Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 35 - Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry › Chapter 15 - Animal Industry › Subchapter 38 - Bovine Trichomoniasis › Section 35:15-38-1 - 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:
"Acceptable specimen"
means a specimen
				  determined satisfactory for diagnostic testing by the testing laboratory,
				  including complete documentation.
"Approved feedlot"
means a confined animal
				  feeding operation (CAFO) licensed by the Department.
"Approved laboratory"
means any laboratory
				  designated and approved by the state veterinarian for examining T. foetus
				  samples.
"Approved veterinarian"
means a licensed
				  accredited veterinarian who has complied with all Department regulations and
				  educational requirements, and who has been approved by the Department to
				  conduct necessary tests, vaccinations, inspections, and other duties.
"Bovine"
means any sexually intact male and
				  female animal of the genus bos.
"Change of ownership"
means control of an animal
				  being transferred between two (2) persons by sale, lease, or lending.
"Commingle"
means animals of opposite sex and/or
				  belonging to different owners in the same enclosure or pasture with a
				  reasonable opportunity for sexual contact.
"Exposed bull"
means an untested bull that has
				  had an opportunity to breed exposed female cattle.
"Exposed female"
means a female bovine animal
				  that is sexually intact and sexually mature that could have been exposed to a
				  positive T. foetus bull.
"Herd"
means the group of animals consisting of
				  all male and female bovines over twelve (12) months of age that have commingled
				  during the last twelve (12) months.
"Negative T. foetus bull"
means a bull that
				  qualifies by one of the following:
(A) originate from a herd not known to be infected and has
				  had a negative official T. foetus bull test within the last year;
(B) originate from a positive herd but has a series of three
				  negative official T. foetus bull tests at intervals of at least one week;
				  or
(C) a negative official T. foetus bull test within sixty (60)
				  days prior to entry with no sexual activity for one (1) week prior to the test
				  and between the test and movement.
"Official T. foetus laboratory testing"
means
				  the laboratory procedures that shall be approved by the state veterinarian for
				  culture and identification of T. foetus.
"Official T. foetus bull test"
means the
				  sampling of the preputial content of a bull by a licensed, accredited and
				  trichomoniasis certified veterinarian or a veterinarian from the Oklahoma
				  Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry. The test shall be conducted
				  after at least one (1) week separation from all female bovine and the bull and
				  sample shall be officially identified and documented for laboratory submission.
				  The test shall consist of one (1) Real Time PCR test. Pooled samples are
				  acceptable.
"Oklahoma trichomoniasis certified free herd"
means a herd of cattle that has been determined to be free of bovine
				  trichomoniasis by following the requirements of OAC
				  35:15-38-4.
"Pooled sample"
means a method of sampling where
				  a sample from each bull is submitted in an individual transport pouch and the
				  laboratory mixes aliquots from up to five (5) samples together to economize the
				  test cost.
"Positive T. foetus bull"
means a bull that has
				  had a positive T. foetus test.
"Positive T. foetus herd"
means the group of all
				  bovines which have had any opportunity for sexual contact in the previous
				  breeding season and in which any male or female animal has had a positive
				  diagnosis for T. foetus.
"Resident herd of origin"
means a group of
				  livestock maintained together as a herd or flock on the same premises for at
				  least four (4) months.
"Suspect T. foetus bull"
means a bull from a
				  positive T. foetus herd that has not yet had three (3) consecutive negative
				  official T. foetus bull tests.
"Tritrichomas foetus"
or
"T.
				  foetus"
means a contagious venereal protozoan parasite disease of the
				  trichomonas foetus species that frequently results in lifetime infection of
				  male bovidae as an inapparent carrier and causes infertility, pyometra,
				  abortions and reproductive inefficiency in female bovidae.
"Unacceptable sample"
means a sample that is
				  deemed not diagnostic by the official testing laboratory.
"Virgin bull"
means a sexually intact male
				  bovine less than twelve (12) months of age or a sexually intact male bovine
				  between twelve (12) and eighteen (18) months of age that has had no breeding
				  and no potential breeding contact with females.
"Virgin bull affidavit"
means a signed affidavit
				  from the owner, manager, or veterinarian that verifies the bull is between
				  twelve (12) and eighteen (18) months of age and has had no breeding and no
				  potential breeding contact with females.
Added at 25 Ok Reg 1793, eff 7-1-08 ; Amended at 27 Ok Reg
					 2430, eff 7-25-10 ; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 788, eff
					 7-1-13