Virginia Administrative Code › Title 2 - AGRICULTURE › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › Chapter 61 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING LIVESTOCK DEALERS AND MARKETING FACILITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTROLLING AND ERADICATING INFECTIOUS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF LIVESTOCK › Section 2VAC5-61-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall
				  have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Animal waste" means livestock or poultry excreta and
				  associated feed losses, bedding, litter, or other materials.
"Breeding cattle" means all sexually intact cattle 18 months
				  of age or older as evidenced by the presence of one or more permanent incisor
				  teeth, all female cattle that have produced a calf or are exhibiting signs of
				  pregnancy, all sexually intact females of dairy type regardless of age, and any
				  sexually intact bovine of any age that is purchased or sold with the intent
				  that it be used for breeding purposes.
"Cattle" means all domestic and wild members of the genera
				  bos, bison, and bubalus to include domestic cattle, yak, bison, and water
				  buffalo.
"Certificate of veterinary inspection" means an official
				  document, which may be in an electronic format, issued by a federal, state,
				  tribal, or accredited veterinarian certifying the inspection of animals.
"Dairy type" means all cattle of, or primarily of, a dairy or
				  dual-purpose breed of cattle including but not limited to cattle of the
				  Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, Holstein, Jersey, Milking Shorthorn, or
				  similar breeds to include castrated males of such breeds.
"Dealer" means any person who engages in or facilitates,
				  including by electronic means, the business of buying, selling, auctioning,
				  exchanging, or otherwise transferring ownership of livestock in the
				  Commonwealth for his own account or that of another person. A person who only
				  sells livestock of his own production or who buys livestock only for his own
				  production purposes shall not be considered a dealer under this chapter.
"Feeder cattle" means all cattle other than breeding cattle
				  and slaughter cattle.
"Livestock" means all cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses,
				  donkeys, [ and ] mules .
"Marketing facility" means a livestock market; stockyard;
				  buying station; auction, consignment, or other sale venue; or any other
				  premises including those operating video, web-based, telephone, or other types
				  of electronic sales methods, where livestock from multiple owners are
				  commingled and assembled for sale or exchange in the Commonwealth.
"Official identification" means a unique identification
				  number issued by a state or federal program, or other forms of identification
				  approved by the State Veterinarian.
"Premises" means all grounds, structures, and associated
				  equipment used by the livestock facility including yards, docks, pens,
				  paddocks, alleys, sale rings, chutes, scales, and means of conveyance.
"Slaughter cattle" means those cattle that are purchased by
				  or shipped without diversion to a state or federally inspected slaughter
				  establishment for immediate slaughter.
"State Veterinarian" means the State Veterinarian of the
				  Commonwealth of Virginia or his designee.
"State waters" means all waters of any river, creek, branch,
				  lake, reservoir, pond, bay, roadstead, estuary, inlet, spring, or well and
				  bodies of surface or underground water, natural or artificial, wholly or
				  partially within or bordering the Commonwealth or within its
				  jurisdiction.
Statutory Authority: §§ 3.2-6001, 3.2-6002, and
					 3.2-6004 of the Code of Virginia.