Texas Administrative Code › Title 4 - AGRICULTURE › Part 2 - TEXAS ANIMAL HEALTH COMMISSION › Chapter 43 - TUBERCULOSIS › Subchapter A - CATTLE AND BISON › Section 43.1 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this section,
					 shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise.
(1) Accredited
				  Veterinarian--A veterinarian jointly approved by the Executive Director of the
				  Commission and the Administrator of APHIS, to perform functions required by
				  cooperative State-Federal animal disease control and eradication
				  programs.
(2) Adjacent herds--A
				  herd of livestock or exotic livestock that occupies a premises that lies within
				  one mile of "an affected herd."
(3)
				  Affected herd--A herd of livestock or exotic livestock in which there is strong
				  and substantial evidence that
Mycobacterium bovis
exists. This
				  evidence should include, but is not limited to, any of the following:
				  histopathology, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay, bacterial isolation or
				  detection, testing data, or epidemiologic evidence such as contact with known
				  sources of infection.
(4) Approved
				  feedyard/approved pens--A confined area, either the entire feedyard or
				  designated pens within the feedyard, jointly approved by the Executive Director
				  of the Commission and the Administrator of APHIS for feeding of restricted
				  livestock and exotic livestock. Biosecurity standards, to include requirements
				  for geographic separation, shall be enforced to prevent potential spread of
				  diseases to other livestock on the premises and adjacent premises. Procedures
				  for accountability of inventory, animal identification, and movement control
				  shall be enforced to ensure that restricted livestock and exotic livestock
				  remain within approved facilities until verification of slaughter.
(5) Approved livestock facility--A stockyard,
				  livestock market, buying station, concentration point, or any other premises
				  under State or Federal veterinary supervision where livestock are assembled and
				  that has been approved under Title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (9 CFR),
				  Section 71.20.
(6) Approved
				  slaughtering establishment--A slaughtering establishment operating under the
				  provisions of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (RSA
				  601 et seq.), or a State-inspected
				  slaughtering establishment that has inspection by a State inspector at the time
				  of slaughter.
(7) Bovine
				  Tuberculosis Eradication--Uniform Methods and Rules (UM&R)--The minimum
				  standards adopted and approved by the Deputy Administrator, Veterinary
				  Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection, for the maintenance of
				  tuberculosis-free accredited herds of cattle and bison, and the maintenance of
				  State or zone status in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA)
				  tuberculosis eradication program.
(8) Certificate--An official document for
				  movement of livestock, including a certificate of veterinary inspection, or
				  other approved document, issued by an accredited veterinarian, state or federal
				  animal health official or other approved official at the point of origin for
				  the shipment of animals. The document shall include the official
				  identification, age, breed, and sex of each animal to be moved; the purpose for
				  which the animals are to be moved; the date and place of issuance; the points
				  of origin and destination; the consignor and consignee; and the results of all
				  tests required for movement.
(9)
				  Commuter herd--A herd that has been recognized and approved by the state animal
				  health officials and the AVIC in both the state of origin and the state of
				  destination for movement of animals interstate or interzone, without change of
				  ownership, during the course of normal production operations
(10) Dealer--All persons engaged in the
				  business of buying or selling livestock in commerce either on their own account
				  or as the employees or agents of the vendor, purchaser, or both, or all persons
				  engaged in the business of buying or selling livestock in commerce on a
				  commission basis. The term shall not include persons who:
(A) buy or sell livestock as part of their
				  own bona fide breeding, feeding, or dairy or beef operations;
(B) are not engaged in the business of
				  buying, selling, trading, or negotiating the transfer of livestock;
				  or
(C) receive livestock
				  exclusively for immediate slaughter on their own premises.