Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 3 - HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPORTATION AND INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 3.1 - 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:
Accredited veterinarian
-A licensed
					 veterinarian jointly accredited by APHIS-USDA and the Department in the state
					 the veterinarian is licensed to perform official duties on behalf of APHIS-USDA
					 or the Department in the state the veterinarian is licensed to practice
					 veterinary medicine. See accreditation standards established by
					 9 CFR Parts
					 160 and
					 161 (relating to definition of
					 terms; and requirements and standards for accredited veterinarians and
					 suspension or revocation of such accreditation).
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.
Backtag
-An identification device that can
					 be attached with an adhesive to the back or head of an animal and contains a
					 unique alpha-numeric symbol including the designated code of the state of
					 origin and approved by the state of origin, USDA-APHIS or the
					 Department.
Brand
-An identifying mark that is burned
					 into the hide of a live animal by a hot iron or extreme cold
					 temperature.
Breeding swine
-A sexually intact swine
					 over 6 months of age or older or a sexually intact swine 5 months of age or
					 younger selected for producing offspring.
Brucellosis
-A disease primarily affecting
					 cattle, swine, sheep and goats caused by Brucella abortus, Brucella melitensis
					 or Brucella suis that is characterized by abortion, orchitis and infertility.
					 The term is also known as Bang's Disease and has been declared by the
					 Department as a dangerous transmissible disease.
Dangerous transmissible disease
-A disease
					 proclaimed by the Department under the authority of the act of April 17, 1929
					 (P. L. 533, No. 236) (3 P. S. §
											§
											341-351), known as the Diseased Animal
					 Quarantine Law, to be of a dangerous transmissible nature.
Dealer herd
-The group of animals owned or
					 managed by a livestock dealer assembled for the purpose of resale.
Department
-The Department of Agriculture
					 of the Commonwealth.
Director
-The Director of the Bureau of
					 Animal Industry, who is the chief livestock health official of the
					 Commonwealth.
Earnotch
-The place on the edge of an ear
					 of an animal where a small piece of the ear has been removed for identification
					 purposes.
Eartag
-A metal or plastic identification
					 device that can be attached to an ear of an animal and contains a unique
					 alpha-numeric symbol including the designated code of the state of origin and
					 approved by the state of origin, USDA-APHIS or the Department.
Exhibition
-A show or display of
					 animals.
Feeder swine
-A swine other than breeding
					 swine.
Garbage
-Putrescible animal and vegetable
					 waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking or consumption of
					 foods. The term includes animal carcasses and parts thereof.
Hazardous substance
-A substance, including
					 chemicals, toxins and biologicals, which threatens the health of domestic
					 animals or humans.
Herd
-A group of livestock maintained on
					 common ground for any purpose; or two or more groups of livestock between which
					 members are interchanged regardless of separation.
Herd of origin
-The place of birth or the
					 place of most recent residence for 90 days or more.
Interstate health certificate
-A legible
					 official document, made on a form issued by the chief livestock health official
					 of the state of origin or the United States Department of Agriculture, prepared
					 by an accredited veterinarian of the state of origin certifying the health of
					 the animal described therein, and validated by the chief livestock health
					 official of the state of origin.
Intrastate movement
-The transportation or
					 movement of an animal within this Commonwealth except the transportation or
					 movement of an animal to contiguous property owned, leased or rented by the
					 owner of the animal.
Official test
-A test approved by the
					 Department using criteria generally accepted by the scientific community or a
					 test approved by the USDA-APHIS and published in 9 CFR Chapter 1 (relating to
					 animal and plant health inspection service, Department of Agriculture) for the
					 diagnosis of a specific disease.
Pennsylvania health certificate
-A legible
					 official document, made on a form (AAI-13) provided by the Department, prepared
					 by an accredited Pennsylvania veterinarian or a representative of the
					 Department certifying the health of animals described therein according to the
					 health requirements established by this chapter.
Pennsylvania State Veterinarian
-The
					 Director of the Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services of the
					 Department.
Permit
-A document issued by the Department
					 or USDA-APHIS authorizing and establishing conditions under which a quarantined
					 or diseased 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 free county
-A county of this
					 Commonwealth that meets the following conditions:
(i) Cull sows and boars 1 year of age or
				  older originating in the county are subject to pseudorabies slaughter
				  surveillance in accordance with the Pseudorabies UM&R.
(ii) There are no known pseudorabies infected
				  swine herds in the county.
Pseudorabies monitored swine herd
-A swine
					 breeding herd that has been sampled and tested negative for pseudorabies field
					 strain virus by an official test for pseudorabies during the past 12 months at
					 the following rate:
No. of swine in herd
No. of swine to be tested
1-10
all
11-35
10
36 or more
30% or 30, whichever is
								less
Tested swine will be selected at random from all age
					 groups, including herd boars. All groups are to be proportionately represented
					 for testing.
Pseudorabies UM&R
-Uniform Methods and
					 Rules for the eradication of Pseudorabies as promulgated by the USDA-APHIS in 9
					 CFR Part 85 (relating to pseudorabies).
Qualified pseudorabies negative herd
-A
					 swine herd enrolled and in compliance with the qualified pseudorabies negative
					 swine herd plan as defined in 9 CFR 85.
Random sample test for pseudorabies
-A
					 sampling procedure using an official serological test for pseudorabies which
					 provides a 95% probability of detecting infection in a herd in which 10% of the
					 swine are sero-positive for pseudorabies. Each segregated group of swine on
					 each individual premises is considered a separate herd and sampled as
					 follows:
No. of swine in herd
No. of swine to be tested
Less than 100
25
100-200
27
200-299
28
1000
29
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 ) or a State inspected
					 slaughter establishment.
Secretary
-The Secretary of the
					 Department.
Segregated
-Separated or isolated from
					 others or from a main body or group of animals.
Slaughter market
-An animal market approved
					 by the Department for the sale of slaughter animals in accordance with Chapter
					 5 (relating to animal markets) and the act of June 22, 1931 (P. L. 650, No.
					 225) (3 P. S. §
											§
											431-439), known as the Farm Animal Dealer or
					 Broker License Law.
Surveillance index
-The percentage of a
					 population of sows and boars sampled multiplied by the percentage of positive
					 swine traced to the farm of origin multiplied by
					 10-4.
Tattoo
-A mark or figure assigned by a
					 National swine breed association, the state of origin, USDA-APHIS or the
					 Department that is indelibly fixed upon the body of an animal by insertion of
					 pigment in or under the skin.
Transportation
-Shipped, trailed, driven,
					 boated or otherwise moved.
USDA-APHIS
-The United States Department of
					 Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, Veterinary
					 Services.
Validated brucellosis-free state
-A state
					 in which USDA-APHIS has declared that swine are free of brucellosis.
Validated brucellosis-free swine herd
-A
					 herd of swine in which the sows and boars maintained for breeding purposes are
					 negative to official tests according to
					 9 CFR
					 78.1 (relating to definitions).
Wild animal
-A mammal or bird other than a
					 domestic animal as defined by section 1 of the act of July 22, 1913 (P. L. 928,
					 No. 441) (3 P. S. §
											331).
The provisions of this §
												3.1 issued under act of March 28,
						1929 (P. L. 110, No. 117) (3 P. S. §
													371); and act of April 17, 1929 (P. L. 533,
						No. 236) (3 P. S. §
													342); amended
						under section 40 of the act of July 22, 1913 (P. L. 928, No. 441)
						(3 P.
						S. §
													430); section 1702 of The
						Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
													442); and the Domestic Animal Law,
						3
						Pa.C.S. §
													§
													2302,
						2305,
						2321,
						2323,
						2325,
						2327,
						2329 and
						2382.
This section cited in 7 Pa. Code §
												3a.3 (relating to importation of
						camelids and cervids).