Ariz. Admin. Code § 3-2-101

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section R3-2-101 - Definitions

In addition to the definitions provided in A.R.S. §§ 3-1201, 3-1451, and 3-1771, the following terms apply to this Chapter:

"Accredited veterinarian" means a veterinarian approved by the State Veterinarian and USDA Area Veterinarian In Charge (A.V.I.C.) to perform functions required by cooperative State-Federal animal disease control and eradication programs. "Animal" means livestock, bison, dogs, cats, rabbits, rodents, aquatic animals, game animals, furbearing and wildlife mammals, poultry and psittacines.

"APHIS" means the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. "Beef cattle" means all cattle other than dairy cattle.

"Certificate of Veterinary Inspection" or "CVI" means a legible record that is issued by a VS animal health official, state animal health official, or accredited veterinarian at the point of origin of a shipment of animals, conforms to the requirements of R3-2-606, and is written on a form approved by the chief animal health official of the state of origin or an equivalent form of the USDA attesting that the animal described has been inspected and found to meet the Arizona entry requirements.

"Dairy cattle" means any domesticated bovine dairy animal or crosses of the Bos genus that show at least 50 percent phenotypic characteristics of a dairy breed, including; Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Canadienne, Dutch Belt, Holstein, Jersey, Guernsey, Kerry, Milking Devon, Milking Shorthorn, or Norwegian Red.

"Designated feedlot" means a feedlot containing a confined drylot area under state quarantine that is approved and authorized by the State Veterinarian; contains a restricted feeding pen; and is maintained for finish feeding of cattle or bison that do not meet the brucellosis or tuberculosis import test requirements.

"Entry permit number" or "Import permit number" means a serialized number issued by the State Veterinarian's Office that conforms to the requirements of this chapter and allows the regulated movement of certain animals into Arizona.

"Equine Infectious Anemia" or "EIA" means an infectious, noncontagious, and potentially fatal viral disease of members of equine caused by a RNA virus classified in the Lentivirus genus, family Retroviridae.

"Official Identification" as defined in 9 CFR 71.19(b) as revised on January 1, 2018 for swine; 9 CFR 79.2(a)(2) as revised on January 1, 2018 for sheep and goats; and 9 CFR 86.4 as revised on January 1, 2018 for cattle.

"Poultry" means any bird except psittacine, whether live or dead, including but not limited to chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, guineas, ratites, squabs, and any exotic birds not regulated as restricted wildlife by the Arizona Game and Fish Department. The definition "poultry" also includes hatching eggs, which are fertilized eggs produced by breeding poultry.

"Psittacine" means a bird belonging to the family Psittacidae, which includes macaws, parakeets, and parrots.

"USDA" means the United States Department of Agriculture.

"VS" means the Veterinary Services branch of APHIS.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R3-2-101

Reserved Section R3-2-101 renumbered from R3-9-101 (Supp. 91-4). New Section adopted effective September 11, 1996 (Supp. 96-3). Section R3-2-101 recodified to R3-2-1101(Supp. 97-1). New Section adopted effective May 7, 1997 (Supp. 97-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 876, effective May 3, 2008 (Supp. 08-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 26 A.A.R. 781, effective 6/8/2020.