Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 32 - LIVESTOCK › Chapter 32.4 - DISEASE CONTROL › Subchapter 32.4.13 - Chronic Wasting Disease › Rule 32.4.1301 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
In this subchapter, the following terms have the meanings or
				  interpretations indicated below and must be used in conjunction with and
				  supplemental to those definitions contained in
				  87-4-406,
				  MCA, ARM
				  32.4.101,
				  and any subsequent department rule or order including 9 CFR 55 and 81.
(1) "Animal" means a cervid.
(2) "Cervidae or cervid" means all members of
				the Cervidae family including deer, elk, moose, caribou, reindeer, and related
				species and hybrids thereof. Cervidae includes wild cervids, those animals on
				alternative livestock farms, and those animals owned by zoos and other public
				or private captive facilities not licensed as alternative livestock farms.
(3) "Chronic wasting disease" or
				"CWD" means a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of cervids.
(4) "CWD" affected "cervid" or "affected
				animal" means a cervid diagnosed with CWD based on laboratory
				procedures.
(5) "CWD affected
				cervid herd" or "affected herd" means a cervid herd from which any cervid has
				been diagnosed with CWD.
(6) "CWD
				exposed cervid" or "exposed animal" means a cervid that is from an affected
				herd or for which epidemiological investigation indicates contact with CWD
				affected cervids or contact with cervids from a CWD affected herd or contact
				with a contaminated premises within the last five years.
(7) "CWD exposed cervid herd" or "exposed
				herd" means herds for which epidemiological investigation indicates contact
				with CWD affected cervids or contact with cervids from a CWD affected herd or
				contact with a CWD positive animal within the five years prior to the animal's
				diagnosis.
(8) "CWD monitored
				cervid herd" means a herd of alternative livestock farm cervids that has
				complied with the CWD surveillance requirements outlined in ARM
				32.4.1302.
(9) "CWD monitored herd status"
				means a designation made by the department that indicates the number of years
				an alternative livestock cervid herd has complied with CWD surveillance
				criteria.
(10) "CWD test-eligible
				cervids" means cervids, excluding wild cervids, 12 months of age or greater
				that die for any reason.
(11) "CWD
				trace herd" or "trace herd" is a cervid herd where an affected animal resided
				within five years prior to that animal's diagnosis with CWD, or any cervid herd
				which received animals from a CWD affected or exposed herd within the previous
				five years.
(12) "Epidemiological
				investigation" means the scientific investigation conducted to determine the
				specific cause and source of a disease outbreak and to determine the population
				affected or exposed to the disease.
(13) "Exporting herd" means a herd of cervids
				in another state or province from which a Montana importation permit is
				requested to allow the shipment of cervids into Montana.
(14) "Herd of origin" means the herd into
				which an animal is born.
(15) "Herd
				plan" means a written herd management plan that is designed by the herd owner
				and the state veterinarian in which each participant agrees to undertake
				actions specified in the herd plan to prevent, control or eradicate chronic
				wasting disease from an affected, exposed or trace herd while reducing human or
				wildlife exposure to the disease. The herd plan will include, but is not
				limited to, the appropriate herd test or surveillance frequencies, tests to be
				employed, and any additional disease or herd management practices deemed
				necessary to prevent, control, or eradicate a disease from the herd in an
				efficient and effective manner.
(16) "High-risk animal" means a cervid that
				may have been exposed to chronic wasting disease. The state veterinarian will
				determine which animals within a herd are high-risk animals.
(17) "Hold order" means a restriction placed
				on an identified population of animals prohibiting their movement from the
				premise, a portion of a premise or contact with other animals on the
				premise.
AUTH:
					 81-2-103,
					 81-2-104,
					 87-4-422,
					 MCA; IMP:
					 81-2-103,
					 87-4-422,
					 MCA