New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 21 - AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING
Chapter 35 - LIVESTOCK MARKETING
Part 3 - HUMANE HANDLING OF LIVESTOCK BY LIVESTOCK MARKETS AND FACILITIES
Section 21.35.3.7 - DEFINITIONS

Universal Citation: 21 NM Admin Code 21.35.3.7

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. "Animal" means livestock including cattle, sheep, swine, bison, goats, horses, mules, asses, poultry, ratites, camelids and farmed cervidae.

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

C. "Facilities" means livestock markets, stockyards, market agencies, dealers, rest stations and rendering plants.

D. "Humanely euthanized" means to kill by mechanical method (gunshot or captive bolt) or chemical method that rapidly and effectively renders the animal insensitive to pain.

E. "Livestock market" means any facility in the state of New Mexico, which is used for the purpose of holding consignment sales of livestock.

F. "Non-ambulatory animal" means an animal that is unable to stand and walk without assistance.

G. "Operator" means a person in control of the management or operation of a livestock auction market, including a licensee under Article 10 of Chapter 77.

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