Definitions

01. Authorized Federal Inspector. An employee of USDA authorized by the Board to perform the functions of the Idaho Sheep and Goat Health Board. (3-23-23) 02. Authorized State Inspector. An employee of the state of Idaho authorized by the Board to perform the functions of the Idaho Sheep and Goat Health Board. (3-23-23) 03. Board. The Idaho Sheep and Goat Health Board or its designee. (3-23-23) 04. Breeding Stock. Intact male or female sheep or goats of any age. (3-23-23) 05. Brucellosis. An infectious disease of animals and humans caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella. (3-23-23) 06. Brucella Ovis Test Positive. An animal that tests in the positive range on an approved Brucella Ovis ELISA test. (3-23-23) 07. Brucella Ovis Test Suspect. An animal that tests in the suspect range on an approved Brucella Ovis ELISA test. (3-23-23) 08. Brucella Ovis Test Negative. An animal that tests in the negative range on an approved Brucella Ovis ELISA test. (3-23-23) 09. Commercial Low-Risk Goats. Intact or castrated goats, raised for fiber or meat, that are not registered or exhibited, that are not scrapie positive, suspect, high risk, or exposed animals and that have not been exposed to sheep or are not from a state that has scrapie in goats. (3-23-23) 10. Contemporary Lambing Group. The time from the first birth to sixty (60) days post birthing of the entire group in a given lambing season. (3-23-23) 11. Exposed. Animals that have had direct contact with other animals, herds, or materials that have IDAHO ADMINISTRATIVE CODE IDAPA 02.08.01 Department of Agriculture / Sheep & Goat Health Board Sheep & Goat Health Board Rules Section 011 Page 4 been determined to be infected with or affected by any infectious, contagious, or communicable disease. (3-23-23) 12. Federal Animal Health Official. An employee of USDA/APHIS/VS who has been authorized to perform animal health activities. (3-23-23) 13. Goats Requiring Premises/Flock Identification Number. Sexually intact goats or goats that have resided on the same premises as sheep or any other goats not defined in Subsection 010.13. (3-23-23) 14. Idaho Premises/Flock Identification Number. A unique identification number or alphanumeric designation approved by APHIS, and assigned by the Board to each premises/flock of breeding sheep or goats, as defined in Subsection 010.21, in the state of Idaho. (3-23-23) 15. Low Risk Commercial Sheep. Commercial whiteface, white-faced cross, or commercial hair sheep from a flock with no known risk factors for scrapie, including any exposure to female black-faced sheep, that are identified with a permanent brand or ear notch pattern registered with an official brand registry and that are not scrapie-positive, suspect, high-risk, or exposed animals and are not animals from an infected, source, or exposed flock. (3-23-23) 16. Negative. Animals are classified as negative when they have been subjected to official tests for a disease, and the tests performed have failed to disclose evidence of the disease. (3-23-23) 17. Official Individual Identification. The unique identification of individual animals with an alpha numeric number applied as a tag, a legible tattoo, electronic device, or any other device approved by APHIS. The Idaho Premises/Flock Identification number can serve as the official individual identification number if it contains a unique individual animal number in addition to the Idaho premises/flock identification number. (3-23-23) 18. Premises. The ground, area, buildings and equipment utilized to raise, propagate or control sheep and goats. (3-23-23) 19. Quarantine. A written order, executed by the Board or the Administrator of Animal Industries, to confine or hold animals on a premises or any other location, where found, and prevent movement of animals from a premises or any other location. (3-23-23) 20. Scrapie. A transmissible spongiform encephalopathy that is a nonfebrile, transmissible, insidious, degenerative disease affecting the central nervous system of sheep and goats. (3-23-23) 21. State Animal Health Official. The Administrator, or his designee, responsible for disease control and eradication programs. (3-23-23) 22. State Scrapie Certification Board. The State Scrapie Certification Board will consist of APHIS- AVIC, the State animal health official, animal producers and accredited veterinarians. Animal producers and accredited veterinarians will be appointed by the AVIC and the State animal health official. (3-23-23) 23. Trace. All actions required to identify the flock of origin or destination of an animal. (3-23-23)