West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 61 - Agriculture › Title 61 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Series 61-31 - Livestock Care Standards › Section 61-31-2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
2.1.
				"Ambulatory disabled" means being capable of walking, but with a physical
				impairment that severely limits or threatens the ability to walk.
2.2. "Best management practices" means
				procedures in livestock production to enhance animal production, comfort, and
				safety, as well as productivity and product acceptability.
2.3. "Biologicals" means products intended
				for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes in animals other than man.
2.4. "Bio-security" means preventing
				introduction of new organisms to an agricultural operation, as well as
				controlling organisms already present on the agricultural operation.
2.5. "Body condition score" means an industry
				accepted evaluation of an animal's body fat and muscle mass as related to
				skeletal dimension and stage of production.
2.6. "Captive cervid farming facility" means
				a facility which is licensed to hold cervids in a permanent
				enclosure.
2.7. "Cattle" means any
				bison or bovine raised for dairy or meat production.
2.8. "Cervid" means all members of the family
				Cervidae and hybrids, including deer, elk, moose, caribou, reindeer, and
				related species, both native and exotic.
2.9. "Coggins" means the common name for the
				agar gel immunodiffusion test for diagnosis of the Equine Infectious Anemia
				(EIA).
2.10. "Commissioner" means
				the West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture or his or her designee.
2.11. "Department" means the West Virginia
				Department of Agriculture.
2.12.
				"Dispossess" means to use available means to, as humanely as possible and in
				emergency circumstances, terminate the life of diseased or disabled livestock
				or poultry.
2.13. "Distress" means
				a condition that occurs when livestock are injured, sick or in physical
				pain.
2.14. "Emergency situation"
				means a serious unexpected and often dangerous situation requiring immediate
				action.
2.15. "Equine" means an
				animal that is a member of the Equine genus including horses, ponies, mules,
				asses, donkeys, and zebras.
2.16.
				"General quarantine" means a confined area under the direct supervision and
				control of a State or Federal animal health official, who shall establish
				procedures for the accounting of all animals entering or leaving the
				area.
2.17. "Handling" means the
				moving, confining, or restraining of livestock for management practice,
				relocating, loading or unloading.
2.18. "Henneke body score" means a numerical
				scale used to evaluate the amount of fat on a horse's body based on both visual
				appraisal and palpable fat cover of the six major points of the horse that are
				most responsive to changes in body fat. It is the scientific method of
				evaluating a horse's body condition regardless of breed, body type, sex or
				age.
2.19. "Herd or flock" means a
				group of animals or birds that live, feed or travel together.
2.20. "Licensed and accredited veterinarian"
				means any veterinarian licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the state of
				West Virginia and accredited by the State Veterinarian and APHIS (Animal and
				Plant Health Inspection Service), VS (Veterinary Service) in accordance with
				provisions of Part 161, Title 9, CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) and
				pre-approved to perform certain functions of Federal and cooperative
				State-Federal programs.
2.21.
				"Livestock" means cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats, cervids, or any other
				animal of the bovine, equine, porcine, ovine or caprine species, cervidae, and
				domestic poultry.
2.22.
				"Non-ambulatory disabled" means being unable to rise from a recumbent position
				or being unable to walk.
2.23.
				"Pharmaceuticals" means medication or medicine.
2.24. "Poultry" means any birds raised
				commercially or domestically for meat, eggs, feathers and pets.
2.25. "Quarantine" means a confined area., a
				minimum of 200 yards from any animal, and under the direct supervision and
				control of a State or Federal animal health official, who shall establish
				procedures for the accounting of all animals entering or leaving the
				area.
2.26. "Responsible party"
				means a person who is the owner of the livestock or a person who has current
				responsibility of custody of the livestock.
2.27. "Responsible law enforcement officer"
				means the sheriff, humane officer, or other agent designated by the county
				commission in each county for the investigation and enforcement of inhumane
				treatment of livestock or other animals.
2.28. "Shelter" means any cover man made or
				natural that gives livestock protection from the elements.
2.29. "Small Ruminants" means sheep and
				lambs, goats, alpacas and llamas.
2.30. "Soring" means the practice of applying
				an irritating or blistering agent, internally or externally, to any limb of a
				horse; any burn, cut or laceration that has been inflicted by a person on any
				limb of horse; any tack, nail, screw, or chemical agent has been injected by a
				person into or used by a person on any limb of a horse; or the application of
				any other substance or device that has been used by a person on any limb of a
				horse and, as a result of such application, infliction, injection, use, or
				practice, such horse suffers, or can reasonably be expected to suffer physical
				pain or distress, inflammation, or lameness when walking, trotting or otherwise
				moving. The term does not include such application, infliction, injection, use
				or practice in connection with the therapeutic treatment of a horse by or under
				the supervision of a person licensed to practice veterinary care.
2.31. "Swine" means any various stout-bodied
				short-legged omnivorous artiodactyl mammals (family Suidae).
2.32. "Vaccination" means the inoculation of
				an animal with a vaccine.
2.33.
				"Vaccine" means a suspension of attenuated or killed microorganisms (viruses,
				bacteria, or rickettsiae) or of antigenic proteins derived from them,
				administered for the prevention, amelioration, or treatment of infectious
				diseases.
2.34. "Valid
				veterinarian-client-patient relationship" means a relationship where the
				veterinarian has assumed the responsibility for making judgments regarding the
				health of the animal and the need for veterinary treatment, and the client,
				whether owner or other caretaker has agreed to follow the instruction of the
				veterinarian; there is sufficient knowledge of the animal by the veterinarian
				to initiate at least a general or preliminary diagnosis of the medical
				condition of the animal. This means that the veterinarian has recently seen and
				is personally acquainted with the keeping and care of the animal by virtue of
				an examination of the animal or by medically appropriate and timely visits to
				the premises where the animal is kept; and the practicing veterinarian is
				readily available or shall provide medical service for follow-up in case of
				adverse reactions or failure of the regimen of therapy. A new regimen of
				therapy shall be contingent only upon cooperation of the client and
				availability of the subject animal.
2.35. "Veal" means a young bovine raised for
				the purpose of veal meat production.