New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 2 - DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAM
Subchapter 1 - REPORTABLE DISEASES
Section 2:2-1.1 - Enumeration of diseases and agents contagious, infectious, or hazardous to the health of livestock, poultry, aquaculture, or animals raised for fur

(a) The following words and terms, as used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Aquaculture" means the propagation, rearing and subsequent harvesting of aquatic organisms in controlled or selected environment, and their subsequent processing, packaging and marketing, and shall include, but need not be limited to, activities to intervene in the rearing process to increase production such as stocking, feeding, transplanting and providing for protection from predators.

"Aquatic organism" means an animal or plant of any species or hybrid thereof and includes gametes, seeds, eggs, sperm, larvae, juvenile and adult stages any of which is required to be in water during that stage of its life. This definition does not include birds and mammals.

"Aquatic species" means any species of fish, mollusk, crustacean, other aquatic invertebrate, amphibian, reptile or aquatic plant, but is not limited to fish and fishes.

"Cattle" includes cattle, calves, bison, buffalo and other domesticated Bovinae.

"Foreign animal disease (FAD)" is defined as an important transmissible livestock or poultry disease believed to be absent from the United States and its territories that has a potential significant health or economic impact.

"Hog Cholera" means Classical Swine Fever. "Horses" includes horses, ponies, donkeys and mules and miniature breeds.

"Livestock" means cattle, horses, swine, small ruminants, rabbits and poultry.

"Poultry" includes chickens, roosters, capons, hens, ducks, geese, turkeys, pigeon and guinea fowl (N.J.S.A. 4:5-94) and ratites (N.J.S.A. 4:2-17).

"Rabbits" include all rabbit breeds used or intended for food or fiber.

"Select agents (S. agent)" are biological agents and toxins that have the potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety.

"Small ruminants" include sheep, goats, llama, alpaca, and farm-raised cervidae.

"Swine" include domestic and exotic porcine breeds.

"USDA-APHIS" means the United States Department of Agriculture-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service which is responsible for protecting and promoting United States agricultural health, protecting America's animal and plant resources from agricultural pests and diseases, threats to our food supply, administering the Animal Welfare Act, and carrying out wildlife damage management activities.

"USDA HCLD" means United States Department of Agriculture list of High Consequence Livestock Diseases whichinclude agents or toxins deemed a severe threat to animal or plant health or products.

"World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)" is an intergovernmental organization created by the International Agreement of January 25, 1924, signed by 28 countries, to ensure transparency in the global animal disease situation, to collect, analyze, and disseminate veterinary scientific information, to provide expertise and encourage international solidarity in the control of animal diseases, within its mandate pursuant to the World Trade Organization SPS (Sanitary/PhytoSanitary) Agreement, to safeguard world trade by publishing health standards for international trade in animals and animal products, and to improve the legal framework and resources of national veterinary services.

(b) The following diseases and agents are designated as a particular and dangerous menace to the animal health of the State. The chart below identifies categories of diseases and identifies the source location for these diseases. Diseases may be included on several or none of these lists. Those diseases not included on any list remain significant to animal health in the State of New Jersey and are therefore included in the chart.

(c) In addition to the diseases listed at (b) above, all other foreign animal diseases and emerging diseases that pose a threat to the health of livestock, poultry, aquaculture, or animals raised for fur in the State as designated by USDA APHIS Title 9 CFR, CDC, WOAH, or USDA APHIS emergency declarations must also be reported.