051-15 Wyo. Code R. §§ 15-4 - Definitions Used in Rules

The following definitions apply to these rules:

(a) "Approved Livestock Market" means a livestock market that is licensed by the Board.

(b) "Board" means the Wyoming Livestock Board, whose current address is 1934 Wyott Drive, Cheyenne, WY 82002-0051, (307) 777-7515.

(c) "Bovine" means sexually intact male and female Bovine of the genus Bos of any breed.

(d) "Brand Inspection Form" means a document issued by the Board that is used to record the change of ownership and/or movement of livestock both intrastate and interstate.

(e) "Certified Trichomoniasis Negative" means any bull that has tested negative to two (2) PCR tests conducted within seven (7) to twenty-one (21) days of each other with no reproductive exposure for at least thirty (30) days prior to the first test.

(f) "Common Grazing" means any common pasturing arrangement, in which Bovine from two (2) or more Herd Units not under common ownership may commingle. This includes common grazing on all private, state, tribal, or federal lands, or any combination thereof.

(g) "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.

(h) "Direct Movement" means movement in which the Bovine are not unloaded en route to their final destination.

(i) "Feedlot" means a confined dry lot area for feeding of animals with no facilities for pasturing or grazing.

(j) "Herd Unit" means a group of one or more Bovine under individual or multiple ownership that is managed as one herd on a year-round basis.

(k) "Infected Herd Unit" means a Herd Unit in which one or more Bovine have been diagnosed as a Trichomoniasis Infected Bovine. The State Veterinarian, in cooperation with the livestock producer and the Trichomoniasis Certified Veterinarian will determine what constitutes an Infected Herd Unit.

(l) "Official Trichomoniasis Test" means an approved PCR test, conducted on a properly collected and cultivated or processed sample, to detect the presence of the organism Tritrichomonas foetus and properly recorded on an official Trichomoniasis test record provided by the Board. All Official Trichomoniasis Testing shall be performed only by authorized personnel at an approved veterinary laboratory. Staff from the Veterinary Laboratory shall determine if the sample was properly collected and cultivated or processed.

(m) "Official Trichomoniasis Test Identification Tag" means an ear tag that is authorized by the Board and placed in the right ear of a Test Eligible Bovine at the time of the first Official Trichomoniasis Test prior to that immediate breeding season.

(n) "PCR test" means the Polymerase Chain Reaction test, a test which detects genetic material of Tritrichomonas foetus. Staff from the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory shall advise the State Veterinarian on the protocol for sample collection and processing for this test.

(o) "Pooled Samples" means samples combined at the veterinary laboratory from more than one bull belonging to one owner. No more than five (5) individual samples may be combined into one Pooled Sample.

(p) "Premises" means the ground, area, buildings and equipment occupied by one or more Bovine.

(q) "Quarantine" means a document issued by the State Veterinarian or his designee that restricts movement of specific Bovine to premises as determined by the State Veterinarian.

(r) "Recognized Slaughter Establishment" means any slaughter establishment operating under the provisions of either:

(i) The Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. § 601 through § 695, including all amendments as of January 1, 2016, being too long and cumbersome to incorporate the full text, shall be incorporated by reference in these rules. The incorporated material does not include any later amendments of the adopted Federal Meat Inspection Act past January 1, 2016. This document is available to the public at the office of the Board and online at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/rulemaking/federal-meat-inspection-act; Or,

(ii) The 2012 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. Chapter 1 of the 2012 Wyoming Food Safety Rule, being too long and cumbersome to incorporate the full text, shall be incorporated by reference in these rules. The incorporated material does not include any later amendments of the adopted Chapter 1 rule past January 1, 2016. This document is available to the public at the office of the Board and online at: http://agriculture.wy.gov/images/stories/pdf/chs/foodrule/chapt12012.pdf

(s) "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.

(t) "Slaughter" means the slaughter of a Bovine within fourteen (14) days at a Recognized Slaughter Establishment.

(u) "Trichomoniasis" means a contagious venereal disease of Bovine, caused by a protozoan, Tritrichomonas foetus, and characterized by infertility, pyometra, abortion, and reproductive inefficiency.

(v) "Trichomoniasis Certified Veterinarian" means a veterinarian who is licensed in Wyoming and has successfully completed a Board approved Trichomoniasis certification training, passed the test, and been issued a certificate.

(w) "Trichomoniasis Exposed Bovine" means any Bovine that has had commingling or fenceline contact with Trichomoniasis Infected Bovine, or an Infected Herd Unit.

(x) "Trichomoniasis Infected Bovine" means a Bovine that has tested positive to an Official Trichomoniasis Test.

(y) "Trichomoniasis Quarantine Release Plan" means a written document outlining practices a livestock producer will conduct to qualify for release of quarantine of a Trichomoniasis infected herd.

(z) "Trichomoniasis Test Eligible Bull" means

1) any non virgin, sexually intact, male Bovine;

2) any bull over twenty-four (24) months of age; or

3) any weaned bull from a Trichomoniasis Infected or Exposed Herd Unit.

(aa) "V Brand" means a 2"X 3" hot iron single V character brand applied to the left tail-head of a Bovine signifying that the Bovine is a Trichomoniasis Infected Bovine or a Trichomoniasis Exposed Male Bovine that has not been tested and Certified Trichomoniasis Negative.

(bb) "Virgin Bovine" means a sexually intact male or female bovine that has not had sexual contact with a Bovine of the opposite gender.

(cc) "VS Form 1-27" means an official restricted movement document issued by the State Veterinarian or his designee.

(dd) "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.

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051-15 Wyo. Code R. §§ 15-4

Amended, Eff. 5/20/2016.