The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have
the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Accredited Veterinarian--A licensed veterinarian
who is approved to perform specified functions required by cooperative
state-federal disease control and eradication programs pursuant to
Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 160 and 161.
(2) Affected Herd--A herd in which any cattle have
been classified as Tritrichomonas foetus positive
on an official test and has not completed the requirements for elimination
of the disease from the herd.
(3) Cattle--All dairy and beef animals (genus Bos),
excluding bison (genus Bison).
(4) Certified Veterinarians--Veterinarians certified
with, and approved by the commission to collect Trichomoniasis samples
for official Trichomoniasis testing and to perform any other official
function under the Trichomoniasis program. To be a certified veterinarian,
a veterinarian must meet the requirements and have authorized personnel
status as listed in Chapter 47 of this title (related to Authorized
Personnel).
(5) Commission--The Texas Animal Health Commission,
or its designee.
(6) Executive Director--The Executive Director of the
Texas Animal Health Commission, or the Executive Director's designee.
(7) Exempt Cattle (from testing requirements)--Cattle
that have been physically rendered incapable of intromission at a
facility recognized by the commission.
(8) Exposed Cattle--Cattle that are part of an affected
herd or cattle that have been in contact with Trichomoniasis infected
cattle.
(9) Herd--
(A) All cattle under common ownership or supervision
or cattle owned by a spouse that are on one premise; or
(B) All cattle under common ownership or supervision
or cattle owned by a spouse on two or more premises that are geographically
separated, but on which the cattle have been interchanged or where
there has been contact among the cattle on the different premises.
Contact between cattle on the different premises will be assumed unless
the owner establishes otherwise and the results of the epidemiological
investigation are consistent with the lack of contact between premises;
or
(C) All cattle on common premises, such as community
pastures or grazing association units, but owned by different persons.
Other cattle owned by the persons involved which are located on other
premises are considered to be part of this herd unless the epidemiological
investigation establishes that cattle from the affected herd have
not had the opportunity for direct or indirect contact with cattle
from that specific premises. Approved feedlots and approved pastures
are not considered to be herds.
(10) Herd Test--An official test of all non-virgin
bulls in a herd.
(11) Hold Order--A document restricting movement of
a herd, unit, or individual animal pending the determination of disease
status.
(12) Infected Cattle--Any cattle determined by an official
test or diagnostic procedure to be infected with Trichomoniasis or
diagnosed by a veterinarian as infected.
(13) Infected Herd--The non-virgin bulls in any herd
in which any cattle have been determined by an official test or diagnostic
procedure to be infected with Trichomoniasis or diagnosed by a veterinarian
as being infected.
(14) Movement Permit--Authorization for movement of
infected or exposed cattle from the farm or ranch of origin through
marketing channels to slaughter or for movement of untested animals
to a location where the animals will be held under hold order until
testing has been accomplished.
(15) Movement Restrictions--A "Hold Order," "Quarantine,"
or other written document issued or ordered by the commission to restrict
the movement of livestock or exotic livestock.
(16) Negative--Cattle that have been tested with official
test procedures and found to be free from infection with Trichomoniasis.
(17) 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 the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) that provides unique identification
for each animal. Official identification includes USDA alpha-numeric
metal eartags (silver bangs tags), 840 Radio-frequency identification
(RFID) tags, 840 bangle tags, official breed registry tattoos, and
official breed registry individual animal brands.
(18) Official Trichomoniasis Test--A test for bovine
Trichomoniasis, approved by the commission, applied and reported by
TVMDL or any other laboratory approved as an official laboratory by
the commission. The test document is valid for 60 days, provided the
bull is isolated from female cattle at all times, and may be transferred
within that timeframe with an original signature of the consignor.
(19) Official Laboratory Pooled Trichomoniasis test
samples--Up to five samples individually collected by a veterinarian
and packaged and submitted to an official laboratory which can then
pool the samples for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing only.
(20) Positive--Cattle that have been tested with official
test procedures and found to be infected with Trichomoniasis.
(21) Quarantine--A written commission document or a
verbal order followed by a written order restricting movement of animals
because of the existence of or exposure to Trichomoniasis. 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 Trichomoniasis and/or an animal into an affected area, including
a county district, pasture, lot, ranch, farm, field, range, thoroughfare,
building, stable, or stockyard pen.
(22) Registered Breeding Cattle--Cattle that belong
to a breed registry, which maintains an official list of animals within
a specific breed for which there is an association of unique identification
for each head of cattle.
(23) Test-Eligible Cattle--All sexually intact non-virgin
male cattle and all sexually intact male cattle which have erupting
or erupted permanent incisor teeth (or older), which are being sold,
leased, gifted or exchanged in the state of Texas for breeding purposes.
(24) Trichomoniasis--A venereal disease of cattle caused
by the organism Tritrichomonas foetus.
(25) TVMDL--The official laboratory for testing is
the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory.
(26) Virgin Bull--Sexually intact male registered breeding
cattle which have not serviced a cow and which are not more than 18
months of age as determined by the eruption of the two permanent central
incisors or birth date on breed registry papers certified by the breeder;
or not more than 30 months of age and certified by both the breeder
based on birth date and confirmed by his veterinarian that the bull
facility is sufficient to prevent contact with female cattle. The
virgin certification by the breeder is valid for 60 days, provided
the bull is isolated from female cattle at all times, and may be transferred
within that timeframe with an original signature of the consignor.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §38.1 adopted to be effective January 1, 2010, 34 TexReg 1977; amended to be effective November 2, 2010, 35 TexReg 9687; amended to be effective August 14, 2011, 36 TexReg 5090; amended to be effective February 5, 2013, 38 TexReg 494; amended to be effective October 9, 2014, 39 TexReg 7911; amended to be effective October 28, 2015, 40 TexReg 7395; amended to be effective January 2, 2017, 41 TexReg 10554; amended to be effective October 6, 2019, 44 TexReg 5611; amended to be effective December 27, 2022, 47 TexReg 8525 |
