Delaware Administrative Code
Title 3 - Agriculture
900 - Poultry and Animal Health
902 - Scrapie Disease
Section 902-3.0 - Definitions
"Animal" means a sheep or goat.
"CVI" is a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection.
"Department" means the Delaware Department of Agriculture.
"Designated Scrapie Epidemiologist" means a state or federal veterinarian with knowledge of scrapie epidemiology selected to coordinate and evaluate the scrapie eradication program.
"High Risk Animal" means any genetically susceptible exposed animal; female offspring of a scrapie positive animal and any female that poses a risk based on the epidemiology of the flock.
"Low Risk Goat" is a goat that is not scrapie positive, not suspect, not high risk, not exposed, or commingled with sheep; and from an area flock with no history of scrapie.
"Official [Scrapie] Identification" is an identification mark or device approved by the USDA and the Department; this may be eartag, tattoo, brand, or microchip. When a registration tattoo is used for identification, the registration paper must accompany the animal.
"Scrapie Exposed" is any animal that has been with a scrapie positive female animal or resided in an infected source flock.
"Scrapie Positive Animal" is an animal for which a diagnosis of scrapie has been made by a laboratory approved by the Department and the USDA.
"Scrapie Suspect Animal" is a sheep or goat suspected of having scrapie by an accredited veterinarian or a Department or USDA, APHIS, VS representative.
