Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 35 - Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry › Chapter 15 - Animal Industry › Subchapter 45 - Brucellosis in Cervidae › Part 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 35:15-45-1 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words or terms when used in this Subchapter
					 shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise.
"Accredited veterinarian"
means a veterinarian
					 licensed by the Oklahoma Board of Veterinary Medical Samplers and approved by
					 the Deputy Administrator of Veterinary Services (VS), Animal and Plant Health
					 Inspection Service (APHIS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), in
					 accordance with provisions of Title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part
					 161, to perform certain functions of Federal and cooperative State-Federal
					 animal disease control programs.
"Adjacent herd"
means a herd of Cervidae,
					 cattle, bison, and/or other hoofed livestock susceptible to
Brucella
occupying a premises that borders or is within at
					 least one (1) mile of an affected herd, including herds separated by roads or
					 streams, prominent geographical features, or occupying a premises that was
					 previously occupied by an affected herd within a period of time determined by
					 the designated brucellosis epidemiologist.
"Affected herd"
means a herd in which any
					 animal has been classified as a brucellosis reactor and which has not completed
					 the required tests prescribed by this Subchapter for release from
					 quarantine.
"Animals"
means Cervidae, cattle, bison or
					 other hoofed livestock that are susceptible to
Brucella
.
"Approved laboratory"
means a State or Federal
					 veterinary diagnostic laboratory for brucellosis testing that must be approved
					 by USDA, APHIS, VS, and the State animal health official.
"Approved quarantine facility"
means a
					 confined facility that is designated to control the movement of free-roaming
					 cattle, bison, or Cervidae until such time as each animal held in the facility
					 has been determined by the designated brucellosis epidemiologist to be free of
					 brucellosis or has been moved to slaughter.
"Area Veterinarian in Charge (AVIC)"
means the
					 official of VS, APHIS, USDA, who is assigned by the VS Deputy Administrator to
					 supervise and perform the official animal health work of APHIS in the
					 State.
"Authorized agent"
means the State animal
					 health official or any person designated as an authorized agent by the Oklahoma
					 Board of Agriculture.
"Brucellosis"
means an infectious disease of
					 animals and humans caused by bacteria of the genus
Brucella
.
"Brucellosis-exposed animals"
means animals,
					 other than reactors, that are either part of an affected herd, or for which an
					 epidemiological investigation indicates contact with brucellosis
					 reactors.
"Brucellosis-Monitored cervid herd"
means a
					 herd raised under range conditions in which sufficient numbers of sexually
					 intact animals of test-eligible age and older have been tested to provide a
					 95-percent probability of detecting a 2-percent brucellosis prevalence in the
					 herd.
"Brucellosis-negative animal"
means an animal
					 for which laboratory test results fail to disclose evidence of
Brucella
infection.
"Brucellosis reactor"
means an animal
					 diagnosed as infected with
Brucella
based on laboratory
					 results, clinical signs, and/or epidemiological investigation.
"Brucellosis suspect"
means an animal for
					 which laboratory test results are inconclusive but suggest
Brucella
infection.
"Certificate"
means an official document
					 issued by a State or Federal animal health official or an accredited
					 veterinarian at the point of origin of an animal movement. It provides
					 information on the individual identification of the animals, the number of
					 animals covered by the document, test results, the purpose of the movement, the
					 points of origin and destination, the consignor and the consignee.
"Certified Brucellosis-Free cervid herd"
means
					 a herd of Cervidae that has qualified for and has been issued a Certified
					 Brucellosis-Free cervid herd certificate signed by both the State animal health
					 official and the APHIS AVIC.
"Cervidae"
means deer, elk, moose, caribou and
					 related species in the Cervidae family, raised under confinement or
					 agricultural conditions for the production of meat, agricultural products, for
					 sport or exhibition, and free-ranging Cervidae when captured for any
					 purpose.
"Cervid herd"
means a herd that contains one
					 or more animals of any cervid species.
"Cervid surveillance identification (CSI)
					 program"
means a brucellosis surveillance program requiring proper
					 identification and blood testing of test-eligible animals moving intrastate, to
					 auction markets, or to slaughter.
"Chief Staff Veterinarian, National Animal Health
					 Programs"
means the veterinarian in VS, APHIS, USDA, who is responsible
					 for staff and field support of Federal activities associated with the
					 Cooperative State-Federal Cervid Brucellosis Program.
"Cooperative State-Federal cervid brucellosis
					 program"
means the Brucellosis Program or simply the Program,
					 administered under a memorandum of understanding between the Oklahoma
					 Department of Agriculture (ODA) and USDA. This Program includes all of the
					 activities associated with detecting, controlling and eliminating brucellosis
					 from Cervidae in the United States. The minimum standards for operating a
					 Cooperative State-Federal Cervidae Brucellosis Eradication Program within
					 Oklahoma are contained in this Subchapter and the APHIS publication (91-45-12),
					 "Brucellosis in Cervidae: Uniform Methods and Rules" (UM&R), as
					 amended.
"Designated brucellosis epidemiologist"
means
					 a State or Federal veterinarian who has demonstrated the knowledge and ability
					 to perform the functions required under this Subchapter and the UM&R and
					 who has been selected by the State animal health official and the APHIS AVIC.
					 The VS regional brucellosis epidemiologist and the VS national brucellosis
					 epidemiologist of the National Animal Health Programs staff must also concur
					 with the selection before the individual is approved.
"Deputy Administrator"
means the Deputy
					 Administrator of VS, APHIS, USDA, or any other VS official to whom appropriate
					 authority has been delegated.
"Herd"
means a group of animals maintained on
					 common ground or a group of animals geographically separated but under common
					 ownership or supervision. It will be assumed that contact between animals has
					 occurred unless the owner establishes otherwise and the results of the
					 epidemiological investigation are consistent with the lack of contact between
					 premises.
"Herd test"
means an official brucellosis
					 blood test of all test-eligible animals in a herd.
"Herd of origin"
means a herd, or any farm or
					 other premises, where an animal was born or kept for at least four (4) months
					 before shipping. For the purposes of this Subchapter, herd of origin has the
					 same meaning as place of origin, premises of origin and farm of origin.
"Individual herd plan"
means a herd-management
					 and testing agreement designed by the herd owner, the owner's veterinarian if
					 requested, and a State or Federal veterinarian, to identify and eradicate
					 brucellosis from an affected, adjacent or epidemiologically traced herd.
"Natural additions"
means animals born and
					 raised in a herd.
"Official cervid identification"
means a
					 VS-approved eartag or other VS-approved identification device that conforms to
					 the alphanumeric National Uniform Eartagging System and uniquely and
					 permanently identifies the animal. All official identification is to be placed
					 in the right ear unless otherwise specified by the State animal health
					 official.
"Official test"
means any serologic or
					 bacteriologic test, which is recognized by and listed in the USDA Uniform
					 Methods and Rules of Brucellosis in Cervidae and/or the Code of Federal
					 Regulations (CFR). All tests must be confirmed in an official State-Federal
					 laboratory to support the classification of Cervidae as brucellosis-negative,
					 suspect or reactor.
"Onsite test"
means blood testing under field
					 conditions to provisionally classify animals as brucellosis-negative, suspect
					 or reactor. It may serve as a supplement to approved tests in classifying
					 brucellosis suspects and reactors.
"Permit"
means an official document issued by
					 a State or Federal animal health official or an accredited veterinarian for
					 movement of reactor, suspect and exposed animals (does not include entry
					 permits).
"Quarantine"
means a written notice or order
					 issued by an authorized agent of the Oklahoma Board of Agriculture showing the
					 boundaries of the area or premise affected, the animals restricted, and the
					 conditions. No animals' held under quarantine may be moved or released until a
					 written permit or quarantine release signed by an authorized agent has been
					 executed.
"State"
means any State of the United States,
					 the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, The U.S. Virgin Islands or Guam.
"State animal health official"
means the State
					 official responsible for animal disease control and eradication
					 programs.
"Test-eligible animal"
means those animals
					 meeting the age requirements for testing as described in the Brucellosis in
					 Cervidae: Uniform Methods and Rules, as amended.
"Traceback"
means the process of identifying
					 the herd of origin of CSI reactors, including herds that were sold for
					 slaughter.
"Veterinary Services (VS)"
means the division
					 of USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service that directs Federal
					 animal health programs within the United States.
"VS Regional Epidemiologist"
means a Federal
					 veterinarian with USDA, APHIS, VS, who is assigned to supervise the Program in
					 all States within a VS region.
Added at 16 Ok Reg
					 2112, eff 6-25-99