S.D. Admin. R. 12:68:23:02

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 67, December 16, 2024

Section 12:68:23:02 - Definitions

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Accredited herd" means a cervidae herd that has passed at least two consecutive official tuberculosis tests of all eligible animals, conducted at nine to 15-month intervals, and has no evidence of bovine tuberculosis or exposure to it;

(2) "Accredited veterinarian" means a veterinarian approved by the deputy Administrator of Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, and the state veterinarian, in accordance with 9 C.F.R. Part 161 (January 1, 2021), to perform functions required by cooperative state-federal animal disease control and eradication programs;

(3) "Affected herd" means a herd that contains or has contained one or more animals infected with Mycobacterium bovis and has not passed the required tests prescribed by this chapter for release from quarantine;

(4) "Approved laboratory" means the National Veterinary Service Laboratory, Ames, Iowa;

(5) "Cervidae" means all species of deer, elk, moose, and caribou;

(6) "Comparative cervical tuberculin test" means the intradermal injection of biologically balanced bovine purified protein derivative tuberculin and avian purified protein derivative tuberculin, at separate sites in the midcervical area, to determine the probable presence of infection, by comparing the response of the two tuberculins, 72 hours plus or minus six hours following injection by a veterinarian employed by the state veterinarian or by the United States Department of Agriculture;

(7) "Designated accredited veterinarian" means an accredited veterinarian trained and designated by the state veterinarian to conduct the single cervical test or draw blood for the dual path platform test for tuberculosis on cervidae;

(8) "Direct shipment to slaughter" means the shipment of tuberculosis reactors, tuberculosis suspects, and tuberculosis-exposed cervidae, from the premises of origin, by permit, directly to a slaughtering establishment operating under state or federal inspection, without diversion to assembly points of any type;

(9) "Dual path platform test" means a serological assay to determine the presence of antibodies to bovine tuberculosis in elk, red deer, white-tailed deer, fallow deer, and reindeer, in which a blood sample taken from a captive cervidae and buffer solution is placed on a strip. The diluted sample then migrates to another strip, which contains an antibody-detecting reagent. This latter strip indicates whether antibodies are present in the sample;

(10) "Exposed animals" means cervidae that have associated with animals known to be tuberculous;

(11) "Herd" means one or more cervidae or a group of cervidae and other hoofed stock maintained on common ground, or two or more groups of cervidae under common ownership or supervision that are geographically separated but can have an interchange or movement without regard to health status;

(12) "Natural additions" means animals born and raised in a herd;

(13) "Negative animals" means cervidae that show no response to a tuberculosis test or that have been classified as negative by the testing veterinarian based on history, supplemental tests, examination of carcasses, or laboratory results;

(14) "No gross lesion (NGL) animals" means cervidae that do not reveal any lesions of bovine tuberculosis upon necropsy;

(15) "Official eartag" means an identification eartag, as defined in 9 C.F.R. § 71.1 (January 1, 2021);

(16) "Official tuberculosis test" means a test for bovine tuberculosis applied and reported in accordance with this chapter;

(17) "Permit" means an official document issued by a representative of Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Service, a state representative, or an accredited veterinarian, required to accompany reactor, suspect, or exposed cervidae to slaughter;

(18) "Qualified herd" means a cervidae herd that has undergone at least one complete official negative test of all eligible animals, within the past twelve months, and is not classified as an accredited herd, has no evidence of bovine tuberculosis, and meets the standards of this chapter;

(19) "Reactor" means a cervidae that shows a response to an official tuberculosis test and is classified a reactor by the testing veterinarian;

(20) "Single cervical tuberculin test" means the intradermal injection of 0.1 mL or 5,000 tuberculin units of United States Department of Agriculture bovine purified protein derivative tuberculin in the midcervical region with reading by visual observation and palpation in 72 hours, plus or minus six hours, following injection;

(21) "Suspect" means a cervidae that shows a response to an official tuberculosis test and is not classified as a reactor or is not classified as negative or as a reactor by a supplemental tuberculosis test;

(22) "Tuberculin" means a product that is approved by and produced under United States Department of Agriculture license for the intradermal injection of cervidae for the purpose of detecting bovine tuberculosis; and

(23) "Tuberculosis" means a disease in Cervidae caused by Mycobacterium bovis.

S.D. Admin. R. 12:68:23:02

21 SDR 162, effective 3/23/1995; 34 SDR 100, effective 10/22/2007; 37 SDR 47, effective 9/20/2010; 39 SDR 32, effective 9/3/2012; 39 SDR 204, effective 6/10/2013; 45 SDR 082, effective 12/11/2018; 48 SDR 039, effective 10/4/2021

General Authority: SDCL 40-3-14, 40-3-25, 40-3-26, 40-5-8.6.

Law Implemented: SDCL 40-3-14, 40-5-8 to 40-5-8.4, 40-5-9.

"Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication," APHIS 91-45-011, January 22, 1999, published by Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Copies may be obtained at no charge from South Dakota Animal Industry Board, 411 South Fort Street, Pierre, South Dakota 57501.