Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department
Chapter 64 - Infectious and Contagious Diseases
Rule 21-64.185 - Definitions

Terms used in these rules are defined as follows:

"Affectedpoultry flock" means a poultry flock from which any animal has been diagnosed as infected with LPAI and which is not in Cornpliance with the provisions of the control program for LPAI as described in this chapter

"Approved laboratory" means the Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Ames, Iowa, or other American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD) accredited laboratory, including the National Veterinary Services Laboratory, Ames, Iowa.

"Designated epidemiologist" means a state veterinarian who has demonstrated the knowledge and ability to perform the functions required under these rules and who has been selected by the state veterinarian.

"House/housing facilities " means the individual barn that houses the poultry.

"Individual flock plan " means a written flock management and testing plan that is designed by the flock owner, the owner's veterinarian, if requested, and a designated epidemiologist to identify and eradicate LPAI from an affected or exposed flock and to prevent the spread of the disease to an adjacent flock.

"Low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) " means an infectious, contagious disease of poultry caused by Type A influenza virus. For the purposes of these rules, LPAI shall include only subtypes identified as H5 or H7.

"LPAI affected" means a designation applied to poultry diagnosed as infected with LPAI based on laboratory results, clinical signs, or epidemiologic investigation.

"LPAI suspect" means a designation applied to poultry for which laboratory evidence or clinical signs suggest a diagnosis of LPAI but for which laboratory results are inconclusive.

"Monitored LPAI poultry flock" means a flock of poultry that is in Cornpliance with the surveillance and testing procedures set forth in these rules.

"Official avian influenza test" means an approved test conducted at a laboratory approved to diagnose avian influenza.

"Poultry" means Cornmercial egg-laying and meat-producing chickens and Cornmercial turkeys. "Poultry" also means breeder flocks.

"Poultry flock" means a group of poultry, generally of the same age, that are hatched, housed, managed, and sold together as one unit.

"Quarantine " means an imposed restriction prohibiting movement of poultry to any location without specific written permits.

"Slaughter/disposal" means the removal or depopulation of the poultry flock.