Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part I - Bureau of Animal Health and Diagnostic Services › Chapter 7 - BRUCELLOSIS REGULATIONS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 7.1 - 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. 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
-Cattle, buffalo, goat and
					 swine.
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 over 6 months of age, sexually intact feral swine of all ages and swine 6
					 months of age and younger selected for future production of 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,
					 also known as Bang's Disease and has been declared by the Department as a
					 dangerous transmissible disease.
Cooperative agreement
-A document signed by
					 the animal owner, attending veterinarian and Department regarding participation
					 in a disease control program.
Department
-The Department of Agriculture
					 of the Commonwealth.
Eartag
-A metal or plastic identification
					 device that can be attached to an ear of an animal that contains a unique
					 alpha-numeric symbol including the designated code of the state of origin and
					 is approved by the state of origin, USDA-APHIS or the Department.
Feeder swine
-Domestic swine other than
					 breeding swine.
Official adult vaccination
-Strain RB 51
					 vaccine administered to female cattle or bison over the age of 12 months (365
					 days).
Official calfhood vaccination
-Strain RB 51
					 vaccine administered to female cattle or bison from 4 to 12 months of
					 age.
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.
Official vaccination
-An official calfhood
					 or adult vaccination.
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
					 animal may be moved interstate or intrastate.
Reactors
-Unvaccinated animals reacting to
					 the tube agglutination test in dilutions of 1:100 or higher and vaccinated
					 animals 18 months of age or older reacting to the tube agglutination test in
					 dilutions of 1:200 or higher. The term includes animals reacting to the
					 P.C.F.I.A. test with S/N (Sample/Negative) values less than or equal to 0.25
					 and animals from which the brucella organism can be identified or those treated
					 with live brucella other than Strain 19 vaccine.
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.
USDA-APHIS
-The United States Department of
					 Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services.
Validated brucellosis-free swine herd
-A
					 herd of swine in which sows and boars maintained for breeding purposes are
					 negative to official tests according to
					 9 CFR
					 78.1 (relating to
					 definitions).
The provisions of this §
												7.1 amended under the Domestic
						Animal Law,
						3
						Pa.C.S. §
													§
													2302,
						2305,
						2321,
						2323,
						2325 and
						2329.