Section R3-2-101. Definitions

In addition to the definitions provided in A.R.S. §§ 3-1201, 3-1451, and 3-1771, the following terms apply to this Chapter:

“Animal” means livestock, bison, dogs, cats, rabbits, rodents, game animals, furbearing and wildlife mammals, and poultry and other birds.

“APHIS” means the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Ser- vice of the United States Department of Agriculture.

“Breeding swine” means any member of the family Suidae having the potential to procreate, and includes gilts, sows, and boars.

“Cervidae” means the family of cervids that includes, but is not limited to, deer, moose, elk, reindeer, and caribou.

“Dairy cattle” means cattle of dairy breeds or dairy types used for the production of milk or milk products for human con- sumption.

“Designated feedlot” means a confined drylot area under state quarantine that is approved and licensed by the State Veteri- narian, contains a restricted feeding pen, and is maintained for finish feeding of cattle or bison that do not meet the brucellosis or tuberculosis import test requirements.

“Health certificate” means a legible record that is issued by a VS animal health official, state animal health official, or accredited veterinarian at the point of origin of a shipment of

animals, conforms to the requirements of R3-2-606, and is written on a form approved by the chief animal health official of the state of origin or an equivalent form of the USDA attest- ing that the animal described has been inspected and found to meet the Arizona entry requirements.

“Permit number” or “permit” means a serialized number issued by the State Veterinarian’s Office that conforms to the requirements of R3-2-607 and allows the regulated movement of certain animals into Arizona.

“USDA” means the United States Department of Agriculture. “VS” means the Veterinary Services branch of APHIS.

Historical Note

Reserved Section R3-2-101 renumbered from R3-9-101 (Supp. 91-4). New Section adopted effective September 11, 1996 (Supp. 96-3). Section R3-2-101 recodified to R3-2-1101 (Supp. 97-1). New Section adopted effective May 7, 1997 (Supp. 97-2). Amended by final rulemaking

at 14 A.A.R. 876, effective May 3, 2008 (Supp. 08-1).