R58-1-2. Definitions

(1) "Accredited Veterinarian" means a veterinarian approved by the Deputy Administrator of Veterinary Services (VS), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), in accordance with the provisions of 9 CFR 161 to perform functions required by cooperative State-Federal disease control and eradication programs.

(2) "Animal identification number (AIN)" means a numbering system for the official identification of individual animals in the United States that provides a nationally unique identification number for each animal. The AIN consists of 15 digits, with the first 3 being the country code (840 for the United States or a unique country code for any U.S. territory that has such a code and elects to use it in place of the 840 code).

(3) "Animals" means all vertebrates, except humans.

(4) "Approved livestock facility" means a stockyard, livestock market, buying station, concentration point, or any other premises under State or Federal veterinary inspection where livestock are assembled and that has been approved by the Department.

(5) "Approved Livestock Market" means a livestock market that is licensed by the Department under Title 4, Chapter 30, Livestock Markets.

(6) "Approved Slaughter Establishment" means a State or Federally inspected slaughter establishment at which ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection is conducted by State or Federal inspectors.

(7) "Approved tagging site" means a premises, authorized by Department, 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.

(8) "Brand Inspection Certificate" means an official form, issued by a government agency or other agency responsible for animal identification in the state of origin, used to transfer title of livestock; listing the identification marks of the animals(s) as well as the consignor and consignee contact information.

(9) "Camelidae" means a term referring to members of the family of animals which for the purposes of these rules includes camels (Camelus dromedarius and Camelus bactrianus), llamas (Lama glama), alpacas (Vicugna pacos) , guanacos (Lama guanicoe), and vicunas (Vicugna vicugna).

(10) "Captive Cervidae" means a term referring to members of the family of animals which for the purposes of these rules includes captive bred Caribou (Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)), captive bred Elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni), and captive bred Fallow deer (Dama dama) or any other captive bred cervidae allowed with permission from the State Veterinarian and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

(11) "Certificate of Veterinary Inspection" means an official paper or electronic form completed by an accredited veterinarian that has examined the animal or animals listed on the certificate and has completed all disease testing or vaccinations as required.

(12) "Commuter herd" means a herd of cattle located in two or more states that is documented as a valid ranching operation by those states in which the herd is located and which requires movement of cattle interstate from a farm of origin or returned interstate to a farm of origin in the course of normal ranching operations, without change of ownership, directly to or from another premise owned, leased, or rented by the same individual.

(13) "Commuter herd agreement" means a written agreement between the owner(s) of a herd of cattle and the animal health officials for the States or Tribes of origin and destination specifying the conditions required for the interstate movement from one premises to another in the course of normal livestock management operations and specifying the time period, up to 1 year, that the agreement is effective. A commuter herd agreement may be renewed annually.

(14) "Dairy cattle" means all cattle, regardless of age or sex or current use, that are of a breed(s) used to produce milk or other dairy products for human consumption, including, but not limited to, Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Holstein, Jersey, Guernsey, Milking Shorthorn, and Red and Whites.

(15) "Department" means the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food.

(16) "Designated brucellosis surveillance area" means an area within a state that has been designated by the animal health official of that state as an area of increased disease risk for bovine brucellosis.

(17) "Direct Movement" means the movement in which the animals are not unloaded enroute to their final destination, except for stops of less than 24 hours to feed, water, or rest the animals being moved, and not commingled with another producer's animals.

(18) "Exotic animal" means a rare or unusual animal pet or an animal, not commonly thought of as a pet, kept within a human household. For this chapter, rodents, reptiles, and amphibians are considered exotic animals.

(19) "Exposed Animal" means an animal that has been in contact with or on the same premises of or within a quarantine zone where animals with a contagious or communicable disease are present.

(20) "Farm of Origin" means the farm where the animal was born and remain prior to importation into the state.

(21) "Flock-based number system" means the flock-based number system that combines a flock identification number (FIN) with a producer's unique livestock production numbering system to provide a nationally unique identification number for an animal.

(22) "Flock identification number (FIN)" means a nationally unique number assigned by a State, Tribal, or Federal animal health authority to a group of animals that are managed as a unit on one or more premises and are under the same ownership.

(23) "Group/lot identification number (GIN)" means the identification number used to uniquely identify a "unit of animals" of the same species that is managed together as one group throughout the preharvest production chain.

(24) "Import Permit" means a number given by the Department to the issuing veterinarian that is recorded on the certificate of veterinary inspection and is required before movement of the animals into the state.

(25) "Interstate movement" means movement of animals from one State into or through any other State.

(26) "Livestock Market Veterinarian" means a Utah licensed and USDA accredited veterinarian appointed by the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food to work at approved livestock markets.

(27) "Location identification (LID) number" means a nationally unique number issued by a State, Tribal, and/or Federal animal health authority to a location as determined by the State or Tribe in which it is issued. The LID number may be used in conjunction with a producer's own unique livestock production numbering system to provide a nationally unique and herd-unique identification number for an animal. It may also be used as a component of a group/lot identification number (GIN).

(28) "National Uniform Eartagging System (NUES)" means a numbering system for the official identification of individual animals in the United States that provides a nationally unique identification number for each animal.

(29) "Official Calfhood Vaccinate" means female bison or cattle vaccinated by a USDA Veterinary Services representative, State certified technician, or accredited veterinarian with an approved dose of RB51 vaccine or other USDA approved agent while from 4 to 12 months of age in accordance with its labeling. These cattle must be properly identified by official tattoos and ear tag or registration tattoo and be reported on an official vaccination certificate (VS Form 4-24) within 30 days to the State Veterinarian.

(30) "Official eartag" means an identification tag approved by the Department that bears an official identification number for individual animals. The official eartag must be tamper-resistant and have a high retention rate in the animal.

(31) "Official eartag shield" means the shield shaped graphic of the U.S. Route Shield with "U.S." or the State postal abbreviation or Tribal alpha code imprinted within the shield.

(32) "Official identification device or method" means a means approved by the Department of applying an official identification number to an animal of a specific species or associating an official identification number with an animal or group of animals of a specific species or otherwise officially identifying an animal or group of animals.

(33) "Official identification number" means a nationally unique number that is permanently associated with an animal or group of animals.

(34) "Officially identified" means identified by means of an official identification device or method approved by the Department.

(35) "Poultry" means domestic fowl (chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and guinea and pea fowl), pigeons and doves, pheasants and other gamebirds, and ratites.

(36) "Premises identification number (PIN)" means a nationally unique number assigned by a State, Tribal, and/or Federal animal health authority to a premises that is, in the judgment of the State, Tribal, and/or Federal animal health authority a geographically distinct location from other premises.

(37) "Qualified Feedlot" means a feedlot approved by the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food to handle heifers, cows or bulls which are either official calfhood vaccinated, or brucellosis unvaccinated animals confined to a drylot area which is used to upgrade or finish feeding animals going only to slaughter or another qualified feedlot. All such animals must be kept separate from other animals not destined for slaughter.

(38) "Quarantine" means a verbal or written restriction of movement of animals into or out of an area or premise, issued by a State Animal Health Official.

(39) "Reactor" means any animal that has been determined by a designated brucellosis epidemiologist to be infected with brucellosis based on test results, herd/flock history, and/or culture results.

(40) "Suspect" means any animal that may be infected with a contagious, infectious, or communicable disease based on test results and/or herd/flock history.

(41) "Test Eligible Cattle and Bison" means all cattle or bison six months of age or older, except:

1. Steers, spayed heifers;

2. Official calfhood vaccinates of any breed under 24 months of age which are not parturient, springers, or post parturient.

(42) "United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved backtag" means a backtag issued by APHIS that provides a temporary unique identification for each animal.

(43) "Zoological animal" means an animal kept at a zoological garden (zoo) or other exhibition that is inspected on a regular basis by the United States Department of Agriculture.