New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 35 - CAPTIVE WILDLIFE USES › Part 9 - CLASS A PARK AND LAKES › Section 19.35.9.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A."Animal health
				emergency" A situation in which people or animals are at risk of exposure to
				infectious or contagious diseases.
B."Aquaculture/recirculating water systems"
				is a facility designed for the culture, rearing, and propagation of protected
				species of fish.
C. "Chronic
				wasting disease" or "CWD" is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of
				cervids.
D. "CWD-exposed animal" is
				an animal that is part of a CWD-positive herd, or that has been exposed to a
				CWD positive animal or contaminated premise within the previous 60
				months.
E. "CWD-exposed herd" is a
				herd in which a CWD-positive animal resided within 60 months prior to that
				animal's diagnosis as CWD-positive.
F. "CWD-positive herd" is a herd in which a
				CWD-positive animal resided at the time it was diagnosed and which has not been
				released from quarantine.
G CWD
				profile" is a deer or elk at le ast 12 months of age that is emaciated and
				exhibits some combination of clinical signs associated with CWD including
				increased salivation, tremors, stumbling, incoordination, difficulty
				swallowing, excessive thirst, and excessive urination
H. "CWD-response committee" is the group of
				persons who will develop a herd plan for any facility in which CWD is confrmed
				or in which is identifed a trace-back or a trace-forward herd. This group will
				be comprised of at least the owner or designee of the facility, a
				representative from the department, from USDA veterinary services, and from the
				New Mexico livestock board. The committee must contain a qualified
				epidemiologist designated for the event.
I. "CWD-suspect animal" is an animal for
				which unoffcial CWD test results, laboratory evidence, or clinical signs
				suggest a diagnosis of CWD, but for which laboratory results have been
				inconclusive or not yet conducted.
J. "CWD-suspect herd" is a herd for which
				laboratory evidence or clinical signs suggest a diagnosis of CWD, but for which
				laboratory results have been inconclusive or not yet conducted.
K. "CWD-trace-back herd" is an exposed herd
				in which a CWD-positive animal has resided during the 60 months prior to the
				diagnosis.
L. "CWD-trace-forward
				herd" is a CWD-exposed herd that has received CWD-exposed animals from a
				CWD-positive herd during the 60 months prior to the diagnosis of CWD in the
				CWD-positive herd.
M. "Department"
				shall mean the New Mexico department of game and fish.
N. "Director" is the director of the New
				Mexico department of game and fish.
O. "Double fenced" means a park surrounded by
				two (2) fences, each continuous, with one fence surrounding the other and a
				separation of at least 30 feet between the fences.
P. "Facility" is the area of a class A park
				surrounded by a fence meeting specifcations defned herein, and all buildings,
				isolation pens, loading chutes, gates, waters, and other structures and
				equipment used in the class A park operation.
Q. "Feed" is all forage grown outside the
				facility and transported in, all forages compounded and packaged for commercial
				distribution, and all dietary supplements.
R. "Herd plan" is a written facility
				management agreement that sets forth the steps to be taken to eradicate CWD
				from a CWD-positive herd, to control the risk of CWD in a CWD-exposed or
				CWD-suspect herd, or to prevent introduction of CWD into that herd or any other
				herd.
S. "Offcial animal
				identification" is a device or means of animal identification approved by USDA
				to uniquely identify individual animals nationally. The animal identification
				must include a nationally unique identification number that adheres to one of
				the following:
(1) national uniform ear
				tagging system;
(2) animal
				identification number (AIN);
(3)
				premises-based number system using a premises identification number (PIN) in
				conjunction with a livestock production numbering system; or
(4) any other numbering system approved by
				USDA for the identification of animals in commerce.