Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 10 - PSEUDORABIES DISEASE › GENERAL › Section 10.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
Advisory Committee
-The State Pseudorabies
					 Advisory Committee.
Animal
-An equine or bovine animal, sheep,
					 goat, pig, dog or cat and any wild animal under domestication and embryo, ova
					 and semen.
Animal market
-A place approved by the
					 Department other than the farm of origin where animals are offered for sale,
					 barter or trade, on a public, private or commercial basis.
Breeding swine
-Sexually intact domestic
					 swine 6 months of age or older, sexually intact feral swine of all ages, and
					 sexually intact swine 5 months of age or younger selected for producing
					 offspring.
Common ground
-The ground, areas, building
					 or equipment communally shared by any specific group of livestock.
Condemned
-The status of a quarantined
					 swine, swine product, conveyance or other quarantined article that has been
					 determined by the Department as having been exposed to pseudorabies virus so
					 that destruction of the swine, swine product, conveyance or other article is
					 necessary to prevent the spread of pseudorabies.
Cooperative agreement
-A document signed by
					 the animal owner, attending veterinarian and Department regarding participation
					 in a specific disease control program.
Department
-The Department of Agriculture
					 of the Commonwealth.
Eradication Program
-The Pseudorabies
					 Eradication State-Federal-Industry Program developed by USDA-APHIS and set
					 forth in the Eradication Program standards.
Eradication Program standards
-Those
					 standards set forth in the USDA-APHIS publication bearing No. 91-55-018 and
					 entitled "Pseudorabies Eradication State-Federal-Industry Program Standards,
					 effective January 1, 1994," or any applicable subsequent revision or
					 codification thereof.
Farm of origin
-A farm where the swine were
					 born or the farm of most recent residence for at least 90 consecutive days
					 immediately before movement.
Feeder swine
-Domestic swine other than
					 breeding swine.
Garbage
-Putrescible animal and vegetable
					 waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of
					 foods, including animal carcasses and parts thereof.
Herd
-A group of livestock maintained on
					 common ground for a purpose, or two or more groups of livestock between which
					 members are interchanged regardless of separation.
Indemnity
-Payment to the owner for a
					 portion of the appraised value of condemned swine, swine products and other
					 condemned articles that are slaughtered or destroyed by order of the Department
					 to eradicate or prevent the spread of pseudorabies virus.
Licensed pseudorabies vaccine
-A
					 pseudorabies virus vaccine produced under license from the USDA-APHIS under the
					 Virus, Serum and Toxin Act ( 21 U.S.C.A. §
											§
											151 -
					 159.
Official pseudorabies epidemiologist
-A
					 veterinarian employed by the Department or USDA-APHIS and designated by the
					 Department and USDA-APHIS to investigate and diagnose suspected pseudorabies in
					 animals. An official pseudorabies epidemiologist shall have special training in
					 the diagnosis and epidemiology of pseudorabies, and shall otherwise meet the
					 responsibilities of an "official pseudorabies epidemiologist," as that term is
					 defined in the Eradication Program standards.
Official pseudorabies herd-cleanup plan
-A
					 written plan to eliminate pseudorabies from a swine herd. The plan
					 shall:
(i) Be developed by an official
				  pseudorabies epidemiologist in consultation with the herd owner and his
				  veterinary practitioner, if applicable.
(ii) Be mutually acceptable to those
				  parties.
(iii) Be approved by the
				  Department.
(iv) Otherwise be in
				  conformance with the definition of "official pseudorabies herd-cleanup plan,"
				  as that term is defined in the Eradication Program standards.
Owner-shipper statement
-A statement signed
					 by the owner or shipper of swine which states the following:
(i) The number of swine to be
				  moved.
(ii) Official identification
				  (complete eartag, tattoo or backtag number) of each swine.
(iii) The points of origin and
				  destination.
(iv) The consignor and
				  consignee.
(v) Additional
				  information required by 9 CFR Part 85 (relating to pseudorabies).
Permit
-A document issued by the Department
					 or USDA-APHIS authorizing and establishing conditions under which a quarantined
					 animal may be moved interstate or intrastate.
Pseudorabies
-A contagious, infectious and
					 communicable disease of animals caused by herpesvirus suis, also known as
					 Aujeszky's disease, mad itch or infectious bulbar paralysis, that has been
					 declared by the Department to be a dangerous transmissible disease.
Pseudorabies exposed animal
-An animal that
					 has been in contact with a pseudorabies infected animal. The term does not
					 include an animal, other than swine, that has not been in contact for
					 10-consecutive days with an animal with symptoms of pseudorabies.
Pseudorabies restricted animal market
-A
					 quarantined animal market designated by the Department to conduct sales of
					 swine originating from premises under Pennsylvania pseudorabies
					 quarantine.
Pseudorabies test
-A test for the diagnosis
					 of pseudorabies approved by the Department that is conducted in a laboratory
					 approved by the Department or USDA-APHIS to perform pseudorabies tests.
Pseudorabies vaccine
-A product containing
					 pseudorabies virus antigens.
Qualified pseudorabies negative herd
-A
					 swine herd enrolled in and in compliance with the qualified pseudorabies
					 negative swine herd plan as defined in 9 CFR Part 85.
Quarantined feedlot
-Premises where
					 pseudorabies infected or exposed swine are fed and from which swine are moved
					 by permit or owner shipper statement directly to a recognized slaughter
					 establishment or directly through no more than one pseudorabies restricted
					 animal market and then directly to a recognized slaughter establishment.
Quarantined herd
-A herd in which
					 pseudorabies infected or exposed swine are bred, reared or fed, and from which
					 swine are moved only by permit directly to a recognized slaughter establishment
					 or directly through no more than one pseudorabies restricted animal market and
					 then directly to a recognized slaughter establishment.
Recognized slaughter establishment
-A
					 slaughter establishment operated under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (
					 21 U.S.C.A. §
											§
											601 -
					 623,
					 641 -
					 645,
					 661,
					 671 -
					 680 and
					 691.
Secretary
-The Secretary of the
					 Department.
Stage I
-The initial preparation stage of
					 the Eradication Program, during which the basic procedures to control and
					 eradicate pseudorabies are developed. This designation means that the
					 Commonwealth has met the Stage I qualification standard set forth in the
					 Eradication Program standards.
Stage II
-The control stage of the
					 Eradication Program, during which the Department participates on a cooperative
					 basis with the Veterinary Services branch of USDA-APHIS to determine which
					 herds are infected with pseudorabies and to begin herd-cleanup. This
					 designation means that the Commonwealth, or a particular county thereof if so
					 designated, has met the Stage II qualification standard set forth in the
					 Eradication Program standards.
Stage III
-The mandatory herd-cleanup stage
					 of the Eradication Program, during which the cleanup of infected herds becomes
					 mandatory and the Department, in consultation with the Advisory Committee,
					 establishes time limits for developing and completing official pseudorabies
					 herd-cleanup plans. This designation means that the Commonwealth, or a
					 particular county thereof if so designated, has met the Stage III qualification
					 standard set forth in the Eradication Program standards.
Stage IV
-The surveillance stage of the
					 Eradication Program, during which the Department monitors the Commonwealth, or
					 any county thereof bearing this designation, to determine that cleanup programs
					 have been effective, that any pseudorabies cases are attributable to
					 importation of swine from out-of-State and that these outbreaks are contained.
					 This designation means that the Commonwealth, or a particular county thereof if
					 so designated, has met the Stage IV qualification standard set forth in the
					 Eradication Program standards.
Stage V
-The pseudorabies-free stage of the
					 Eradication Program, during which the Commonwealth, or any county thereof
					 bearing this designation, has been free of pseudorabies for at least 12 months
					 and continues surveillance for cases of that disease. This designation means
					 that the Commonwealth, or a particular county thereof if so designated, has met
					 the Stage V qualification standard set forth in the Eradication Program
					 standards.
USDA-APHIS
-The United States Department of
					 Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services.
The provisions of this §
												10.1 amended under sections 3 and 9
						of the act of April 17, 1929 (P. L. 533, No. 236) (3 P. S. §
													§
													343 and
						349); sections 4 and 6 of the
						act of March 28, 1929 (P. L. 110, No. 117) (3 P. S. §
													§
													374 and
						376); section 40 of the act of
						July 22, 1913 (P. L. 928, No. 441) (3 P. S. §
													430); and section 1702 of The Administrative
						Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
													442).