(a) The following definitions are applicable for these rules. If not defined, or listed below, refer to the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's Brucellosis Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules (UMR) as issued and amended as of October 2003. These Rules do not include any later amendments of the adopted UMR past October 2003. Copies of the UMR are available to the public from the office of the Wyoming Livestock Board located at 1934 Wyott Drive, Cheyenne, WY 82002 (307) 777-7515. - (i) "Accredited Veterinarian" means an individual who is licensed to practice veterinary medicine and is accredited by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service in the state where he or she practices.
- (ii) "Approved Livestock t" means a livestock market that is approved by the Board to handle cattle under conditions required by the Cooperative State-Federal Brucellosis Eradication Program.
- (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 permanent, green metal Wyoming identification eartag, or a permanent, silver metal United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services identification eartag, or a permanent, blue metal identification eartag with the word "spayed" stamped or engraved into the metal signifying that the animal has been spayed, or a permanent, orange metal United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services Brucellosis Vaccination eartag, or a USDA Approved identification device. The eartag shall be placed in the right ear of a Bovinae unless otherwise specified.
- (vi) "Bovinae" means a subfamily classification of the family Bovidae. For the purposes of these rules, Bovinae specifically means animals in the genus Bos (bovine animals) and animals in the genus Bison (domestic bison animals) regardless of age or gender.
- (vii) "Breeding Bovinae" means Bovinae that will be used for breeding purposes.
- (viii) "Brucellosis" means an infectious disease of animals and humans caused by Brucella abortus.
- (ix) "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. Included among the requirements for Class Free Status are that the Bovinae herds in the state or area within the state must have remained free from infections with field strains of Brucella abortus for at least twelve (12) months.
- (x) "Calfhood Vaccination Eligible" means sexually intact female Bovinae between the ages of four (4) and twelve (12) months of age.
- (xi) "Certified Brucellosis-Free Herd" means a Herd of Bovinae that has qualified for, and has been issued, a Certified Brucellosis-Free Herd certificate signed by both the appropriate state animal health official and the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection, Area Veterinarian in Charge.
- (xii) "Commuter Herd" means a Herd of breeding Bovinae that moves from Wyoming to an adjacent state for the purpose of feeding or grazing and then returns to Wyoming following normal ranching operations. No change of ownership may occur and no trader Bovinae are allowed within a commuter movement. An Interstate livestock health movement agreement between Wyoming and the other state involved is required.
- (xiii) "Certified Spay Technician" means an individual who is certified by the state in which he or she resides to spay female Bovinae.
- (xiv) "CFR" means the United States Code of Federal Regulations, 9CFR, Chapter 1 (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture), Sub-chapter B (Cooperative Control and Eradication of Livestock or Poultry Diseases) Part 51 (including all of its subparts)-Animals Destroyed Because of Brucellosis; Sub-chapter C (Interstate Transportation of Animals (Including Poultry and Animal Products)) Part 70 (including all of its subparts)-Rules of Practice Governing Proceedings Under Certain Acts and Part 78 (including all of its subparts)-Brucellosis, as issued and amended as of January 1, 2009 shall be adopted by the Board insofar as these federal regulations are not inconsistent with the rules, regulations and laws of the State of Wyoming. These rules do not include any later amendments of the adopted Code of Federal Regulations past January 2009. Copies of the Code of Federal Regulations are available to the public at the office of the Board.
- (xv) "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.
- (xvi) "Designated Surveillance Area" is defined as an area enclosed by the following boundaries: starting at the intersection of the Idaho-Wyoming state line, the Teton County line and Yellowstone National Park boundary continuing east along the Teton County line to the Teton County/Park County line, following the Teton/Park County line Northward to the Montana State line, continuing east along the Montana State line/Park County line to Wyoming State Highway 120, following Wyoming State Highway 120 Southward to the Park County/Hot Springs County line, and continuing southwest to the junction of Park, Hot Springs, and Fremont Counties, continue to follow the Western Wind River Indian Reservation boundary south to the Sublette County line, following the Sublette County line south to the Sweetwater County line, following the Sublette/Sweetwater County line and the Sublette/Lincoln County line west to the Bridger-Teton National Forest Boundary, following the Bridger-Teton southern boundary west to the Idaho-Wyoming State line.
- (xvii) "Direct Movement" means movement in which the Bovinae are not unloaded en route to their final destination.
- (xviii) "Exposed Domestic Bovinae" means any domestic Bovinae, that has been exposed to a Reactor Domestic Bovinae or its reproductive tract discharge.
- (xix) "Farm or Ranch of Origin" means the farm or ranch that Bovinae have resided on immediately prior to testing for Brucellosis.
- (xx) "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.
- (xxi) "Green metal WYOMING identification eartag" means a green metal eartag with WYOMING stamped into the metal, provided and distributed by the Board to producers upon request to use ONLY in that producer's herd and ONLY when no other official ID is present on the Bovinae.
- (xxii) "Herd" means all Bovinae under common ownership or supervision that are grouped on one or more parts of any single premise; or all Bovinae under common ownership or supervision 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.
- (xxiii) "Herd of Origin" means the herd into which a Bovinae was born.
- (xxiv) "Herd Plan" means a written document outlining practices a livestock producer will take to minimize the exposure of his/her Bovinae to Brucellosis. The herd plan shall be valid when the State Veterinarian or his designee and the herd owner/manager have signed it.
- (xxv) "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.
- (xxvi) "Interstate Livestock Health Movement Agreement" means a written agreement that allows for the movement of Bovinae between Wyoming and adjacent states. This Agreement shall be approved by state animal health officials in the state of origin and state of destination prior to movement.
- (xxvii) "K Brand" means a 3" X 2" or larger hot iron, freeze, permanent dye, or bleach single K character brand, placed on the left hip near the tail-head of a female Bovinae being fed in a K Lot.
- (xxviii) "K Lot" means a feedlot that is established by a contractual agreement (K Lot Agreement) with the Board and feedlot operator that allows for the feeding of non Brucellosis vaccinated Bovinae and/or Bovinae that have not been tested for Brucellosis in a feedlot, based upon the operator's compliance with the provisions of the agreement. All Bovinae shall be identified with Board Approved Individual Identification and a K Brand upon arrival. All Bovinae shall be sent directly to slaughter, or to an out of state destination that will accept non-vaccinates, or to another feedlot holding a like agreement upon leaving the feedlot. Any female Bovinae that leaves a K Lot for a destination other than directly to slaughter shall test negative for Brucellosis prior to movement.
- (xxix) "Official Adult Vaccinate" means a female Bovinae that is over twelve (12) months of age when vaccinated for Brucellosis using the approved vaccination procedure outlined in the Brucellosis Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules (UMR), and only after approval is issued by the Wyoming State Veterinarian. The Bovinae shall be properly identified as an adult vaccinate by Board Approved Individual Identification, and an adult vaccination tattoo, and shall be reported on the appropriate certificate to the appropriate State and Federal animal health agencies.
- (xxx) "Official Calfhood Vaccinate" means a female Bovniae that has been inoculated between four (4) months and twelve (12) months of age with a United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services and Board approved Brucella vaccine, by a State or Federal representative or an Accredited veterinarian using the approved vaccination procedure outlined in the Brucellosis Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules (UMR) as issued and amended as of October 2003. The Bovinae shall be properly identified as a vaccinate by an orange USDA Brucellosis Vaccination tag, or other USDA approved vaccination tag, and a vaccination tattoo, and shall be reported on the appropriate certificate to the appropriate State and Federal animal health agencies. Verification of official vaccinate status requires evidence of the vaccination shield.
- (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 representative or by an 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 ) including all amendments as of August 2006 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 as of July 2008. This does not include any later amendments past August 2006 and July 2008 respectively. These documents are available to the public at the office of the Board.
- (xxxvi) "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.
- (xxxvii) "Test-Eligible" means all sexually intact female Bovinae eighteen (18) months of age and over (as evidenced by the loss of the first pair of temporary incisor teeth). All Bovinae that are visibly pregnant or Post Parturient are test eligible regardless of age.
- (xxxviii) "UMR" means the Brucellosis Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules as issued and amended as of October 2003 by the Untied States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. 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.
- (xxxix) "USDA/APHIS/AVIC" means the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Area Veterinarian in Charge.
- (xl) "USDA/APHIS/VS" means the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services.
- (xli) "Wyoming Licensed Veterinarian" means an individual who is licensed by the State of Wyoming to practice veterinary medicine in Wyoming.
- (xlii) "Wyoming State Veterinarian" means an Accredited Veterinarian employed by the Board who serves as the State Veterinarian for the State of Wyoming.