8 Colo. Code Regs. § 1201-16, pt. 1

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 22, November 25, 2024

Part 1 - Definitions

1.1. "Administrator" means The Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or any person authorized to act for the Administrator.

1.2. "Animal" means a domestic sheep or goat.

1.3. "Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)" means the agency in the United States Department of Agriculture known as the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

1.4. "Breeding animal" means a sexually intact sheep or goat of any age.

1.5. "Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (CVI)" means an official document issued by an accredited veterinarian at the point of origin of a shipment of livestock. The document shall include the date; the physical location of origin; the name and mailing address of the consignor; the physical location of the destination; the name and mailing address of the consignee; the age, sex, number, and breed of the livestock; sufficient identification marks, tags or other identification as may be approved by the State Veterinarian, to positively identify livestock; and the results of all required tests. Such document shall also include a statement verifying that the livestock identified on the document have been inspected and that they are free from clinical signs of any contagious, infectious, or communicable diseases and that the livestock do not originate from an area of quarantine, infestation, or infection. A certificate of veterinary inspection is valid for thirty (30) days after the date of issuance.

1.6. "Commuter agreement" means a form, approved by the Colorado State Veterinarian and the state veterinarian of the contiguous state, that establishes an agreement between Colorado and a contiguous state to enable livestock owners, managers, or operators to move livestock across state borders for grazing purposes and to return to the state of origin.

1.7. "Country mark" means a permanent mark identifying a sheep or goat to its country of origin.

1.8. "Exposed animal" means:

1.8.1. Any animal that has been in the same flock at the same time as a scrapie-positive female animal, excluding limited contacts; or

1.8.2. Any animal born in a flock after a scrapie-positive animal was born into that flock or lambed in that flock, if born before that flock completes the requirements of a flock plan; or

1.8.3. Any animal that was commingled with a scrapie-positive female animal during or up to 30 days after she lambed, kidded, or aborted, or while a visible vaginal discharge was present, or that was commingled with any other scrapie-positive female animal for 24 hours or more, including during activities such as shows and sales or while in marketing channels; or

1.8.4. Any animal in a noncompliant flock.

1.9. "Feeder sheep and goats" means animals under 18 months of age not to be used for reproductive purposes and maintained for feeding and slaughter channels only.

1.10. "Flock" or "herd" means all animals maintained on any single premises, or multiple premises with animal movement or interchange between the premises.

1.11. "Flock plan" means a written flock management agreement signed by the owner of a flock, the accredited veterinarian who provides veterinary services for the owner, and a State or APHIS representative in which each signor agrees to undertake actions specified in the flock plan to control the spread of scrapie from, and eradicate scrapie in, an infected flock or source flock or to reduce the risk of the occurrence of scrapie in a flock that contains a high-risk or an exposed animal.

1.12. "Genetic tests for scrapie resistance" means DNA genotyping of sheep for genes associated with scrapie resistance at Codon 171 and may also include Codon 136. To be used in regulatory activities, all genetic tests must be collected by an accredited veterinarian or State or Federal animal health official, must occur at a laboratory approved for such purposes by the USDA, must be submitted on forms approved by the USDA and must be on animals identified with USDA approved methods. At present, no genetic test for scrapie resistance is valid for goats.

1.13. "Genetically resistant animal" means a sheep that tests RR or QR at Codon 171.

1.14. "Genetically resistant to valine scrapie" means a sheep that tests AA at Codon 136. This does not apply to goats.

1.15. "Genetically susceptible genotype animal" means sheep that test QQ at Codon 171.

1.16. "Genetically susceptible to valine scrapie" means any sheep that tests VV or AV at Codon 136. 1.17 "Goat" means any animal of the genus Capra.

1.18. "High risk animal" means any goat or a genetically susceptible female sheep that is:

(1) the progeny of a scrapie-positive dam;

(2) born in the same flock during the same lambing season as progeny of a scrapie-positive dam; or

(3) a scrapie susceptible animal that has been present in a flock and has been exposed to amniotic fluid of a scrapie positive dam. Any goat in an infected flock is considered a high risk animal.

1.19. "Infected flock" means any flock in which the State Veterinarian has determined that a scrapie positive female sheep has resided unless an epidemiological investigation conducted by the State Veterinarian or APHIS representative shows that the ewe did not lamb or abort in the flock. The USDA designation of a "source" flock shall be included in the infected flock definition for this regulation.

1.20. "Killed and completely destroyed" means killed or maintained under quarantine in a manner preventing disease spread until the animal is no longer living; and the remains have been disposed of in a manner preventing disease spread.

1.21. "Limited contacts" means incidental contacts between animals from different flocks off the flock's premises such as at fairs, shows, exhibitions and sales; between ewes being inseminated, flushed, or implanted; or between rams at ram test or collection stations.

1.22. "Live-animal screening test" means any test for the diagnosis of scrapie in a live animal that is approved by the USDA.

1.23. "Noncompliant flock" means:

1.23.1. Any source or infected flock whose owner declines to enter into a flock plan or post-exposure management and monitoring plan agreement within 30 days of being so designated, or whose owner is not in compliance with either agreement;

1.23.2. Any exposed flock whose owner fails to make animals available for testing within 60 days of notification, or as mutually agreed, or whose owner fails to submit required postmortem samples;

1.23.3. Any flock whose owner has misrepresented, or who employs a person who has misrepresented, the scrapie status of an animal or any other information on a certificate, permit, owner statement, or other official document within the last 5 years; or

1.23.4. Any flock whose owner or manager has moved, or who employs a person who has moved, an animal in violation of this chapter within the last 5 years.

1.24. "Official identification" means an identification mark or device approved by APHIS for use in the Scrapie Eradication Program.

1.25. "Official Test" means any test for the diagnosis of scrapie in a live or dead animal that is approved by the Administrator of APHIS for that use and conducted either at an approved laboratory or at NVSL.

1.26. "Post Exposure Management and Monitoring Plan (PEMMP)" means a written agreement signed by the owner of a flock, any accredited veterinarian who provides veterinary services for the owner, and a State or APHIS representative in which each participant agrees to undertake actions specified in the agreement to reduce the risk of the occurrence of scrapie and to monitor for the occurrence of scrapie in the flock for at least 5 years after the last high-risk or scrapie-positive animal is removed from the flock or after the last exposure of the flock to a scrapie-positive animal unless the monitoring time is otherwise specified by a State or APHIS representative. As part of a PEMMP, the flock owner must provide the facilities and personnel needed to carry out the required elements listed in the plan.

1.27. "Scrapie" means a non-febrile, transmissible, insidious, degenerative disease affecting the central nervous system, and is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) found in sheep and goats.

1.28. "Scrapie-positive" means an animal that has tested positive through an official test.

1.29. "Scrapie Eradication Program" means the cooperative State-Federal program administered by APHIS and Consistent States to control and eradicate scrapie.

1.30. "Sheep" means any animal of the genus Ovis.

1.31. "State Veterinarian" means the veterinarian designated by the Commissioner of the Colorado Department of Agriculture as the director of the Division of Animal Health, Colorado Department of Agriculture.

1.32. "Source Flock" means a flock in which a State or APHIS representative has determined that at least one animal in that flock was born that was diagnosed as a scrapie-positive animal at an age of 72 months or less.

1.33. "USDA" means the United States Department of Agriculture.

1.34. "Veterinary Services (VS)" means the division of APHIS charged with animal health activities within the United States.

8 CCR 1201-16, pt. 1

40 CR 20, October 25, 2017, effective 11/30/2017

45 CR 13, July 10, 2022, effective 7/30/2022