North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 02 - AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Chapter 52 - VETERINARY
Subchapter L - FARMED CERVIDS
Section .0100 - FARMED CERVID LICENSE AND PERMIT
Section 52L .0102 - DEFINITIONS
Universal Citation: 02 NC Admin Code 52L .0102
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) The definitions in the regulations and standards set forth in 02 NCAC 52L .0101 shall apply to such terms when used in this Subchapter, to the extent that they do not conflict with G.S. 106-549.97(a)(1) or Paragraph (b) of this Rule.
(b) The following definitions apply to this Subchapter:
(1) "APHIS" means the United States
Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
(2) "Carcass" means the head, the whole
animal, or tissue sample extracted in accordance with the USDA Standards,
9 C.F.R.
55.8 and
9 C.F.R. 55.23(b).
(3) "Certified Herd" means any herd that has
reached Certified status under an Approved State Chronic Wasting Disease Herd
Certification Program as determined by the USDA in accordance with
9 C.F.R.
55.23(a) and
9 C.F.R. 55.24(a).
(4) "CWD Testing" means official Chronic
Wasting Disease ("CWD") testing in accordance with the USDA Standards, (6.2)
Official CWD Test, and 9
C.F.R. 55.8.
(5) "Diagnostic Laboratory" means the North
Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Veterinary Diagnostic
Laboratory System.
(6) "Facility"
means a facility for farmed cervids.
(7) "Fawns" or "calves" means cervids under
one year of age.
(8) "Herd
Certification Program" means the North Carolina Farmed Cervid Herd
Certification Program.
(9) "ICVI"
means interstate certificate of veterinary inspection.
(10) "Licensed Facility" means any facility
associated with a farmed cervid license.
(11) "Licensee" means a person issued a
farmed cervid license in accordance with the rules of this Subchapter and
includes designees named by the licensee.
(12) "Non-susceptible species" means Cervidae
that are not known to be naturally susceptible to CWD.
(13) "Officially Identified" means
identification in accordance with
9 CFR
55.25.
(14) "Susceptible species" means Cervidae
that are known to be naturally susceptible to CWD.
(15) "Temporary Exhibit" means a public
display of farmed cervids including animal acts, educational displays,
carnivals, circuses, parades, shopping center displays, and zoos, whether
operated for profit or not.
(16)
"Veterinary Division" means the Veterinary Division of the North Carolina
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
(c) Farmed cervids are livestock in accordance with 9 C.F.R. 86.1.
Authority
G.S.
106-549.97(a2);
Eff. June 1, 2018;
Amended Eff. May 1,
2022.
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