Virginia Administrative Code › Title 2 - AGRICULTURE › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › Chapter 141 - HEALTH REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING THE ADMISSION OF AGRICULTURAL ANIMALS, PET ANIMALS, AND OTHER ANIMALS OR BIRDS INTO VIRGINIA › Section 2VAC5-141-10 - 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:
"Agricultural animals" means livestock and poultry.
"Cat" means all domestic and wild members of the family
				  Felidae.
"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, certifying the inspection of an
				  animal and completed and signed by (i) an accredited veterinarian who is
				  approved by the animal health official of the animal's state of origin, (ii) a
				  veterinarian in the employ of the animal's state of origin, or (iii) a
				  veterinarian in the employ of the Veterinary Services Division, Animal and
				  Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
"Dairy type" means all cattle of, or primarily of, a dairy or
				  dual-purpose breed to include cattle of the Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Guernsey,
				  Holstein, Jersey, Milking Shorthorn, or similar breeds to include castrated
				  males of such breeds.
"Dog" means all domestic and wild members of the family
				  Canidae.
"Free roaming swine" means swine that are not contained
				  within an enclosure by their owner or custodian.
"Goat" means all domestic and wild members of the genus
				  Capra.
"Hatching eggs" means all poultry eggs that are intended to
				  be hatched.
"Horse" means all domestic and wild members of the family
				  Equidae to include horses, asses, zebras, and any hybrids of horses, asses, or
				  zebras.
"Livestock" means all cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses,
				  donkeys, mules, camels, llamas, and alpacas.
"Marketing facility" means a livestock market; stockyard;
				  buying station; auction, consignment, or other sale venue; or other premises
				  including those operating video, web-based, telephone, or other types of
				  electronic sales methods, where livestock from multiple owners are comingled
				  and assembled for sale or exchange in Virginia.
"NPIP" means the National Poultry Improvement Plan.
"Official identification" means a unique identification
				  number issued by a state or federal program or other forms of identification
				  approved by the State Veterinarian.
"Other ruminant" means all members of the order Artiodactyla
				  not otherwise defined in this section as cattle, goats, sheep, or swine to
				  include camelidae and cervidae.
"Permit" means permission granted by and in a format approved
				  by the State Veterinarian that authorizes the import of certain classes of
				  livestock, poultry, pet animals, primates, and other animals or birds into
				  Virginia.
"Pet animal" means a dog, cat, nonpoultry bird species, or
				  any other animal, ferae naturae, wild or tame under domestication or in custody
				  that is not intended for commercial use or that by its nature is fit for use
				  only as a pet.
"Poultry" means all domestic fowl, ratites, and game birds
				  raised in captivity to include chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, quail, or
				  partridge.
"Primate" means all nonhuman members of the order
				  Primates.
"Region" means any premises, political subdivision of a state
				  or country, or other defined geographic area.
"Sheep" means all domestic and wild members of the genus
				  Ovis.
"Slaughter establishment" means a livestock slaughter
				  facility that is under inspection by the USDA or the Virginia Department of
				  Agriculture and Consumer Services.
"State Veterinarian" means the State Veterinarian of the
				  Commonwealth of Virginia or his designee.
"Swine" means all domestic and wild members of the family
				  Suidae.
"USDA" means the U.S. Department of
				  Agriculture.
Statutory Authority: §§
											3.2-5902
					 and
					 3.2-6002
					 of the Code of Virginia.