Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 051 - Livestock Board › Sub-Agency 0001 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 8 - LIVESTOCK BOARD IMPORT RULES › Section 8-4 - Definitions used in rules

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) For the
				purposes of implementing these rules, the following definitions exist:
(i) "Accredited Veterinarian" means a
				veterinarian who is licensed to practice veterinary medicine and is accredited
				by the USDA/APHIS/VS in the state where he or she practices.
(ii) "Adjacent State Contiguous Property
				Movement Permit" means a permit issued by the Wyoming Livestock Board, for
				movement of Animals across the state line waiving certain Animal health import
				requirements, upon the applicant satisfactorily demonstrating that he or she
				owns land or has leased land for at least two (2) or more consecutive years
				that is contiguous with land he or she owns or has leased for two (2) or more
				consecutive years in an adjacent state.
(iii) "Animal" means any living vertebrate
				that is not a human being, excluding those animals covered in
				W.S.
				23-3-301(a).
(iv) "Approved Livestock Market" means a
				livestock market that is licensed by the Board and has in place a signed
				Livestock Facility Agreement with the USDA.
(v) "Biologic Agent" means any biologic
				product used for agricultural or veterinary purposes including semen, embryos,
				and vaccines. This does not include specimens imported to a laboratory for
				diagnostic purposes.
(vi)
				"Black-faced Sheep" means any purebred Suffolk, Hampshire, Shropshire; any
				non-purebred Sheep (haired or wooled) known to have Suffolk, Hampshire, or
				Shropshire ancestors; and any wooled Sheep of unknown ancestry with a black
				face.
(vii) "Board" means the
				Wyoming Livestock Board, state agency 051, 1934 Wyott Drive, Cheyenne, WY
				82002-0051, (307) 777-7515, and whose website is
				http://wlsb.state.wy.us.
(viii)
				"Brucellosis" means any of the species specific disease conditions caused by
				bacteria in the genus
Brucella
, including
Brucella
				abortus, Brucella canis, Brucella mellitensis, Brucella ovis,
or
Brucella suis
.
(ix) "Brucellosis Designated Surveillance
				Area" means an area defined by the Wyoming Livestock Board Chapter 2 Rules or
				as amended by a Board order that identifies the boundaries within which risk of
				exposure to Brucellosis-infected wildlife has been established.
(x) "Camel Family Species" means a ruminant
				mammal that includes alpacas, camels, guanacos, llamas and vicunas.
(xi) "Cattle" means any ruminant mammal of
				the genus
Bos
, including crossbred Cattle/Hybrid Animals and
				Yaks.
(xii) "Commercial Swine"
				means swine raised indoors in an integrated production and marketing
				system.
(xiii) "Commuter Permit"
				means a written permit that allows for the movement of Bison, Cattle, Sheep,
				Goats, and Horses used for herd management purposes, between Wyoming and an
				adjacent state. This permit shall be approved by state Animal health officials
				in the state of origin and state of destination prior to movement.
(xiv) "Companion Animal" means any dog, cat
				or ferret.
(xv) "Dairy Cattle"
				means all Cattle of the dairy breeds, and all Cattle used for milk production
				and/or born in a dairy herd.
(xvi)
				"Designated Feedlot" means any feedlot that is designated by the Board to feed
				- with no provision for grazing - and properly identify and manage Restricted
				Livestock in a designated portion of the feedlot, preventing direct contact
				between restricted and non-restricted livestock.
(xvii) "Direct Movement" means movement of
				Animals to their final destination without unloading or commingling with other
				Animals.
(xviii) "Extended Equine
				Certificate of Veterinary Inspection" means a document issued under the
				authority of the state veterinarian, in accordance with the guidelines outlined
				in a Memorandum of Agreement between Wyoming and other states, allowing equine
				to travel between such states without an ICVI. At a minimum, an examination by
				an Accredited Veterinarian, a negative Coggins test, Official Identification,
				and a real-time travel log will be required.
(xix) "Exhibition Purposes" means Animals,
				other than Rodeo Cattle, that are imported to Wyoming exclusively to attend a
				Wyoming exhibition without commingling with other livestock at any premises
				other than the exhibition, and leaving Wyoming without change of ownership
				within 14 days of entry to Wyoming.
(xx) "Farm or Ranch of Origin" means the farm
				or ranch where the Animal resided immediately prior to entering
				Wyoming.
(xxi) "Feral Animal" means
				a domestic Animal, that is not under the control of nor cared for by a person
				and which has returned to a wild or semi-wild state. A feral animal may or may
				not be owned by a person.
(xxii)
				"Flock" means all Goats and/or Sheep maintained together on a single Premise or
				maintained together under common ownership on two or more Premises with
				interchange between the Premises. Goats or Sheep maintained temporarily on a
				Premise for activities such as shows and sales or while in marketing channels
				are not a Flock. More than one Flock may be maintained on a single Premises
				provided commingling as defined in the USDA APHIS Scrapie Uniform Method and
				Rules does not occur.
(xxiii)
				"Horses" means any herbivorous mammal of the genus
Equus
,
				including donkeys, horses, mules, and zebras.
(xxiv) "Immediate Slaughter" means the Direct
				Movement to and slaughter of an Animal within three (3) working days at a
				Recognized Slaughter Establishment.
(xxv) "Import Permit" means a number
				correlated with the ICVI and issued by the Board within ten (10) days prior to
				any Animal requiring such a permit being imported. Information on obtaining
				permits can be found at the WLSB web page: http://wlsb.state.wy.us or by
				calling (307) 777-7515.
(xxvi)
				"Interstate Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (ICVI)" means a uniquely
				numbered official document for the purpose of recording and reporting an
				Animal's origin, destination, health status and official
				identification(s).
(xxvii)
				"Lifetime Brand Inspection" means a document created by a state recognized
				recording authority and issued as a permanent or lifetime inspection to the
				owner of Horses in the state or area under its authority.
(xxviii) "Mexican-Origin Cattle" means any
				Cattle that have ever resided in Mexico.
(xxix) "National Poultry Improvement Plan
				Form VS 9-3" means a form used to document interstate sales and movement of
				Hatching Eggs, Poultry and flightless birds.
(xxx) "Official Brucellosis Vaccinate " means
				a female Bison or Cattle that has been inoculated with RB51 vaccine by a state
				or federal veterinarian or an Accredited Veterinarian according to label
				directions and the USDA APHIS Brucellosis Uniform Methods and Rules.
				Verification of official vaccination status requires evidence of the
				vaccination shield or presence of an approved USDA/APHIS/VS vaccination tag or
				device.
(xxxi) "Official Individual
				Identification" means any form of identification approved by USDA/APHIS/VS as
				per the Animal Disease Traceability Rule. Specific approved types of Official
				ID can be found on the Wyoming Livestock Board's website.
(xxxii) "Port of Entry" means a facility
				operated and staffed by personnel from the Wyoming Highway Department where
				commercial Animal carriers must stop and provide necessary documentation
				regarding the health status of the Animals being imported.
(xxxiii) "Poultry" means fowl Animals
				commonly referred to as chickens, ducks, geese, guineas, peacocks, pigeons and
				turkeys.
(xxxiv) "Premises" means
				an identifiable physical location that represents a unique and describable
				geographic location where Animals are kept.
(xxxv) "Quarantine" means an official
				document, issued by the Wyoming State Veterinarian or authorized
				representative, that restricts the movement of specified Animals and prohibits
				their being commingled, slaughtered, turned loose, removed, or permitted to
				escape, and sets forth requirements regarding their testing or qualification
				for import and Quarantine release. The Animal owner or owner's agent is
				responsible for all liability and expenses associated with Quarantine
				requirements.
(xxxvi) "Recognized
				Slaughter Establishment" means any slaughter establishment operating under the
				provisions of the Federal Meat Inspection Act, ( 21 U.S.C. 601-695 as amended,
				or the Wyoming Food Safety Rule found at Chapter 1 Purpose, Variances,
				Definitions, Demonstration of Knowledge, and Health Status as promulgated and
				amended by the Wyoming Department of Agriculture. These documents are available
				to the public at the office of the Board or online at
http://wyagric.state.wy.us/divisions/chs/meat-a-poultry-program
.
(xxxvii) "Rodeo Cattle" means all Cattle
				previously used for, or currently used for recreational purposes, such as rodeo
				events, roping events, cattle cutting events, cattle penning events, gymkhanas,
				and steer wrestling events. This includes any Cattle that have commingled with
				Rodeo Cattle.
(xxxviii) "Scrapie
				Live Animal Test" means an ante-mortem test for Scrapie approved by USDA/APHIS
				and the Wyoming State Veterinarian.
(xxxix) "Secure Food Supply Plan" means a
				plan endorsed by USDA and the Center for Food Security and the Public Health
				designed to provide business continuity for a specific commodity in the face of
				a foreign animal disease outbreak.
(xl) "Shipping Number" means the Accredited
				Veterinarian's six-digit National Veterinary Accreditation number used outside
				Board business hours, if website permits are not available, in lieu of an
				Import Permit. When used, the Accredited Veterinarian obtain an actual permit
				number from the Board on the next regular business day.
(xli) "Show Lamb Fungus," also known as ring
				worm, means a contagious skin disease of Sheep caused by a species of fungi
				that invades the skin and creates lesions.
(xlii) "Trichomoniasis Test Eligible Bull"
				means any non-virgin, sexually intact male Cattle or any bull over eighteen
				(18) months of age.
(xliii)
				"Tuberculosis" means a chronic, progressive disease caused by a bacteria,
Mycobacterium bovis
in Cattle and other species, including
				humans.
(xliv) "USDA/APHIS/VS"
				means the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health
				Inspection Service, Veterinary Services.
(xlv) "USDA/APHIS/VS/AD" means the
				USDA/APHIS/VS Assistant Director.
(xlvi) "VS Form 1-27" means an official
				restricted movement document form created and supplied by the USDA/APHIS/VS and
				issued by a state or federal representative or by an Accredited
				Veterinarian.
(xlvii) "Wildlife"
				means all wild mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, crustaceans, and
				mollusks.
(xlviii) "Wyoming Game
				and Fish Commission" means state agency 040, whose address is 5400 Bishop
				Boulevard, Cheyenne, WY 82006, (307) 777-4600.
(xlix) "Wyoming State Veterinarian" means a
				Wyoming Accredited and licensed Veterinarian employed by the Board who serves
				as the State Veterinarian for the State of Wyoming as outlined in W.S.
				W.S.
				11-19-101.