N.M. Admin. Code § 21.32.4.7

Current through Register Vol. 36, No. 1, January 14, 2025

Section 21.32.4.7 - DEFINITIONS

A."Board" means the New Mexico livestock board.

B."Director" means the executive director of the New Mexico livestock board.

C."Holstein cross" means bovines that have some percentage of holstein or other dairy breed in their genetic lineage.

D."Inspector" means any duly authorized or commissioned officer of the livestock board.

E."Livestock or animal" means cattle, sheep, swine, bison, goats, horses, mules, asses, poultry, ratites, camelids and farmed cervidae.

F."New Mexico Livestock" means any livestock raised or pastured or fed within the state of New Mexico.

G."Person" means an individual, partnership, association or operation.

H."Quarantine" or "quarantined area" means any area within the state of New Mexico whose physical boundaries have been established by order of the board or a duly authorized agent of the board for the purpose of controlling the movement of livestock to prevent the spread of disease.

I."Quarantined livestock" means any livestock found by the board or its duly authorized agent to be exposed or affected by a contagious or infectious disease and the order of restricted movement is imposed.

J."Sealed vehicle" means a vehicle for transporting livestock that has its gates or doors closed and which gates or doors have an attached strip of metal, which is numbered for identification. The metal strip is attached to the gates or doors in a manner that would break the "seal" if the vehicle were to be opened.

K."Telephone permit" means the authorization to transport livestock to an approved New Mexico auction without prior inspection, by use of a confidential number issued to the owner or owner's agent, which identifies the specific animals and shipment to a specific auction.

L."Transient livestock" means livestock transported through the state of New Mexico from another state or country whose destination is not within the state of New Mexico.

M."Transient livestock with New Mexico destination" means livestock imported in the state of New Mexico from another state or country or being transported within the state and not having reached the final destination for feed or pasture purpose.

N."Universal swine earnotch (1-3-9) system" means the system of cutting notches in the ears of swine, at specific locations on the ear, which correspond to number values. The notches' values added together provide identification numbers for the pig. The right ear's value shall be the litter number. The left ear shall be the individual pig number in that litter.

N.M. Admin. Code § 21.32.4.7

3/1/99; 21.32.4.7 NMAC - Rn, 21 NMAC 32.4.7, 12/31/2007; A, 10/30/2008, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXV, Issue 13, July 16, 2024, eff. 7/16/2024