New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 10 - LABORATORY SERVICES
Subchapter 1 - FEE SCHEDULE
Section 2:10-1.1 - Definitions
The following words and terms, as used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings. Words of art undefined in the following paragraphs shall have the meaning attributed to them by trade usage or general usage as reflected by definition in a standard dictionary, such as Webster's.
"Agglutination tests" means a test on serum to indicate presence of antibodies.
"AGID" means agar gel immunodiffusion test.
"Biopsy" means the gross and microscopic examination of tissue from an animal for the purpose of diagnosis.
"BLV" means bovine leukemia virus.
"BT" means bluetongue.
"CAE" means caprine arthroencephalitis.
"Case consultation" means the act of providing an opinion, or second opinion, on a veterinary diagnostic case at the request of an external organization or individual based on diagnostic information made available by such organization or individual.
"Cosmetic necropsy" means minimally invasive necropsy to examine internal organs and obtain necessary samples, so that the animal body retains a presentable condition for viewing.
"Decalcification" means softening of bones caused by removal of calcium ions to make bones amenable for histopathology examination.
"Domestic livestock" means cattle, horses, donkeys, swine, sheep, goats, rabbits, poultry, fowl, and any other domesticated animals as defined by NJ.S.A. 4:22-16.1.c and N.J.A.C. 2:8-1.2.
"EHD" means epizootic hemorrhagic disease.
"EHV" means equine herpes virus.
"ELISA" means enzyme linked immunosorbant assay or enzyme imunno-assay.
"FA" means fluorescent antibody techniques for agent identification in tissue.
"Forensic necropsy" means a necropsy procedure that attempts to establish the manner of death, any contributory causes, and if possible, the time of death. This type of necropsy is reserved for investigation of animal-related crimes or other situations that have legal implications and goes beyond standard necropsy in its objectives and relevance.
"H and E" means hematoxylin and eosin staining technique.
"HI" means hemagglutination-inhibition techniques (for example, influenza antibody, eastern, western, West Nile virus).
"Histology" means the microscopic examination of cells and the minute structure of tissues and organs.
"Histopathology" means the microscopic examination of cells and the minute structure of tissues and organs to study changes caused by disease.
"IFA" means indirect fluorescent antibody techniques that may be used for agent identification but mostly used to antibody determination.
"IgG" means immunoglobin G, a class of antibody.
"IgM" means immunoglobin Class M-an indicator of recent exposure.
"MAT" means microagglutination titer.
"MIC" means minimum inhibitory concentration.
"Necropsy" means a postmortem examination of the internal organs of a dead animal to determine the cause of death.
"OPP" means ovine progressive pneumonia.
"PCR" means polymerase chain reaction.
"Regulated medical waste" means animal waste as defined in N.J.A.C. 7:26-3A.6(a)5.
"SHI" means synergistic hemolysin inhibition.
"SN" means serum neutralization procedures (for example, equine herpes-1, equine viral arteritis).
"Special stains" means any staining technique other than H and E staining technique.
