Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 051 - Livestock Board › Sub-Agency 0001 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 2 - BRUCELLOSIS MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION › Section 2-3 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The following
				definitions are applicable for these rules. If not defined or listed herein,
				refer to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant
				Health Inspection Service's Brucellosis Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules
				(UMR).
(i) "Approved Livestock Market" means
				a livestock market that is licensed by the Board, and has in place a signed
				livestock marketing facility agreement with the United States Department of
				Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), to handle
				cattle under conditions required by the Cooperative State-Federal Brucellosis
				Eradication Program.
(ii) "Approved
				Tagging Site" means the premises, authorized by APHIS, State or Tribal animal
				health officials, where livestock may be officially identified on behalf of
				their owner or the person in possession, care, or control of the animals when
				they are brought to the premises.
(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) A metal,
				9-digit Wyoming identification ear tag; or
(B) A tamper evident, metal, 9-digit
				USDA/APHIS/VS identification ear tag; or
(C) A tamper evident, 840 series, 15-digit,
				USDA-approved identification tag; or
(D) Any other identification device approved
				by the USDA or the Wyoming State Veterinarian for use in cattle and
				bison.
(vi) "Bovinae"
				means a subfamily classification of the family Bovidae. For the purposes of
				these rules, Bovinae specifically means animals in the genus Bos (domestic
				cattle and yaks) and animals in the genus Bison (domestic bison animals)
				regardless of age or gender.
(vii)
				"Brucellosis" means an infectious disease of animals and humans caused by
Brucella abortus.
(viii) "Brucellosis Affected Herd Plan" means
				a written document approved and signed by the USDA, the Wyoming State
				Veterinarian, and the affected Herd owner, outlining practices a livestock
				producer will undertake to eliminate Brucellosis infection from his Herd and
				the requirements for the release of Quarantine.
(ix) "Brucellosis Area of Concern" means the
				area within the boundaries of the following Wyoming Game and Fish Department's
				Elk Hunt Areas as of 2018:
(A) Area 39. Deer
				Creek. Beginning where U.S. Highway 14A crosses the Big Horn River; northerly
				down said river to the Wyoming/Montana state line; easterly along said line to
				the Sheep Mountain Road (U.S.F.S. Road 11); southerly along said road to the
				Devils Canyon Road (U.S.F.S. Road 14); southerly along said road to U.S.
				Highway 14A; westerly along said highway to the Big Horn River.
(B) Area 40. Horse Creek. Beginning on the
				Big Horn River in the town of Greybull; northerly down said river to U.S.
				Highway 14A; easterly along said highway to the Hunt Mountain Road (U.S.F.S.
				Road 10); southeasterly along said road to U.S. Highway 14 at Granite Pass;
				southwesterly along said highway to the Big Horn River at the town of
				Greybull.
(C) Area 41. Medicine
				Lodge. Beginning where U.S. Highway 14 crosses the Bighorn River in the town of
				Greybull; easterly along said highway to Granite Pass and the divide along the
				Bighorn Mountain range; southeasterly along said divide to the divide between
				Medicine Lodge Creek and Paint Rock Creek; southwesterly along said divide to
				the Cold Springs Road (U.S.F.S. Road 344) at the Upper Medicine Lodge Lake;
				southwesterly along said road to the Alkali Road (U.S.F.S. Road 338-B.L.M. Road
				1111); southerly along said road to Wyoming Highway 31; westerly along said
				highway to the Bighorn River at the town of Manderson; northerly down said
				river to U.S. Highway 14 in the town of Greybull.
(x) "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.
				"Calfhood Vaccination Eligible" means sexually intact female Bovinae four (4)
				through twelve (12) months of age.
(xi) "Brucellosis Mitigation Plan" means a
				written document based on a Brucellosis Risk Assessment outlining the practices
				a livestock producer will utilize to mitigate the risk of exposure for his/her
				Bovinae to Brucellosis. The Plan is valid when signed by both the State
				Veterinarian or his designee and the herd owner/manager.
(xii) "Brucellosis Risk Assessment" means an
				evaluation of the potential risk a Bovinae herd has for exposure to
				Brucellosis-infected elk, bison, or cattle. The assessment shall be performed
				by Wyoming Livestock Board personnel or their designee.
(xiii) "Calfhood Vaccination Eligible" means
				sexually intact female Bovinae four (4) through twelve (12) months of
				age.
(xiv) "Category II Accredited
				Veterinarian" means an individual who is licensed to practice veterinary
				medicine and is approved by the USDA/APHIS to perform Category II accredited
				duties on all livestock species and poultry in the specific state(s) where he
				or she practices.
(xv) "CFR" means
				the United States Code of Federal Regulations, 9 CFR.
(xvi) "Commuter Herd" means an established
				Herd of breeding Bovinae that has not been assembled within the previous six
				months and that moves between Wyoming and an adjacent state for the purpose of
				feeding or grazing and then returns to the origin state following normal
				ranching operations. No change of ownership may occur before returning to the
				origin state. An interstate Livestock Health Movement Agreement between Wyoming
				and the other state involved is required.
(xvii) "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.
(xviii) "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.
(xix) "Designated
				Surveillance Area" is defined as an area enclosed by the following boundaries:
				Beginning where the Wyoming-Montana state line intersects the Park and Big Horn
				County Line, southerly along said county line to the Park and Washakie County
				line; south along said county line to the Washakie and Hot Springs County line;
				east then south along said county line to State Highway 431; west along said
				highway to State Highway 120; southeasterly along said highway to the Upper
				Cottonwood Creek Road (Hot Springs County Road 10); westerly then southerly
				along said road to the Owl Creek Road (Hot Springs County Road 1); southerly
				along said road to South Fork Owl Creek; westerly up said creek to the
				Northwest corner of the Wind River Indian Reservation boundary; southerly along
				the west boundary of said Reservation to the boundary between Fremont and
				Sublette Counties; southeasterly along said county line to the boundary between
				Sublette and Sweetwater Counties; west along said county line to the Sublette
				and Lincoln County line; west along said county line to U.S. Highway 189;
				southwesterly along said highway to U.S. Highway 30; westerly along said
				highway to State Highway 89; west along said highway to the Wyoming state line;
				north along said state line to the boundary between Wyoming and Yellowstone
				National Park (YNP); east along the southern boundary of YNP to the southeast
				corner of YNP; following the YNP border north to the Montana/Wyoming line; east
				along said state line to the Park-Big Horn County line. The Board will annually
				review the boundaries of the DSA for changes in risk and consider any joint
				recommendations made by the Wyoming State Veterinarian and the Wyoming Game and
				Fish Director.
(xx) "Direct
				Movement" means movement in which the Bovinae are not unloaded en route to
				their final destination.
(xxi)
				"Exposed Domestic Bovinae" means any domestic Bovinae, that has been exposed to
				a Reactor Domestic Bovinae or its reproductive tract discharge.
(xxii) "Farm or Ranch of Origin" means the
				farm or ranch that Bovinae have resided on immediately prior to testing for
				Brucellosis.
(xxiii) "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.
(xxiv) "Herd" means all Bovinae under common
				ownership or management that are grouped on one or more parts of any single
				premise; or all Bovinae under common ownership or management 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.
(xxv) "Herd of Birth"
				means the herd into which a Bovinae was born.
(xxvi) "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.
(xxvii) "Interstate Livestock Health Movement
				Agreement or "Commuter Permit" means a written permit that allows for the
				movement of Bovinae between Wyoming and an adjacent state. This Agreement shall
				be approved by state animal health officials in the state of origin and state
				of destination prior to movement and shall outline testing requirements for
				leaving the DSA on the agreement.
(xxviii) "Official Adult Vaccinate" means a
				female Bovinae that is over twelve (12) months of age when first vaccinated for
				Brucellosis using the recommended dose of a Brucella vaccine approved by the
				USDA APHIS VS Administrator and the Board. Prior approval by the Wyoming State
				Veterinarian, or his authorized representative, is required and may include
				Brucellosis testing. All adult vaccinates will be identified as such by an
				appropriate tattoo in the right ear or other method approved by the Wyoming
				State Veterinarian. Each Bovinae shall have a USDA-approved individual official
				identification device which shall be reported on the appropriate certificate
				and forwarded to the appropriate state and federal animal health agencies
				within 14 days of vaccination.
(xxix) "Official Booster Vaccinate" means
				either an Official Adult Vaccinate or an Official Calfhood Vaccinate
				re-vaccinated for Brucellosis using the recommended dose of a Brucella vaccine
				approved by the USDA APHIS VS Administrator and the Board. Prior approval by
				the Wyoming State Veterinarian, or his authorized representative, is required
				either on a case-by-case basis or through a Herd Plan. Individual official
				identification will be confirmed and recorded for each Bovinae which shall be
				reported on the appropriate certificate and forwarded to the appropriate state
				and federal animal health agencies.
(xxx) "Official Calfhood Vaccinate" means a
				female Bovinae that has been inoculated at four (4) monthsthrough twelve (12)
				months of age with a USDA/APHIS/VS and Board approved Brucella vaccine, by a
				State or Federal veterinarian or a Category II Accredited Veterinarian using
				the approved vaccination procedure outlined in the Brucellosis Eradication
				Uniform Methods and Rules (UMR). The Bovinae shall be properly identified as a
				vaccinate by an orange USDA Brucellosis Vaccination tag, or other USDA approved
				official identification, and a vaccination tattoo or other method approved by
				the Wyoming State Veterinarian, and shall be reported on the appropriate
				certificate to the appropriate State and Federal animal health
				agencies.
(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
				veterinarian or designee, or by a Category II 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 ) as amended
				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. 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
.
(xxxvi) "Restricted Livestock" means untested
				Trichomoniasis Test Eligible Male Bovine, Trichomoniasis Infected Bovine,
				Trichomoniasis Exposed Bovine, Brucellosis non-vaccinated adult females and
				other livestock that are determined as such by the Wyoming State
				Veterinarian.
(xxxvii) "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.
(xxxviii) "Test-Eligible" means all sexually
				intact female Bovinae twelve (12) months of age and over or any weaned,
				sexually-intact female exposed to bulls.
(xxxix) "UMR" means the 2003 Brucellosis
				Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules as issued and amended as of October 2003
				by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health
				Inspection Service, which are incorporated as a part of these rules. 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. The UMR can
				be found at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal health/animal
				diseases/brucellosis/downloads/umr bovine bruc.pdf Copies of the UMR are also
				available to the public from the office of the Wyoming Livestock Board located
				at 1934 Wyott Drive, Cheyenne, WY 82002, (307) 777-7515.
(xl) "USDA/APHIS/VS" means the United States
				Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,
				Veterinary Services.
(xli)
				"USDA/APHIS/VS/AD" means the USDA/APHIS/VS Assistant Director who is the
				veterinary official of USDA/APHIS/VS assigned to supervise and perform the
				official animal health work of USDA/APHIS/VS in Wyoming.
(xlii) "Wyoming Licensed Veterinarian" means
				an individual who is licensed by the State of Wyoming to practice veterinary
				medicine in Wyoming.
(xliii)
				"Wyoming State Veterinarian" means a Wyoming Accredited Veterinarian, employed
				by the Board, who serves as the State Veterinarian for the State of Wyoming as
				outlined in
				W.S.
				11-19-101.