Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 051 - Livestock Board › Sub-Agency 0003 - State Veterinarian › Chapter 2 - VACCINATION AGAINST AND SURVEILLANCE FOR BRUCELLOSIS › Section 2-3 - Definitions used in Rules

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The following
				definitions are applicable for these rules. If not defined, or listed below,
				refer to the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health
				Inspection Service's Brucellosis Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules (UMR) as
				issued and amended as of October 2003. These Rules do not include any later
				amendments of the adopted UMR past October 2003. Copies of the UMR are
				available to the public from the office of the Wyoming Livestock Board located
				at 1934 Wyott Drive, Cheyenne, WY 82002 (307) 777-7515.
(i) "Accredited Veterinarian" means an
				individual who is licensed to practice veterinary medicine and is accredited by
				the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant and Health Inspection
				Service in the state where he or she practices.
(ii) "Approved Livestock t" means a livestock
				market that is approved by the Board to handle cattle under conditions required
				by the Cooperative State-Federal Brucellosis Eradication Program.
(iii) "B Brand" means a 2" X 3" or larger hot
				iron single B character brand applied to the left hip near the tail-head of a
				Bovinae signifying that the animal is a reactor to Brucellosis.
(iv) "Board" means the Wyoming Livestock
				Board, state agency 051, 1934 Wyott Drive, Cheyenne, WY 82002 (307)
				777-7515.
(v) "Board Approved
				Individual Identification" means a permanent, green metal Wyoming
				identification eartag, or a permanent, silver metal United States Department of
				Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services
				identification eartag, or a permanent, blue metal identification eartag with
				the word "spayed" stamped or engraved into the metal signifying that the animal
				has been spayed, or a permanent, orange metal United States Department of
				Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services
				Brucellosis Vaccination eartag, or a USDA Approved identification device. The
				eartag shall be placed in the right ear of a Bovinae unless otherwise
				specified.
(vi) "Bovinae" means a
				subfamily classification of the family Bovidae. For the purposes of these
				rules, Bovinae specifically means animals in the genus Bos (bovine animals) and
				animals in the genus Bison (domestic bison animals) regardless of age or
				gender.
(vii) "Breeding Bovinae"
				means Bovinae that will be used for breeding purposes.
(viii) "Brucellosis" means an infectious
				disease of animals and humans caused by
Brucella
				abortus
.
(ix) "Brucellosis
				Class Free Status" means a classification standard for a state that has been
				certified as fulfilling the requirements of this status on initial
				classification or reclassification by the state animal health official, and the
				United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
				Service, Veterinary Services. Included among the requirements for Class Free
				Status are that the Bovinae herds in the state or area within the state must
				have remained free from infections with field strains of
Brucella
				abortus
for at least twelve (12) months.
(x) "Calfhood Vaccination Eligible" means
				sexually intact female Bovinae between the ages of four (4) and twelve (12)
				months of age.
(xi) "Certified
				Brucellosis-Free Herd" means a Herd of Bovinae that has qualified for, and has
				been issued, a Certified Brucellosis-Free Herd certificate signed by both the
				appropriate state animal health official and the United States Department of
				Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection, Area Veterinarian in
				Charge.
(xii) "Commuter Herd" means
				a Herd of breeding Bovinae that moves from Wyoming to an adjacent state for the
				purpose of feeding or grazing and then returns to Wyoming following normal
				ranching operations. No change of ownership may occur and no trader Bovinae are
				allowed within a commuter movement. An Interstate livestock health movement
				agreement between Wyoming and the other state involved is required.
(xiii) "Certified Spay Technician" means an
				individual who is certified by the state in which he or she resides to spay
				female Bovinae.
(xiv) "CFR" means
				the United States Code of Federal Regulations, 9CFR, Chapter 1 (Animal and
				Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture), Sub-chapter B
				(Cooperative Control and Eradication of Livestock or Poultry Diseases) Part 51
				(including all of its subparts)-Animals Destroyed Because of Brucellosis;
				Sub-chapter C (Interstate Transportation of Animals (Including Poultry and
				Animal Products)) Part 70 (including all of its subparts)-Rules of Practice
				Governing Proceedings Under Certain Acts and Part 78 (including all of its
				subparts)-Brucellosis, as issued and amended as of January 1, 2009 shall be
				adopted by the Board insofar as these federal regulations are not inconsistent
				with the rules, regulations and laws of the State of Wyoming. These rules do
				not include any later amendments of the adopted Code of Federal Regulations
				past January 2009. Copies of the Code of Federal Regulations are available to
				the public at the office of the Board.
(xv) "Custom Slaughter Facility" means a
				slaughter plant that is licensed and or inspected by the State of Wyoming where
				livestock is slaughtered and processed for the owner of the livestock only and
				the product is not offered for public sale or commercial use.
(xvi) "Designated Surveillance Area" is
				defined as an area enclosed by the following boundaries: starting at the
				intersection of the Idaho-Wyoming state line, the Teton County line and
				Yellowstone National Park boundary continuing east along the Teton County line
				to the Teton County/Park County line, following the Teton/Park County line
				Northward to the Montana State line, continuing east along the Montana State
				line/Park County line to Wyoming State Highway 120, following Wyoming State
				Highway 120 Southward to the Park County/Hot Springs County line, and
				continuing southwest to the junction of Park, Hot Springs, and Fremont
				Counties, continue to follow the Western Wind River Indian Reservation boundary
				south to the Sublette County line, following the Sublette County line south to
				the Sweetwater County line, following the Sublette/Sweetwater County line and
				the Sublette/Lincoln County line west to the Bridger-Teton National Forest
				Boundary, following the Bridger-Teton southern boundary west to the
				Idaho-Wyoming State line.
(xvii)
				"Direct Movement" means movement in which the Bovinae are not unloaded en route
				to their final destination.
(xviii)
				"Exposed Domestic Bovinae" means any domestic Bovinae, that has been exposed to
				a Reactor Domestic Bovinae or its reproductive tract discharge.
(xix) "Farm or Ranch of Origin" means the
				farm or ranch that Bovinae have resided on immediately prior to testing for
				Brucellosis.
(xx) "Feeding
				Channels" means feeding in any feedlot, pasture, or on range for purposes of
				conditioning Bovinae for eventual slaughter. This does not include pasturing or
				range grazing for a Breeding Bovinae Herd.
(xxi) "Green metal WYOMING identification
				eartag" means a green metal eartag with WYOMING stamped into the metal,
				provided and distributed by the Board to producers upon request to use ONLY in
				that producer's herd and ONLY when no other official ID is present on the
				Bovinae.
(xxii) "Herd" means all
				Bovinae under common ownership or supervision that are grouped on one or more
				parts of any single premise; or all Bovinae under common ownership or
				supervision on two or more premises that are geographically separated but in
				which the animals have been interchanged or had contact with animals from
				different premises. It will be assumed that contact between animals of the same
				species on the different premises has occurred unless the owner establishes
				otherwise and the results of the epidemiologic investigation are consistent
				with the lack of contact between premises.
(xxiii) "Herd of Origin" means the herd into
				which a Bovinae was born.
(xxiv)
				"Herd Plan" means a written document outlining practices a livestock producer
				will take to minimize the exposure of his/her Bovinae to Brucellosis. The herd
				plan shall be valid when the State Veterinarian or his designee and the herd
				owner/manager have signed it.
(xxv)
				"Immediate Slaughter" means the slaughter of a Bovinae within three (3) working
				days at a Recognized Slaughter Establishment. The animals cannot be offloaded
				at any point other than the Recognized Slaughter Establishment.
(xxvi) "Interstate Livestock Health Movement
				Agreement" means a written agreement that allows for the movement of Bovinae
				between Wyoming and adjacent states. This Agreement shall be approved by state
				animal health officials in the state of origin and state of destination prior
				to movement.
(xxvii) "K Brand"
				means a 3" X 2" or larger hot iron, freeze, permanent dye, or bleach single K
				character brand, placed on the left hip near the tail-head of a female Bovinae
				being fed in a K Lot.
(xxviii) "K
				Lot" means a feedlot that is established by a contractual agreement (K Lot
				Agreement) with the Board and feedlot operator that allows for the feeding of
				non Brucellosis vaccinated Bovinae and/or Bovinae that have not been tested for
				Brucellosis in a feedlot, based upon the operator's compliance with the
				provisions of the agreement. All Bovinae shall be identified with Board
				Approved Individual Identification and a K Brand upon arrival. All Bovinae
				shall be sent directly to slaughter, or to an out of state destination that
				will accept non-vaccinates, or to another feedlot holding a like agreement upon
				leaving the feedlot. Any female Bovinae that leaves a K Lot for a destination
				other than directly to slaughter shall test negative for Brucellosis prior to
				movement.
(xxix) "Official Adult
				Vaccinate" means a female Bovinae that is over twelve (12) months of age when
				vaccinated for Brucellosis using the approved vaccination procedure outlined in
				the Brucellosis Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules (UMR), and only after
				approval is issued by the Wyoming State Veterinarian. The Bovinae shall be
				properly identified as an adult vaccinate by Board Approved Individual
				Identification, and an adult vaccination tattoo, and shall be reported on the
				appropriate certificate to the appropriate State and Federal animal health
				agencies.
(xxx) "Official Calfhood
				Vaccinate" means a female Bovniae that has been inoculated between four (4)
				months and twelve (12) months of age with a United States Department of
				Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services
				and Board approved Brucella vaccine, by a State or Federal representative or an
				Accredited veterinarian using the approved vaccination procedure outlined in
				the Brucellosis Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules (UMR) as issued and
				amended as of October 2003. The Bovinae shall be properly identified as a
				vaccinate by an orange USDA Brucellosis Vaccination tag, or other USDA approved
				vaccination tag, and a vaccination tattoo, and shall be reported on the
				appropriate certificate to the appropriate State and Federal animal health
				agencies. Verification of official vaccinate status requires evidence of the
				vaccination shield.
(xxxi) "Post
				Parturient" means a Bovinae that has given birth.
(xxxii) "Quarantine" as used in these rules,
				means an official document, issued by the Wyoming State Veterinarian, or his
				authorized representative that restricts the movement of specific Bovinae and
				shall set forth requirements for Quarantine release.
(xxxiii) "Quarantine Movement Permit" means
				an official document (VS Form 1-27) that is issued by a State or Federal
				representative or by an Accredited Veterinarian. The Permit shall accompany all
				Brucellosis Reactor Bovinae, all Brucellosis Exposed or Suspect Bovinae, and
				any Bovinae otherwise quarantined that are being moved to a specified
				destination.
(xxxiv) "Reactor
				Domestic Bovinae" means any domestic Bovinae that the designated Brucellosis
				epidemiologist classifies as reactor based on the serological results as
				defined in the UMR or from which a field strain isolate of
Brucella
				abortus
has been confirmed by a recognized laboratory.
(xxxv) "Recognized Slaughter Establishment"
				means any slaughter establishment operating under the provisions of the Federal
				Meat Inspection Act (
				21
				U.S.C. 601 - 695 ) including all amendments
				as of August 2006 or the Wyoming Food Safety Rule found at Chapter 1 Purpose,
				Variances, Definitions, Demonstrations of Knowledge, and Health Status as
				promulgated and amended by the Wyoming Department of Agriculture as of July
				2008. This does not include any later amendments past August 2006 and July 2008
				respectively. These documents are available to the public at the office of the
				Board.
(xxxvi) "S Brand" means a 2"
				X 3" hot iron single S character brand applied to the left hip near the
				tail-head of a Bovinae signifying that the animal is a Brucellosis suspect or
				exposed to Brucellosis.
(xxxvii)
				"Test-Eligible" means all sexually intact female Bovinae eighteen (18) months
				of age and over (as evidenced by the loss of the first pair of temporary
				incisor teeth). All Bovinae that are visibly pregnant or Post Parturient are
				test eligible regardless of age.
(xxxviii) "UMR" means the Brucellosis
				Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules as issued and amended as of October 2003
				by the Untied States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health
				Inspection Service. These Rules do not include any later amendments of the UMR
				past October 2003. Copies of the UMR are available to the public at the office
				of the Board.
(xxxix)
				"USDA/APHIS/AVIC" means the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and
				Plant Health Inspection Service, Area Veterinarian in Charge.
(xl) "USDA/APHIS/VS" means the United States
				Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,
				Veterinary Services.
(xli) "Wyoming
				Licensed Veterinarian" means an individual who is licensed by the State of
				Wyoming to practice veterinary medicine in Wyoming.
(xlii) "Wyoming State Veterinarian" means an
				Accredited Veterinarian employed by the Board who serves as the State
				Veterinarian for the State of Wyoming.