Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 05 - Animal Health › Part 11 - Rules and Regulations Governing Reportable Animal Diseases and Conditions in the State of Rhode Island › Section 250-RICR-40-05-11.5 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. As used in these rules and regulations,
				  the following terms shall, where the context permits, be construed as follows:
1. "Director" means the Director of the
				  Department of Environmental Management or his/her duly authorized
				  designee.
2. "Domestic animal"
				  means animals which, through extremely long association with humans, have been
				  bred to a degree which has resulted in genetic changes affecting the
				  temperament, color, conformation or other attributes of the species to the
				  extent that makes them unique and distinguishable from wild individuals of
				  their species. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:
a. "Domestic dog"
(Canis
				  familiaris)
excluding hybrids with wild canids
b. "Domestic cat"
(Felis
				  catus)
excluding hybrids with wild felines
c. "Domestic equines"
(Equus
				  caballus, Equus asinus)
including hybrids thereof
d. "Domestic cattle"
(Bos taurus and
				  Bos indicus)
e. "Domestic
				  swine"
(Sus scrofa domestica)
f. "Domestic sheep"
(Ovis
				  aries)
g. "Domestic goat"
(Capra hircus)
h.
				  "Llama"
(Lama glama)
i. "Alpaca"
(Lama
				  pacos)
j. "Old world
				  camels"
(Camelus dromedaries and Camelus bactianus)
k. "Domestic water buffalo"
(Bubalis
				  bubalis)
l. "Domestic yak"
(Bos grunniens)
m.
				  "Domestic hamster" derived from
Mesocricetus auratus
and
Phodopus sp
.
n.
				  "Mongolian gerbil"
(Meriones unguiculatus)
o. "Laboratory rat", including breeds,
				  varieties, and strains derived from the Norway rat
(Rattus
				  norvegicus)
p. "Laboratory
				  mouse", including breeds, varieties, and strains derived from the house mouse
(Mus musculus)
q.
				  "Guinea pig"
(Cavia porcellus)
r. "Domestic rabbit", including breeds,
				  varieties, and strains derived from the European rabbit
(Oryctolagus
				  cuniculus)
but not including the European rabbit
(Ferae
				  naturae)
and not including the so-called "San Juan" rabbit.
s. "Domestic geese" derived from the greylag
				  goose (Anser anser), including, but not restricted to, Emden goose, Gray
				  African goose, Pilgrim goose, Sebastopol goose, and Toulouse goose, derived
				  from the swan goose
(Anser cygnoides)
, including, but not
				  restricted to, the African goose and the Chinese goose, derived from the
				  Egyptian goose
(Alopochen aegyptiaca)
.
t. "Domestic ducks" derived from the Mallard
(Anas platyrhynchos)
, including, but not restricted to,
				  Aylesbury duck, Blue Swedish duck, Buff duck, Cayuga duck, Crested White duck,
				  English call duck, Indian runner duck, Pekin duck, and Roen duck, derived from
				  the Muscovy duck
(Cairina moschata)
.
u. "Common coturnix"
(Coturnix or C.
				  japonica)
.
v. "Domestic
				  chicken"
(Gallus "domesticus")
derived from the red junglefowl
(Gallus gallus)
.
w. "Peafowl" (blue peafowl)
(Pavo
				  cristatus)
.
x. "Domestic
				  guineafowl" derived from the helmet guineafowl
(Numida
				  meleagris)
.
y. "Domestic
				  turkey" derived from the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) and including breeds
				  and varieties recognized by the American Poultry Association and the U.S.
				  Department of Agriculture, but not including the wild turkey (Ferae naturae)
				  and captive or captive-bred individuals thereof and not including the
				  pen-raised or game-farm non-standard variety "Wild Turkey".
z. "Common pigeon" (rock dove) derived from
				  the blue rock pigeon (Columba livia).
aa. "Ratites" including but not limited to
				  ostriches, emu, rheas, and kiwi.
3. "Environmental Police Officer" means any
				  commissioned environmental police officer for the Department of Environmental
				  Management, Division of Law Enforcement.
4. "Owner" means any person or agency
				  keeping, harboring or having charge or control of or responsibility for control
				  of an animal or any person or agency which permits any dog, cat, ferret, or
				  domestic animal to habitually be fed within that person's yard or premises.
				  This term shall not apply to veterinary facilities, any licensed boarding
				  kennel, municipal pound, pet shop, or animal shelter. See R.I. Gen. Laws §
											4-13-1.2.
5. "Person(s)" means an individual, firm,
				  joint stock company, partnership, association, private or municipal
				  corporation, trust, estate, state, commission, political subdivision, any
				  interstate body, the federal government or any agency or subdivision of the
				  federal government, other government entity, or other legal entity.
6. "Reportable condition" means an event such
				  as high mortality or high morbidity in a number of animals whether or not any
				  particular disease is confirmed or suspected. This includes, but is not limited
				  to, non-infectious causes of mortality or morbidity such as toxicities or
				  physical events such as electrocution.
7. "Reportable disease" means any animal
				  disease that confirmed or suspected and is listed as reportable in these
				  regulations.