residences; and the offal and
					 carcasses of dead animals and poultry.
GIN-
group identification number.
Herd
-such animals of the same species
					 (such as cattle, swine, or bison), which have been on a farm or ranch for 120
					 days or longer. If a farm or ranch has animals of the same species, which have
					 been on the farm or ranch less than 120 days, none of the animals of that
					 species, can be considered a
herd
or part of a
herd
.
Herd Depopulation
-the removal of all
					 cattle in the herd direct to slaughter prior to any restocking of the premises
					 with cattle.
Hog Cholera
-the contagious, infectious,
					 and communicable disease of swine.
Individually Identified
-cattle that is
					 identified with official identification number assigned to each individual
					 animal.
Infectious
or
Contagious
					 Disease
-any disease capable of being transmitted from one animal to
					 another, either directly or indirectly.
LADDL-
Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic
					 Lab.
Livestock
-cattle, sheep, swine, goats,
					 horses, mules, burros, asses or other farm animals of all ages including
					 poultry.
Livestock Auction Market
-a livestock
					 auction in which sales are held at regular intervals. This does not apply to
					 breeders' association sales, livestock show sales and livestock owners' sales,
					 which are governed by other regulations.
Livestock Auction Market Permit
-an
					 official document issued by the board annually authorizing a person to operate
					 a livestock auction.
Livestock Dealer
-any person engaged in the
					 buying and selling of livestock. 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.
Mexican Cattle
- cattle that were born in
					 Mexico or have been in Mexico at some time in their lives.
Modified Accredited Area
-a state or
					 portion thereof which is actively participating in the eradication of
					 tuberculosis and maintains its status.
Mortgage
-any
mortgage
,
					 lien or other security or beneficial interest held by any person other than the
					 one claiming indemnity.
Moved
-shipped, transported or otherwise
moved
, or delivered or received for movement, by any person,
					 via land, water or air.
NAHLN-
National Animal Health Laboratory
					 Network.
National Poultry Improvement Plan
(
NPIP
)-cooperative industry, state, and federal program that
					 offers poultry management, sanitation, testing, and monitoring procedures to
					 improve poultry and poultry products in the U.S.
Negative Herd
-
1. a herd not under quarantine in which, on
				  the initial test, no reactors were revealed;
2. a commercial dairy herd that has passed
				  four consecutive negative milk ring tests within the last 12 months, the tests
				  being no less than two months or more than four months apart;
3. infected herds that have passed one
				  completely negative test no less than 30 days following the date the last
				  reactor was removed from the herd and the premises, and in addition, passed a
				  second negative herd test no less than 90 days from the date of the first
negative herd
test;
4. a herd to which one
Brucellosis
reactor in a consignment tested in market cattle
				  testing program (tested on the physical premises of the auction market or
				  slaughter establishment) has been traced, and the herd of origin has been blood
				  tested not less than 30 days from the date the reactor was detected and found
				  negative;
5. an exposed herd which
				  on initial test reveals no reactors and where there has been no direct contact
				  (including across-fence contact) with the infected herd within 120 days. If
				  contact has occurred within 120 days of the negative test (including
				  across-fence contact) such herd must pass a second negative test no less than
				  90 days from the date of the first negative test.
No Gross Lesion
(
NGL
)
Animal
-an animal in which a lesion(s) of tuberculosis is not
					 found during slaughter inspection. (An animal with skin lesions only will be
					 considered in the same category as an NGL.)
NUES
-National Uniform Eartag System,
					 established by the USDA.
Official Animal
					 Identification-
identification of animals through the use of an
					 official eartag conforming to the USDA NUES or AIN numbering systems, breed
					 registry brand, breed registry tattoo, or microchip. Animals may be either
					 individually identified by assigning each animal a unique official
					 identification number or through group identification wherein a GIN is assigned
					 to a unit of animals.
Official Brucellosis Vaccinates
-calfhood
					 or adult vaccinates as outlined in
					 §723. E and F.
Official Identification Number-
a
					 nationally unique number that is permanently associated with an animal or group
					 of animals that adheres to, but is not limited to, one of the following
					 USDA-approved systems:
a. the National
				  Uniform Eartagging System (NUES) with metal silver eartags or orange calfhood
				  vaccination tags; or
b. the Animal
				  Identification Number (AIN) with an official 840 Radio Frequency Identification
				  Device (RFID).
Official Identification for Scrapie
-an
					 electronic identification, state or federally approved tamper-resistant ear
					 tag, or a flank or ear tattoo, which has been recorded in a book of record of a
					 sheep or goat registry or association. When an animal is identified by an ear
					 or flank tattoo either a registration certificate or a certificate of
					 veterinary inspection shall accompany the animal. In the case of goats
					 registered with the American Dairy Goat Association, the tattoo may be applied
					 at the tail web.
Official Pseudorabies Serological Test
-a
					 test conducted at an approved laboratory and shall include the enzyme-linked
					 immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test, the latex agglutination test (LAT), and the
					 micro titration serum-virus neutralization test (SN).
Official Random Sample Test
-a sample test
					 of swine in a herd which provides a 95 percent probability of detecting
					 infection in a herd. Each segregated group of swine on an individual premises
					 is considered a separate herd and sampled as follows.
Less than 100 head
Test 25
100-200 head
Test 27
201-999 head
Test 28
1000-and over
Test 29
Official State Agency
-the state authority
					 recognized by the USDA to cooperate in the administration of the NPIP.
Official Test for Equine Infectious
					 Anemia
-any test approved by the United States Department of
					 Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services,
					 for testing equidae for equine infectious anemia.
Official Tuberculin Test
-a tuberculin test
					 which has been applied by a veterinarian employed in a full-time capacity by
					 the state, USDA (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service), or by an
					 accredited veterinarian. All tuberculin tests are official tests. A report of
					 all tuberculin tests, including a record of all responses, shall be submitted
					 in accordance with the requirements of the cooperating state and federal
					 authorities. These officials reserve the right to supervise any tests conducted
					 by an accredited veterinarian.
Passed Herd
-a herd in which no animals
					 were classified as reactors or suspects on the herd test.
PCR
Test-Polymerase-Chain Reaction
					 Test
Permit
-a permit issued annually by the
					 Louisiana Board of Animal Health.
Person
-any natural
person
and/or
persons
, partnership, corporation, unincorporated
					 association and/or any legal entity whatsoever.
Poultry
-chickens, ducks, turkeys, pigeons,
					 guinea fowl, geese, peafowl and pheasants and other domestic feathered life,
					 including hatched eggs or fertilized eggs.
Quarantined Feedlot
-a confined area under
					 the direct supervision and control of the state livestock official who shall
					 establish procedures for accounting of all animals entering or leaving such
quarantined feedlot
. The quarantined feedlot shall be
					 maintained for finish feeding of animals in dry lot with no provision for
					 pasturing and grazing. All animals leaving such feedlot must move only to
					 slaughter in accordance with established procedures for handling quarantined
					 animals.
Quarantined Holding Area
-an area where EIA
					 positive and/or "S" branded horses are kept and where such horses are separated
					 by at least 440 yards from all other horses.
Recognized Slaughter Establishment
-a
					 slaughter establishment maintaining state or federal meat inspection.
Rendering Plant
-any establishment equipped
					 to render by heat, steam or dry method any animal or fowl dead from any cause.
					 This shall also include rendering offal from slaughtering establishments or
					 butcher shops.
RFID-
radio frequency
					 identification.
Scrapie Affected Animal
-any animal that
					 tests positive for scrapie on an APHIS-approved live animal screening test is
					 considered an affected animal.
Screwworms
-the communicable disease
					 (myiasis) of livestock caused by the presence of the
screwworms
(
Cochliomyio hominivorax
).
Slaughter Permit-
an official document
					 issued by an authorized agent of the department, a representative ofAPHIS
					 veterinary services, or an accredited veterinarian that is required to
					 accompany any animal that is a reactor, or suspect or exposed to a disease, and
					 the animal is required to be taken to slaughter. The
slaughter
					 permit
shall list the tag number of all reactors, the official ear tag
					 number of all suspect or exposed animals, the owner's name and address, the
					 origin and destination locations, number of animals covered, and the purpose of
					 the movement. If a change in destination becomes necessary, a new permit shall
					 be issued by authorized personnel. No diversion from the destination on the
					 permit is allowed.
Source Flock
-a flock in which one animal
					 diagnosed as scrapie positive at the age of 72 months or less was born.
State Inspector
-an inspector regularly
					 employed by the Livestock Sanitary Board and authorized to perform the function
					 involved in connection with the inspections and certification of
					 animals.
State Veterinarian
-the executive secretary
					 of the Livestock Sanitary Board.
State-Federal Quarantined Feedlot
-a
					 feedlot that has obtained a permit from the Livestock Sanitary Board to operate
					 as outlined in §705
Sterilized and Dehydrated Foods
-waste food
					 which has been subjected to sufficient dry heat, 325°F minimum, for the purpose
					 of extraction of fluids, 12 percent moisture or below permissible, and for the
					 destruction of any organism from such matter.
Surveillance
-all measures used to detect
					 the presence of tuberculosis in the cattle population.
Trichomoniasis
-a venereal disease of
					 cattle caused by
Tritrichomonas foetus,
a protozoal
					 parasite.
Tuberculosis Exposed Herd
-a herd of cattle
					 that are intermingled with tuberculosis infected cattle or otherwise been
					 exposed to tuberculosis infected animals which
					 include:
1. cattle
				  separated from known infected cattle by a single fence;
2. cattle herds on common range with
				  tuberculosis infected herds; and
3.
				  all herds owned by an individual, partnership, corporation or association that
				  are within 50 miles of an infected herd owned by such individual, partnership,
				  corporation or association.
Tuberculosis Infected Herds
-a herd in
					 which one or more
Mycobacterium bovis
infected animals are
					 found. Cattle will be considered infected with
Mycobacterium
					 bovis
when compatible pathologic lesions are found and confirmed to be
					 infected with
Mycobacterium bovis
organisms by bacteriological
					 culturing at the National Animal Disease Laboratory.
Tuberculosis Quarantined Herd
-a
					 tuberculosis infected herd that has not successfully completed the testing
					 requirements for negative status; or a tuberculosis exposed herd that has been
					 placed under quarantine to be tested until such time as it has been declared
					 tuberculosis negative.
U.S. Pullorum-Typhoid Clean Flock
-a flock
					 in which freedom from pullorum and typhoid has been demonstrated by one of the
					 following:
1. all breeding age birds
				  have been blood tested negative within the past 12 months;
2. it is a flock composed entirely of birds
				  that originated from
U.S. pullorum-typhoid clean breeding
				  flocks
;
3. 25 percent of
				  the birds have been tested negative within the past 12 months, provided the
				  percentage of birds tested may be reduced 5 percentage points following each
				  year there is no evidence of infection and provided that testing shall include
				  at least 500 birds the first year, 400 birds the second year, 300 birds the
				  third year, 200 birds the fourth year, and 100 birds the fifth year.
Valid 30-Day Negative Brucellosis Test
-an
					 official
Brucellosis
negative card test.
Valid 30-Day Negative Brucellosis Test
					 Certificate
-a certificate on which the official test has been
					 recorded. This may be an official health certificate completed by an accredited
					 veterinarian; the official
Brucellosis
test charts from the
					 state-federal laboratory; an individual
Brucellosis
test
					 certificate issued at the auction market; or a special certificate issued by
					 the state-federal laboratory at the request of the owner.
Veterinary Medical Officer
and/or
Supervisory Veterinary Medical Officer
(also referred to as
Area Veterinarian
)-a veterinarian employed by the Livestock
					 Sanitary Board or the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant
					 Health Inspection Service.
Veterinary Services
-the Animal and Plant
					 Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
Waste Food Processor
-any person,
					 partnership, firm, corporation, institution or entity processing waste food for
					 livestock feed. This includes all state and private institutions and commercial
					 establishments manufacturing waste foods into livestock
					 feed.