Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 02 - Agriculture, Department of
Rule 02.04.24 - RULES GOVERNING TUBERCULOSIS
Section 02.04.24.010 - DEFINITIONS

01. Accredited Herd. A herd that meets the standards of the UMR for bovine tuberculosis.

02. Accredited Veterinarian. A veterinarian approved by the Administrator and USDA/APHIS/VS, in accordance with the provisions of Title 9, Part 161, Code of Federal Regulations, to perform functions of State-Federal animal disease control programs.

03. Affected Herd. A herd in which there is strong and substantial evidence that Mycobacterium bovis may exist.

04. Approved Laboratory. A state or federal veterinary diagnostic laboratory. The primary laboratory for tuberculosis histopathology and bacteriology culture will be the National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Ames, Iowa.

05. Approved Feedlot. A feedlot approved by the Administrator to feed cattle and domestic bison of unknown Tuberculosis test status.

06. Area-Veterinarian-in-Charge. The veterinary official of USDA/APHIS/VS, who is assigned by the deputy administrator of APHIS to supervise and perform official APHIS animal health work.

07. Bovine Tuberculosis. A disease caused by Mycobacterium bovis.

08. Cattle. All domestic bovidae, including domestic bison.

09. Domestic Bison. All animals of the genus Bison, which are owned by a person.

10. Domestic Cervidae. Elk, fallow deer, and reindeer owned by a person.

11. Eradication. The complete elimination of bovine tuberculosis from cattle, domestic cervidae, bison and goats in a state so that the disease does not appear unless introduced from another species or from outside the state.

12. Exposed. Animals that have had contact with other animals, herds, or materials that have been determined to be infected with or affected by Mycobacterium bovis.

13. Federal Animal Health Official. An employee of USDA/APHIS/VS who is authorized to perform animal health activities.

14. Free Area. The counties, areas or districts not quarantined by the Division of Animal Industries for tuberculosis.

15. Herd. Any group of cattle, bison, goats, and domestic cervidae maintained on common ground, or two (2) or more groups of cattle, bison, goats, and domestic cervidae under common ownership or supervision that are geographically separated from other groups but can have an interchange or movement without regard to health status.

16. Herd Depopulation. The destruction of all cattle, bison, goats, and domestic cervidae exposed to bovine tuberculosis in a herd.

17. Interstate Movement. Movements of cattle, bison, goats, and domestic cervidae from Idaho into any other state, territory or the District of Columbia or from any other state, territory or the District of Columbia into Idaho.

18. Intrastate Movement. Movement of cattle, bison, goats, and domestic cervidae within Idaho.

19. Negative. Any cattle, bison, domestic cervidae, or goats that show no response to the tuberculin test, or are classified by the testing laboratory as negative for tuberculosis.

20. Official Tuberculin Test. A test for bovine tuberculosis, approved by APHIS, applied and reported by approved personnel in accordance with the UMR.

21. Public Stockyards. Premises where trading in cattle, bison, goats, and domestic cervidae is carried on, where yarding, feeding and watering places are provided by the stockyards or transportation companies, or where cattle, bison, goats, and domestic cervidae associations or similar companies maintain corrals for feeding, shearing, dipping and separating animals.

22. Quarantined Area. The counties, areas, or portions thereof, quarantined by the Division of Animal Industries for tuberculosis.

23. Quarantined. Isolation of all animals diseased or exposed thereto, from contact with healthy animals and exclusion of such healthy animals from enclosures or grounds where said diseased or exposed animals are, or have been kept.

24. Reactor. Any cattle, domestic cervidae, bison or goat that shows a response to an official tuberculosis test and is classified a reactor by the testing veterinarian or DTE; or any animal that is classified a reactor upon slaughter inspection or necropsy.

25. Restrain. The confinement of cattle, bison, goats, or domestic cervidae in a chute, or other device, for the purpose of efficiently, effectively, and safely inspecting, treating, vaccinating, or testing.

26. State Animal Health Official. The Administrator, or his designee, responsible for animal disease control and eradication activities.

27. Suspect. Any cattle, bison, domestic cervidae, or goat that shows a response to a tuberculin test as stated in the UMR for bovine tuberculosis, and is not classified a reactor.

28. Tuberculin. A product that is approved by, and produced under, USDA license for injection into cattle, bison, goats, and domestic cervidae for the purpose of detecting bovine tuberculosis.