| (25) No gross lesion (NGL)--Any animal that has no visible lesion(s) of bovine tuberculosis detected upon necropsy or slaughter inspection. (26) Official identification device--An identification device approved by the Commission and/or by the APHIS Administrator that provides unique identification for each individual animal. (27) Official identification/officially identified--The identification of livestock by means of an official identification device, official eartag, registration tattoo, or registration brand, or any other method approved by the Commission and/or Administrator of APHIS, that provides unique identification for each animal. (28) Official tuberculosis test--A test for bovine tuberculosis, approved by the Commission and APHIS, applied and reported by designated personnel in accordance with the UM&R and these rules. The official tuberculosis tests for cattle and bison are the: (A) Caudal fold tuberculin (CFT) test (B) Comparative cervical tuberculin (CCT) test (C) Cervical tuberculin (CT) test (D) Bovine interferon gamma assay (cattle only) (29) Quarantine--A written commission document restricting movement of animals because of the existence of or exposure to tuberculosis. The commission may establish a quarantine on the affected animals or on the affected place. The quarantine of an affected place may extend to any affected area, including a county, district, pasture, lot, ranch, farm, field, range, thoroughfare, building, stable, or stockyard pen. The commission may establish a quarantine to prohibit or regulate the movement of any article or animal that the commission designates to be a carrier of tuberculosis and/or an animal into an affected area, including a county district, pasture, lot, ranch, farm, field, range, thoroughfare, building, stable, or stockyard pen. (30) Permit--An official document issued by a VS representative, a State representative, an Accredited Veterinarian, a designated Accredited Veterinarian or other designated person that is required to accompany any reactor, suspect, exposed livestock, or animals of unknown status to an approved destination, or to slaughter. (31) Premises identification number--A Commission and/or APHIS-approved method of identification that includes the assignment of a unique number or alpha-numeric number to a premises by State or Federal animal health officials. (32) Reactor--Any livestock or exotic livestock that shows a response to an official tuberculosis test and is classified a reactor by the testing veterinarian or DTE in accordance with the policy established by the cooperating State and Federal animal health officials and the test classification requirements defined in the UM&R, or any suspect animal that is classified a reactor by the DTE upon slaughter inspection or necropsy, histopathological examination, PCR assay, and/or culture of selected tissues collected by the Federal or State veterinarian performing or supervising the slaughter inspection or necropsy. (33) Responder--Any livestock or exotic livestock that has a visible or palpable response at the site of a tuberculin test injection. (34) Suspect--Any livestock or exotic livestock that show a response to a presumptive diagnostic test (CFT test in cattle and bison, SCT test in exotic bovidae and cervidae) and are not classified as reactor; or that have been classified as suspect by CCT test; the bovine interferon gamma assay; or any other official test for tuberculosis. |
