Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Agriculture and Food
Title R58 - Animal Industry
Rule R58-1 - Admission, Identification, and Inspection of Livestock, Poultry, and Other Animals
Section R58-1-2 - Definitions

(1) "Accredited Veterinarian" means a veterinarian approved by the Deputy Administrator of Veterinary Services (VS), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), in accordance with 9 CFR 161 to perform functions required by cooperative state-federal disease control and eradication programs.

(2) "Animal identification number (AIN)" means a numbering system for the official identification of individual animals in the United States that provides a nationally unique identification number for each animal. The AIN consists of 15 digits, with the first three being the country code. The country code is 840 for the United States, or a unique country code may be used for any U.S. territory that has such a code and elects to use it in place of the 840 code.

(3) "Animals" means vertebrates, except humans.

(4) "Approved Livestock Market" means a livestock market that is licensed by the department under Title 4, Chapter 30, Livestock Markets.

(5) "Approved Slaughter Establishment" means a state or federally inspected slaughter establishment at which ante-mortem and postmortem inspection are conducted by state or federal inspectors.

(6) "Brand Inspection Certificate" means an official form, issued by a government agency or other agency responsible for animal identification in the state of origin, used to transfer the title of livestock, listing the identification marks of the animals as well as the consignor and consignee contact information.

(7) "Camelid" means a camel, llama, alpaca, guanaco, and vicuna.

(8) "Captive Cervidae" means a term referring to captive-bred members of the cervid family including caribou, reindeer, elk, and fallow deer, or any other captive-bred cervidae allowed with permission from the State Veterinarian and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

(9) "Certificate of Veterinary Inspection" means an official paper or electronic form completed by an accredited veterinarian that has examined the animal listed on the certificate and has completed any disease testing or vaccinations required.

(10) "Commuter herd" means a herd of cattle or bison moved interstate during normal livestock management operations and without change of ownership directly between two premises, as provided in a commuter herd agreement.

(11) "Commuter herd agreement" means a written agreement between the owner of a herd of cattle or bison and the animal health officials for the states or tribes of origin and destination specifying the conditions required for the interstate movement from one premises to another in the course of normal livestock management operations and specifying the period, up to one year, that the agreement is effective. A commuter herd agreement may be renewed annually.

(12) "Dairy cattle" means any cattle, regardless of age, sex, or current use, that are of a breed used to produce milk or other dairy products for human consumption.

(13) "Department" means the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food.

(14) "Designated Brucellosis surveillance area" means an area within a state designated by the animal health official of that state as an area of increased disease risk for bovine Brucellosis.

(15) "Direct Movement" means the movement of animals without unloading and enroute to their final destination, except for stops of less than 24 hours to feed, water, or rest the animals being moved, and without commingling with another producer's animals.

(16) "Exposed Animal" means an animal that has been in contact with, on the same premises as, or within a quarantine zone where animals with a contagious or communicable disease are present.

(17) "Flock-based number system" means the number system that combines a flock identification number (FIN) with a producer's unique livestock production numbering system to provide a nationally unique identification number for an animal.

(18) "Flock identification number (FIN)" means a nationally unique number assigned by a state, tribal, or federal animal health authority to a group of animals that are managed as a unit on one or more premises and are under the same ownership.

(19) "Gamebird" means any captive raised animal identified as a Pen-Reared Gamebird in Section R657-4-2.

(20) "Group or lot identification number (GIN)" means the identification number used to uniquely identify a "unit of animals" of the same species that are managed together as one group throughout the preharvest production chain.

(21) "Import Permit" means a number given by the department to the issuing veterinarian that is recorded on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection if required before the movement of the animals into the state.

(22) "Interstate movement" means the movement of animals from one state into or through any other state.

(23) "National Uniform Eartagging System (NUES)" means a numbering system for the official identification of individual animals in the United States that provides a nationally unique identification number for each animal.

(24) "Official calfhood vaccinate" means female bison or cattle vaccinated by a USDA Veterinary Services representative, state certified technician, or accredited veterinarian with an approved dose of RB51 vaccine or other USDA approved agent while from 4 to 12 months of age in accordance with its labeling. These cattle shall be properly identified by official tattoos and ear tags or registration tattoos.

(25) "Official ear tag" means an identification tag approved by the department that bears an official identification number for individual animals. The official ear tag shall be tamper-resistant and have a high retention rate in the animal.

(26) "Official identification device or method" means a means approved by the department of applying an official identification number to an animal of a specific species or associating an official identification number with an animal or group of animals of a specific species or otherwise officially identifying an animal or group of animals.

(27) "Official identification number" means a nationally unique number that is permanently associated with an animal or group of animals.

(28) "Officially identified" means identified using an official identification device or method approved by the department.

(29) "Poultry" means domestic fowl including chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, peafowl, pigeons, and ratites or other captive-bred birds not listed in Section R657-4-2 that are bred for the primary purposes of producing eggs or meat whether kept for production or exhibition.

(30) "Premises identification number (PIN)" means a nationally unique number assigned by a state, tribal, or federal animal health authority to a premise that are, in the judgment of the state, tribal, or federal animal health authority a geographically distinct location from other premises.

(31) "Qualified feedlot" means a feedlot approved by the department to handle cattle confined to a dry lot area that is used to upgrade or finish feeding animals going only to slaughter or another qualified feedlot. Animals shall be kept separate from other animals not destined for slaughter.

(32) "Quarantine" means a verbal or written restriction of movement of animals into or out of an area or premise, issued by a state animal health official.

(33) "Reactor" means any animal that has been determined by an epidemiologist to be infected with Brucellosis or Tuberculosis based on test results, herd or flock history, or culture results.

(34) "Suspect" means any animal that may be infected with a contagious, infectious, or communicable disease based on test results or herd or flock history but not confirmed by official laboratory tests.

(35) "Travel permit" means a permit issued by the department for show horses and mules instead of a brand inspection certificate. Travel permits do not exempt horses from health requirements as described in Section R58-1-6.

(36) "United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved backtag" means a backtag issued by APHIS that provides a temporary unique identification for each animal.