New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 21 - AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING
Chapter 30 - ANIMALS AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part 6 - BOVINE TRICHOMONIASIS
Section 21.30.6.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. "Acceptable specimen" means a specimen determined satisfactory for diagnostic testing by the testing laboratory, including complete documentation.

B. "Accredited veterinarian" means an individual who is currently licensed to practice veterinary medicine and is accredited by the United States department of agriculture, animal plant health inspection service, veterinary services in the state of New Mexico.

C. "Agent" means the executive director, deputy director, veterinarian, livestock inspector or employee of the board.

D. "Approved laboratory" means any laboratory designated and approved by the state veterinarian for examining T. foetus samples.

E. "Approved veterinarian" means an accredited veterinarian who has attended trichomoniasis training that is approved by the New Mexico state veterinarian. Such training must include preputial sampling, sample handling and shipping, appropriate record keeping and official bull trichomoniasis identification. A trained and certified designee, in the employ of the veterinarian of record for a New Mexico licensed sale yard, may work under the guidance of said approved veterinarian. These lay trich testers are limited to working at licensed New Mexico sale yards.

F. "Board" means the New Mexico livestock board.

G. "Bovine" means any sexually intact male or female animal of the genus bos.

H. "Certificate of veterinary inspection (CVI)" means the form issued by the state of origin that records the consignor, consignee, identity, origin, destination and health status of animals, issued by an accredited veterinarian of that state. It is commonly known as a health certificate.

I. "Commingle" means bovids of opposite sex and belonging to different owners in the same enclosure or pasture with a reasonable opportunity for sexual contact.

J. "Complete bull herd test" means an official T. foetus test from each non-virgin bull in the herd.

K. "Confined feeding" means a dry lot feeding facility (not grazing) where there is no sexual contact among bovine therein.

L. "Direct slaughter" means transporting an animal to a slaughter plant without unloading prior to arrival at the slaughter plant.

M. "Disease management plan" means a plan developed to eradicate the disease from a positive herd. The disease management plan will be developed by the producer and shall be approved by the state veterinarian.

N. "Exposed herd" means a herd adjacent to a premises occupied by an affected herd, herds sharing common pasture or having contact with affected herd(s) as determined by the state veterinarian.

O. "Herd" means the group of animals consisting of all bovines over 12 months of age (male and female) which have commingled during the last 12 months.

P. "Import permit" means a document issued by the state veterinarian's office authorizing specific livestock movements into New Mexico. Permits expire 30 days after issuance and are not transferable.

Q. "'N' brand" means the official brand registered to New Mexico livestock board, used to designate any livestock which must be shipped to slaughter or an approved feedlot.

R. "Negative T. foetus bull" means a bull which qualifies by one of the following:

S. "Negative T. foetus herd" means a herd which has received a complete bull herd test with negative results within the last 12 months.

T. "New Mexico commuter permit" means a permit issued by the New Mexico state veterinarian's office to New Mexico livestock producers who utilize pasture lands and other livestock operations in one or multiple states that are contiguous with New Mexico.

U. "Official T. foetus bull test" means the sampling of the preputial content of a bull by a licensed, accredited and T. foetus test certified veterinarian or a veterinarian from the New Mexico livestock board. Such test must be conducted after at least one week separation from all female bovine. The bull and sample must be positively and individually identified and documented for laboratory submission. The official laboratory test shall be a genetic based test such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR), either standard or real time, or other technologies as approved by the state veterinarian. Test is not considered official until results are reported by the testing laboratory.

V. "Official T. foetus laboratory testing" means the laboratory procedures that shall be approved by the state veterinarian for identification of T. foetus.

W. "Positive T. foetus bull" means a bull that has had a positive T. foetus test.

X. "Positive T. foetus herd" means the group of all bovines which have had any opportunity for sexual contact in the previous breeding season and in which any animal (male or female) has had a positive diagnosis for T. foetus.

Y. "Quarantine" means movement restriction issued by a New Mexico livestock inspector that shall be placed on all cattle in a positive T. foetus herd. Such restriction shall specify the identity of the animals and the premises where the animals shall be confined.

Z. "Quarantine feedlot" means a dry lot feeding facility approved by the state veterinarian where positive T. foetus bulls or bovine females from a positive T. foetus herd may be fed prior to slaughter and there is no sexual contact with the opposite sex bovine.

AA. "Quarantine release" means that a herd has completed all regulatory requirements to eliminate T. foetus infection in that herd and is no longer classified as a positive herd.

BB. "Regulatory veterinarian" means the state veterinarian or his designee. This may be a state or USDA employed veterinarian or any accredited veterinarian holding a current state license.

CC. "State veterinarian" means the veterinarian designated by the New Mexico livestock board.

DD. "Suspect T. foetus bull" means a bull from a positive T. foetus herd that has not yet had three consecutive negative official T. foetus bull tests.

EE. "Tritrichomonas foetus (or T. foetus" means a protozoan parasite that is the causative agent to the contagious venereal disease trichomoniasis. The disease exhibits as infertility, pyometra, abortions and reproductive inefficiency in the female bovine.

FF. "Unacceptable sample" means a sample that is deemed not diagnostic by the official testing laboratory.

GG. "Virgin bull" means a sexually intact male bovine less than 12 months of age.