Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 32 - LIVESTOCK
Chapter 32.3 - DISEASE CONTROL
Subchapter 32.3.2 - Importation of Animals and Semen Into Montana
Rule 32.3.201 - DEFINITIONS

(a) "Animals" means livestock, dogs, cats, rabbits, rodents, game animals, furbearing and wild mammals, poultry, and other birds.

(b) "Brucellosis test-eligible goat" means all sexually intact goats six months of age or older.

(c) "Dairy cattle" means cattle of dairy breeds or dairy types that may at some time be used for the production of milk or milk products for human consumption.

(d) "Dairy goats" means goats of dairy breeds or dairy types that may at some time be used for the production of milk or milk products for human consumption.

(e) "Health certificate" means a certificate of veterinary inspection issued on an official health certificate form of the state of origin or an equivalent form of the U.S. Department of Agriculture attesting that the animals described thereon have been visually inspected and found to meet the entry requirements of the state of Montana. In addition, the health certificate shall conform to the requirements of ARM 32.3.206.

(f) "Licensed equine-approved feedlot" means a facility with specific exemptions to the equine import requirements in ARM 32.3.216 and that has on file with the department an approved and signed MOU.

(g) "Livestock" means cattle, horses, mules, asses, sheep, swine, goats, domestic bison, camelids, and ratites.

(h) "Montana-approved bull stud" means a licensed facility that meets the requirements in ARM 32.3.220.

(i) "Originate from" means animals have resided for 60 days or more in the state or zone from which they are being shipped into Montana.

(j) "Permit" means an official number issued by the Montana Department of Livestock after proper application which allows the movement of animals or biologics into Montana. In addition, the permit shall conform to the requirements of ARM 32.3.207.

(k) "Poultry" means domesticated birds including, but not limited to, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, guinea fowl, pigeons, and pheasants.

(l) "Sporting bovine" means bucking bull, steer-wrestling steer, or roping bovine.

(m) "Tuberculosis test-eligible bison" means all domestic bison two months of age and over.

(n) "Tuberculosis test-eligible cattle" means all cattle two months of age and older.

(o) "Tuberculosis test-eligible goat" means all sexually intact goats two months of age and older.

(p) "Virgin bull" means a sexually intact male bovine less than 12 months of age or a sexually intact male bovine 12 to 24 months of age that is accompanied by a signed affidavit from the owner or manager as having had no potential breeding contact with sexually intact female cattle.