West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 73 - Livestock Care Standards Board › Title 73 - LEGISLATIVE RULE LIVESTOCK CARE STANDARDS BOARD › Series 73-01 - Livestock Care Standards › Section 73-1-2 - 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,
				safety, 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 operation, as well as controlling organisms
				already present on the 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. "Distress" means a
				condition that occurs when livestock are injured, sick or in physical pain.
2.11. "Emergency situation" means
				a serious unexpected and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action.
2.12. "Equine" means an animal
				that is a member of the Equine genus including horses, ponies, mules, asses,
				donkeys, and zebras.
2.13.
				"Euthanasia" means the act of putting an animal to death by methods specified
				as acceptable for that species by the
AVMA Guidelines for
				the Euthanasia of Animals 2013 Edition.
2.14. "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.
2.15. "Handling" means the moving, confining,
				or restraining of livestock for management practice, relocating, loading or
				unloading.
2.16. "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.
2.17. "Herd
				or flock" means a number of animals or birds that live, feed or travel
				together.
2.18. "Licensed and
				accredited veterinarian" means any veterinarian licensed to practice veterinary
				medicine in the state of West Virginia and accredited by the State
				Veterinarian, 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.
2.19. "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.
2.20. "Non-ambulatory disabled" means being
				unable to rise from a recumbent position or being unable to walk.
2.21. "Pharmaceuticals" means medication or
				medicine.
2.22. "Poultry" means any
				birds raised commercially or domestically for meat, eggs, feathers and pets.
2.23. "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.
2.24. "Responsible party"
				means a person who is the owner of the livestock or a person who has current
				responsibility of custody of the livestock.
2.25. "Shelter" means any cover man made or
				natural that gives livestock protection from the elements.
2.26. "Small Ruminants" means sheep and
				lambs, goats, alpacas and llamas.
2.27. "Soring" means an irritating or
				blistering agent has been applied, internally or externally, by a person to any
				limb of a horse, any burn, cut or laceration 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 any other
				substance or device has been used by a person on any limb of a horse or a
				person has engaged in a practice involving 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, except that such 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.
2.28. "Swine" means any various stout-bodied
				short-legged omnivorous artiodactyl mammals (family Suidae).
2.29. "Vaccination" means the inoculation of
				an animal with a vaccine.
2.30.
				"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.
2.31. "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.
2.32. "Veal" means a young bovine raised for
				the purpose of veal meat production.