South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 12 - Department of Agriculture › Article 12:68 - Disease control and meat inspection › Chapter 12:68:25 - Chronic wasting disease in cervidae › Section 12:68:25:01 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 10, July 15, 2024
As used in this chapter:
(1)
  "Accredited veterinarian" means a veterinarian approved by the Deputy
  Administrator of Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
  Service, United States Department of Agriculture, and the state veterinarian,
  in accordance with 9 C.F.R. Part 161 (January 1, 2021), to perform functions
  required by cooperative state-federal animal disease control and eradication
  programs;
(2) "Adjacent herd" means
  a herd of cervidae occupying premises that border an affected herd, and herds
  separated by roads or streams; or a herd of cervidae occupying premises that
  were previously occupied by an affected herd within the past five years as
  determined by the designated epidemiologist;
(3) "Affected cervidae herd" means a cervidae
  herd from which any animal has been diagnosed as affected with chronic wasting
  disease and which is not in compliance with the provisions of the control
  program for chronic wasting disease as described in this chapter;
(4) "Approved laboratory" means the National
  Veterinary Service Laboratory, Ames, Iowa, or laboratories accredited by the
  American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians;
(5) "Certified chronic wasting disease
  cervidae herd" means a herd of cervidae that has qualified for and has been
  issued a certified chronic wasting disease cervidae herd certificate signed by
  the state veterinarian;
(6)
  "Cervidae" means deer, elk, moose, caribou, reindeer, and related species and
  their hybrids;
(7) "Cervidae herd"
  means a group of cervidae or one or more groups of cervidae maintained on
  common ground or under common ownership or supervision that are geographically
  separated but can have interchange or movement;
(8) "Cervidae herd of origin" means a
  cervidae herd, or any farm or other premises, where the animals were born or
  where they are kept for at least one year before the date of shipping, if
  cervidae from other premises have not been on the premises within one year
  before shipment;
(9) "Certificate
  of veterinary inspection" means an official document issued by the state
  veterinarian, a federal animal health official, or an accredited veterinarian,
  at the point of origin, and containing information on the individual
  identification of the animals, the number of animals, the purpose of the
  movement, the points of origin and destination, the consignor, the consignee,
  and any other information required by the state animal health official for
  importation or translocation;
(10)
  "Chronic wasting disease" means a transmissable spongiform encephalopathy of
  cervidae;
(11) "Designated
  epidemiologist" means a state or federal veterinarian who has demonstrated the
  knowledge and ability to perform the functions required under this chapter and
  who has been selected by the state veterinarian;
(12) "Exposed" means a designation applied to
  cervidae that are either part of an affected herd or for which epidemiological
  investigation indicates contact with chronic wasting disease affected animals
  or contact with animals from a chronic wasting disease affected herd in the
  past five years;
(13) "Herd plan"
  means a written herd management and testing plan that is designed by the herd
  owner, the owner's veterinarian if requested, and a designated epidemiologist
  to identify and eradicate chronic wasting disease from an affected, exposed, or
  adjacent herd;
(14) "Monitored
  chronic wasting disease cervidae herd" means a herd of cervidae that is in
  compliance with the voluntary chronic wasting disease certification program, as
  defined in this section. A monitored herd must be defined as one-year,
  two-year, three-year, and four-year-monitored, in accordance with the time in
  years the herd has been in compliance with the voluntary chronic wasting
  disease certification program;
(15)
  "Official cervidae identification" means an identification eartag that conforms
  to the official animal identification, as defined in 9 C.F.R. Part 55 (January
  1, 2021);
(16) "Permit" means an
  official document that is issued by the state veterinarian,
  veterinarian-in-charge, or an accredited veterinarian for movement of affected,
  suspect, and exposed animals;
(17)
  "Quarantine" means an imposed restriction prohibiting movement of cervidae to
  any location without specific written permits;
(18) "State" mans any state of the United
  States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin
  Islands, or Guam;
(19) "Traceback"
  means the process of identifying the herd of origin of positive animals,
  including herds that were sold for slaughter;
(20) "Traceforward" means the process of
  epidemiologically identifying the movement of chronic wasting disease exposed
  animals; and
(21) "Voluntary
  chronic wasting disease herd certification program" means a voluntary chronic
  wasting diease surveillance program that recognizes herds as low risk for
  chronic wasting disease by complying with the voluntary chronic wasting disease
  herd certification program surveillance procedures.
General Authority:
SDCL
		40-5-8.6.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
		40-5-8.6.