Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 35 - Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry › Chapter 15 - Animal Industry › Subchapter 40 - Bovine Tuberculosis › Part 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 35:15-40-1 - 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 free state"
means a state that
					 maintains full compliance with all of the provisions of the USDA Uniform
					 Methods and Rules for bovine tuberculosis eradication and where no evidence of
					 bovine tuberculosis has been disclosed for five (5) or more years.
"Accredited herd"
means a herd of cattle,
					 bison, or dairy goats that passed at least two (2) consecutive negative caudal
					 fold tuberculin tests at an interval of not less than ten (10) months nor more
					 than fourteen (14) months, has no other evidence of bovine tuberculosis, and
					 meet the standards of this Subchapter.
"Affected herd"
means a herd of cattle, bison,
					 or dairy goats that contains, or has recently contained, one (1) or more
					 animals infected with Mycobacterium bovis and has not passed the required tests
					 necessary for release from quarantine.
"Annual tests"
means those tests conducted at
					 intervals of not less than ten (10) months nor more than fourteen (14) months.
"Approved feedlot"
means a confined dry lot
					 area for the finish feeding of animals on a concentrated feed with no
					 facilities for pasturing or grazing that is licensed as a Concentrated Animal
					 Feeding Operation by the Department's Agriculture Environmental Management
					 Services Divison.
"Auction"
means a public sale of cattle,
					 bison, or dairy goats to the highest bidder.
"Bison"
means a bovine-like animal (genus
					 Bison) commonly referred to as American buffalo or buffalo.
"Bovine Tuberculosis"
means a disease in
					 cattle, bison, or dairy goats caused by Mycobacterium bovis.
"Cattle"
means all domestic bovine (genus
					 Bos).
"Caudal Fold Tuberculin Test"
or
"CFT"
means the intradermal injection of 0.1 milliliters of USDA
					 bovine purified protein derivative (PPD) tuberculin into either side of the
					 caudal fold, with reading by visual observation and palpation seventy-two (72)
					 hours (+ or - 6 hours) following injection. Animals or herds of unknown status
					 shall not be subjected to retest at intervals of less than sixty (60) days.
"Commission firm"
means a person, partnership,
					 or corporation that buys or sells livestock as a third party and reports to the
					 seller or to the buyer details of the transactions whether or not a fee is
					 charged for the services.
"Comparative Cervical Tuberculin Test"
or
"CCT"
means the intradermal injection of biologically balanced
					 bovine PPD tuberculin and avian PPD tuberculin at separate sites in the
					 cervical area and a determination as to the probable presence of bovine
					 tuberculosis (M. bovis) by comparing the responses of the two (2) tuberculins
					 seventy-two (72) hours (+ or - 6 hours) following injection.
"Dairy cattle"
means any typical dairy framed
					 animals and dairy crossbred animals as determined by the inspecting
					 veterinarian.
"Dairy goats"
means domestic caprine (genus
					 Capra) kept for the purpose of producing milk for human consumption.
"Dealer"
means any person, firm, or
					 partnership engaged in the business of buying or selling cattle, bison, or
					 dairy goats in commerce, either on the dealer's own account or as the employee
					 or agent of the vendor or purchaser, or any person engaged in the business of
					 buying or selling cattle, bison, swine, sheep, or dairy goats in commerce on a
					 commission basis. The term shall not include any person who buys or sells
					 cattle, bison, or dairy goats as a part of their own bona fide breeding,
					 feeding, or dairy operation; is not engaged in negotiating the transfer of
					 cattle, bison, or dairy goats; or receives cattle, bison, or dairy goats
					 exclusively for immediate slaughter on the person's own premise.
"Eradication"
means the complete elimination
					 of bovine tuberculosis from cattle and bison in the state so that the disease
					 does not appear unless introduced from another species or from outside the
					 state.
"Exposed animals"
means cattle, bison, or
					 dairy goats that have been exposed to bovine tuberculosis by reason of
					 associating with known tuberculous animals.
"Feedlot"
means a confined dry lot area for
					 the finish feeding of animals on a concentrated feed with no facilities for
					 pasturing or grazing.
"Herd"
means one or more cattle, bison, or
					 dairy goats maintained on common ground or two (2) or more groups of cattle,
					 bison, or dairy goats under common ownership or supervision that are
					 geographically separated but can have an interchange or movement without regard
					 to health status.
"Herd plan"
means a herd management and
					 testing plan designed by a state or federal regulatory veterinarian and the
					 herd owner that will control and eventually eradicate bovine tuberculosis from
					 an affected, adjacent, or exposed herd.
"High risk cattle"
means cattle from
					 countries, states, or areas that are not considered Bovine Tuberculosis free,
					 including but not limited to, dairy cattle, exhibition cattle, rodeo cattle,
					 and Mexican origin cattle.
"Mexican origin"
means cattle that originate
					 or have ever resided in Mexico.
"Modified Accredited Advanced State"
means a
					 state that is actively participating in the eradication of bovine tuberculosis
					 and that maintains its status in accordance with the provisions of the USDA
					 Uniform Methods and Rules for Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication.
"Modified Accredited State"
means a state that
					 is actively participating in the eradication of bovine tuberculosis and that
					 maintains its status in accordance with the provisions of the USDA Uniform
					 Methods and Rules for Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication.
"Natural additions"
means animals born and
					 raised in a herd.
"No Gross Lesion Animals"
or
"NGL"
means any cattle, bison, or dairy goats that do not reveal a
					 lesion of bovine tuberculosis upon postmortem inspection. Any animal with skin
					 lesions alone shall be considered a NGL animal.
"Official in charge"
means any manager,
					 superintendent, secretary, or other person responsible for an exhibition.
"Official tuberculin test"
means a test for
					 tuberculosis conducted and reported by approved personnel in accordance with
					 this Subchapter and the USDA Uniform Methods and Rules for bovine tuberculosis
					 eradication. The official tuberculin tests are the caudal fold test, the
					 comparative cervical test, the single cervical test, gamma interferon test, or
					 any other test that is approved by the United States Department of Agriculture
					 (USDA).
"Permit"
means a VS 127 issued by an
					 authorized agent of the State Board of Agriculture, a representative of USDA
					 APHIS Veterinary Services or an accredited veterinarian that is required to
					 accompany any reactor, suspect, or exposed animals to slaughter.
"Reactor"
means any animal that may be
					 classified as a reactor by the designated epidemiologist based on supplemental
					 diagnostic tests results from approved laboratories or other information.
"Rodeo bulls"
means sexually intact male
					 cattle kept for the purposes of performances at rodeos, bucking events,
					 exhibition purposes, or for breeding to produce rodeo bulls.
"Suspect"
means any cattle, bison, or goats
					 that show a response to the caudal fold tuberculin test and are not classified
					 as reactors, and cattle, bison, or goats that are classified suspects by a
					 comparative cervical test.
"Tuberculin"
means a product that is approved
					 by and produced under USDA license for injection into cattle, bison, or goats
					 for the purpose of detecting bovine tuberculosis.
Added at 12 Ok Reg
					 481, eff 12-12-94 (emergency); Added at 12 Ok Reg 2997, eff 7-27-95; Amended at
					 22 Ok Reg 517, eff 1-28-05 (emergency); Amended at 22 Ok Reg 2299, eff 7-11-05;
					 Amended at 23 Ok Reg 2144, eff 6-25-06; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 2495, eff 5-25-08
					 (emergency); Amended at 25 Ok Reg 1039, eff 7-1-08; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 1809,
					 eff 7-1-09; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 2433, eff
					 7-25-10