New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 21 - AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING
Chapter 34 - DAIRY AND EGG PRODUCERS
Part 20 - NEW MEXICO PULLORUM-TYPHOID CONTROL PROGRAM
Section 21.34.20.7 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. "Authorized Field Testing Agent" means any person who has received appropriate training and has been certified as an official state Pullorum-Typhoid testing agent by the Official Agency of the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP).
B. "National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) " means the cooperative state-federal program through which new technology can be effectively applied to the improvement of poultry breeding stock and hatchery products through the control of certain hatchery disseminated diseases.
C. "Official State Agency" means the New Mexico Livestock Board. In New Mexico, the New Mexico Livestock Board is the "Official State Agency" of the NPIPand, by memorandum of understanding with the board, the New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service.
D. "Poultry" means domesticated fowl, including chickens, turkeys, waterfowl, game birds, guinea fowl, and other species which are bred for the purpose of producing eggs or meat, except doves, pigeons, and ratites.
E. "Pullorum" means a disease of poultry caused by Salmonella pullorum.
F. "Typhoid" means a disease of poultry caused by Salmonella gallinarum.
G. "VS Form 9-2" means the Flock Selecting and Testing Report provided by the NPIP. Forms are available from the Official State Agency.
H. "VS Form 9-3" means the Report of Sales of Hatching Eggs, Chicks, and Pullets provided by the NPIP. Forms are available from the Official State Agency.
I. "VS Form 17-6" means the Certificate for Poultry or Hatching Eggs for Export. The forms are available from USDA-APHIS-VS, or the Official State Agency.
