Section R. 287.701 - DefinitionsRule 1. As used in these rules:
(a) "Act" means Act No. 466 of the Public Acts of 1988, as amended, being S287.701 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws.(b) "Cattle importation lot" means a premises used only to feed, in preparation for slaughter, non-native cattle that are capable of reproduction that do not meet the importation requirements for breeding and dairy purposes. Livestock confined to a cattle importation lot are not eligible to achieve native status.(c) "Commingle" means concurrently or subsequently sharing or subsequent use by native livestock of the same pen or pens or same section or sections in a facility or same section or sections in a transportation unit or units where there is physical contact with other livestock or contact with bodily excrements or fluids from other livestock.(d) "Department" means the Michigan department of agriculture.(e) "EIA" means equine infectious anemia.(f) "Official (vaccination) ear tag" means an ear tag that conforms to the 9 character alpha-numeric national uniform ear-tagging system.(g) "USDA" means the United States department of agriculture.(h) "USDA, APHIS, VS" means the United States department of agriculture, animal and plant health inspection service, veterinary services.Mich. Admin. Code R. 287.701