Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 051 - Livestock Board › Sub-Agency 0001 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 1 - LIVESTOCK MARKETS, TEMPORARY AND RESTRICTED LIVESTOCK SALES, REGISTRATION OF LIVESTOCK DEALERS AND REGISTRATION OF INTERNET AND VIDEO LIVESTOCK SALES › Section 1-3 - Definitions used in Rules

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The following
				definitions are applicable for these rules.
(i) "Accredited Veterinarian" means an
				individual who is licensed to practice veterinary medicine and is accredited by
				the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
				Service in the state where he or she practices.
(ii) "Agency" means the Wyoming Livestock
				Board, state agency 051, 2020 Carey Avenue, 4th Floor, Cheyenne WY 82002-0051,
				(307) 777-7515.
(iii) "Alley" means
				those common areas of a Livestock Market where animals traverse from a loading
				chute to a Pen, or from a Pen to another Pen or from a Pen to the Sale Ring and
				back to Pen or loading chute.
(iv)
				"Authorized Livestock Market Veterinarian" means an individual who is licensed
				to practice veterinary medicine in Wyoming, is accredited by the United States
				Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and is
				authorized by the Agency to perform prescribed and required duties at and for
				the Livestock Market. This individual is hired and compensated by the Livestock
				Market with the approval of the Wyoming State Veterinarian, the Agency and the
				United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
				Service, Area Veterinarian in Charge for Wyoming.
(v) "Biosecurity" means the measures taken to
				prevent disease agents from spreading to or from animal populations or premises
				where animals are confined.
(vi)
				"Bovine" means a ruminant mammal of the genus Bos and crossbred Bovine/Hybrid
				Animals regardless of age or gender.
(vii) "Brand" means a brand, mark or other
				Agency approved means of identification including any electronic device used
				for Bovine, Equine or Ovine identification as defined by W.S. §
										
											11-20-101(viii).
(viii) "Brand Inspector" means an employee of
				the Agency who determines the ownership of Bovine, Equine or Ovine by physical
				inspection of the animal for Brands, other identifiable characteristics and by
				examination of proof of ownership documents.
(ix) "Brand Inspector Bill of Sale" means a
				form or certificate created and issued by the Agency to Brand Inspectors for
				the purposes of replacing a Livestock bill of sale originally given from one
				party to another that documents the change of ownership of Bovine, Equine or
				Ovine.
(x) "Brand Inspection Form"
				means an official form issued by the Agency used to transfer title of Bovine,
				Equine or Ovine or an official form issued by an agency in the state of origin
				that is responsible for Animal identification listing all of the identification
				marks of a specific animal.
(xi)
				"Brand Inspection Form G" means an official form used to document the movement
				of Bovine, Equine or Ovine intrastate to a Wyoming Livestock Market and for the
				movement of Bovine or Equine interstate to Livestock Markets in St. Onge and
				Belle Fourche, South Dakota.
(xii)
				"Brand Inspector Tally" means an official form issued by the Agency used to
				record the sale of Bovine, Equine or Ovine at a Livestock Market.
(xiii) "Brand Inspection Yard Book" means a
				book or electronic data base recording the arrival and dispersal of Livestock
				kept by the Brand Inspectors at a Livestock Market.
(xiv) "Brucellosis Quarantine Eligible" means
				sexually intact Bovine heifers under twelve (12) months of age to be vaccinated
				for Brucellosis pursuant to Agency Chapter 2 Rules or imported heifers to be
				spayed pursuant to Agency Chapter 2 Rules.
(xv) "Certificate of Veterinary Health
				Inspection" means an official form documenting the health status of an animal
				contingent on visual inspection by an Accredited Veterinarian. A Certificate of
				Veterinary Health Inspection is valid for thirty (30) days after
				issuance.
(xvi) "CFR" means the
				Code of Federal Regulations.
(xvii)
				"Commingle" means combining or mixing animals belonging to different
				owners.
(xviii) "Commission Basis"
				means receiving remuneration from the buyer, the seller, or the proceeds of the
				transaction beyond reimbursement for actual costs incurred and with the
				expectation of deriving a profit there from.
(xvix) "Consignment Ticket" means a multi
				part form created and supplied by Livestock Market Management that must be
				filled out for each Consignor's consignment. One part of the form must be
				placed on the Alley side Pen gate where the consignment of animals is confined
				at the Livestock Market. The Consignment Ticket must contain the Consignor's
				name, address, species and gender of Livestock.
(xx) "Consignor" means any person who
				consigns, ships, or delivers Livestock to a Livestock Market for storage,
				handling, or sale.
(xxi) "Direct
				Movement" means movement in which the animals are not unloaded en route to
				their final destination and not Commingled with another producer's
				animals.
(xxii) "Equine" means a
				herbivorous mammal that for the purposes of these rules means asses, horses and
				mules.
(xxiii) "Farm or Ranch of
				Origin" means the farm or ranch on which Livestock, owned by one person or
				entity, have resided immediately prior to being consigned to a Livestock
				Market.
(xxiv) "Hybrid Animal"
				means an animal produced by crossing species or subspecies of
				animals.
(xxv) "Immediate
				Rendering" means the processing of an animal carcass within three (3) working
				days at a Recognized Rendering Establishment.
(xxvi) "Immediate Slaughter" means the
				slaughter of an animal within three (3) working days at a Recognized Slaughter
				Establishment.
(xxvii) "Internet
				and Video Livestock Sales" means any form of internet or video livestock
				marketing where Consignors and buyers interact with the expressed purpose of
				changing ownership of livestock.
(xxviii) "Intrastate Quarantine" means an
				official document issued by the Agency on Wyoming origin animals that restricts
				the movement of specified animals and sets forth requirements regarding
				testing, containment or dispersal of the specified animals.
(xxix) "Livestock" means any Bison, Bovine,
				Caprine, Equine, Ovine or Porcine.
(xxx) "Livestock Dealer" means a person
				engaged in the business of buying or selling livestock in commerce, either for
				his own account or as an employee or agent of the seller or buyer; or any
				person engaged in the regular business of buying or selling livestock in
				commerce on a Commission Basis. Livestock Dealer does not include any person
				who buys or sells livestock as part of his own bona fide breeding, feeding,
				showing, dairy, meat, or wool production operation; any person who takes a
				security interest, including liquidation of that interest, in livestock in the
				ordinary course of his business; or any person who buys occasionally but not as
				a part of his regular business.
(xxxi) "Livestock Market" means a place
				operated for profit as a public market place consisting of pens or enclosures
				and their appurtenances, in which Livestock are received, held for sale, sold
				or offered for sale at either public auction or private sale, except that this
				definition does not apply to:
A. Any place
				used solely for a dispersal sale of the livestock of a farmer, dairyman,
				livestock breeder or feeder who is discontinuing business; or
B. Any place where an association of breeders
				of livestock assembles, offers for sale and sells under its own management
				registered livestock or breeding sires, if the association assumes all
				responsibility of the sale and guarantees title to the livestock and arranges
				for the proper inspection of all animals sold.
(xxxii) "Livestock Market Management" means
				any owner, manager or employee of the Livestock Market who is responsible in
				any manner for its operation.
(xxxiii) "Non-Ambulatory Animal" means an
				animal that is incapable of standing and moving on its own.
(xxxiv) "Overflow Pen" means those Pens which
				are not normally used to hold Livestock prior to a sale. Overflow Pens may not
				constitute over 25% of the Livestock Market's Pens.
(xxxv) "Ovine" means a ruminant mammal of the
				genus Ovis.
(xxxvi) "Pen" means
				those common areas of a Livestock Market where Livestock is confined prior to
				and after being offered for sale.
(xxxvii) "Porcine" means an omnivorous mammal
				of the genus Suis.
(xxxviii)
				"Quarantine" means an official document issued by the Agency that restricts the
				movement of specified animals and sets forth requirements regarding testing,
				import, containment or dispersal of the specified animals.
(xxxix) "Quarantine Pen" means a Pen located
				in an area of the Livestock Market that prohibits Commingling of Livestock and
				approved by a State or Federal Representative where diseased or suspected
				diseased Livestock must be isolated. A Quarantine Pen will be marked with a
				white metal sign bearing the words Quarantine Pen in six (6) inch black
				lettering. The flooring of a Quarantine Pen must be constructed of an
				impervious surface.
(xl)
				"Recognized Rendering Facility" means any rendering facility approved by the
				Agency where animal by products are processed.
(xli) "Recognized Slaughter Establishment"
				means any slaughter establishment operating under the provision of the Federal
				Meat Inspection Act of 1906, and as amended, or the Wyoming Food Safety Rule of
				2000, and as amended. These documents are available to the public at the office
				of the Agency.
(xlii) "Reportable
				Disease" means a disease required by state statute or Agency rule and those
				diseases contained on List A and List B of the Office International Des
				Epizooties to be reported to the Wyoming State Veterinarian and the United
				States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,
				Veterinary Services.
(xliii) "Sale
				Ring" means that area where Livestock are displayed in a Livestock Market where
				the public may bid with the intention of purchasing the Livestock.
(xliv) "State or Federal Representative"
				means the Wyoming State Veterinarian or his designee or the United States
				Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Area
				Veterinarian in Charge for Wyoming or Veterinary Medical Officer.
(xlv) "Temporary and Restricted Livestock
				Sales License" means a document created and issued by the Agency that allows
				the applicant to offer Livestock for sale under specific guidelines and for a
				specific amount of time.
(xlvi)
				"Trichomoniasis Quarantine Eligible" means a sexually intact male Bovine to be
				tested for Trichomoniasis pursuant to Agency Chapter 15 Rules.
(xlvii) "USDA/APHIS/VS" means the United
				States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,
				Veterinary Services.
(xlviii)
				"USDA/GIPSA" means the United States Department of Agriculture, Grain
				Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
(xlix) "VS Form 1-27" means an official
				restricted movement document created and supplied by the USDA/APHIS/VS and
				issued by an Accredited Veterinarian or the Authorized Livestock Market
				Veterinarian.