South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 12 - Department of Agriculture
Article 12:68 - Disease control and meat inspection
Chapter 12:68:01 - Definitions
Section 12:68:01:01 - Definitions

(1) "Authorized testing agent" means a person employed by a hatchery to perform the pullorum typhoid test;

(2) "Baby poultry" means newly hatched poultry that have not been fed or watered;

(3) "Biological" means any product to be used in animals for the prevention or treatment of disease, including serums, vaccines, bacterins, and viruses, any parts of any of these, and any diagnostic testing materials for animal disease;

(4) "Blood test" means one of the following blood tests for pullorum typhoid: the standard agglutination test or the rapid serum test for all classes of poultry, or the stained antigen rapid whole blood test for all classes of poultry, except turkeys;

(5) "Boar" means male non-neutered swine over six months of age;

(6) "Board" means the South Dakota Animal Industry Board;

(7) "Bovine tuberculosis" means a disease in cattle caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis bovis;

(8) "Bovine tuberculosis eradication" means the complete elimination of bovine tuberculosis from cattle in a state, so that it does not appear unless introduced from another species or from outside the state;

(9) "Cattle" means domestic bovine animals of all ages;

(10) "Direct supervision" means the process of being under the direction and inspection of an agent of the board;

(11) "Direct to slaughter" means the shipment of livestock from the premises of origin to a slaughter establishment, without diversion to assembly points such as auctions, public stockyards, and feedlots;

(12) "Domesticated fowl" means any fowl that, through long association with man, has been bred to a degree that resulted in genetic changes affecting the temperament, color, conformation, or other attributes of the species, thereby making it unique and different from wild individuals of its kind;

(13) "Flock" means all poultry maintained and segregated for more than 21 days on one premises;

(14) "Hatchery" means buildings and equipment on one premises operated or controlled for the production of baby poultry;

(15) "Hatching eggs" means eggs produced by poultry to be used for hatching;

(16) "Herd" means a group of cattle maintained on common ground for any purpose, or two or more groups of cattle that are under common ownership or supervision, and geographically separated, but that have an interchange of cattle without regard to health status;

(17) "Herd depopulation" means the removal of all cattle on a premises direct to slaughter;

(18) "Official identification" means a manner of identification defined in 9 C.F.R. § 86.1 (January 1, 2021) or other means of marking livestock authorized by the board;

(19) "Multiplier breeding flock" means a flock that is intended for the production of hatching eggs used to proide baby poultry for commercial egg and meat production or for other nonbreeding purposes;

(20) "United States Department of Agriculture approved backtag" means a means of identification described in 9 C.F.R. § 86.1 (January 1, 2021);

(21) "Certificate of veterinary inspection" means a document that has been designated by the state of origin as the form for certifying the health status of livestock exported from that state;

(22) "Owner" means the legal owner, the owner's agents, and the person in possession of or caring for livestock referred to;

(23) "Person" means a natural person, firm, or corporation;

(24) "Poultry" means all domestic and nondomestic fowl;

(25) "Primary breeding flock" means a flock that is maintained for the purpose of establishing, continuing, or improving parent lines;

(26) "Premises under quarantine" means a confined area under the direct supervision and control of a state livestock health official who establishes procedures to account for all animals entering or leaving the premises;

(27) "Registration tattoo" means an official registry tattoo number that has been recorded with a recognized breed registry association;

(28) "Sow" means a female swine over six months of age;

(29) "Started poultry" means poultry that have been fed and watered and are less than six months of age;

(30) "State inspector" means an authorized agent of the board;

(31) "Surveillance" means all measures used to detect the presence of disease in livestock;

(32) "Testing agent" means a person who is authorized by the board to perform the rapid whole blood pullorum typhoid test and collect specimens from poultry for diagnostic purposes;

(33) "U.S. pullorum typhoid clean" means flocks or fowl certified as meeting the U.S. pullorum typhoid clean standard, as prescribed in 9 C.F.R. Part 145 (January 1, 2021); and

(34) "Veterinarian" means a person who is licensed to practice veterinary medicine within the state and who is approved by the United States Department of Agriculture in accordance with 9 C.F.R. Subchapter J, Part 161 (January 1, 2021), to perform functions specified in 9 C.F.R. § 160.1 (January 1, 2021).