The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

1. (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. (2) Animal--Includes livestock, exotic livestock, domestic fowl, and exotic fowl.
3. (3) Assembly--Boarding stables, boarding pastures, breeding farms, parades, rodeos, roping events, trail rides, and training stables.
4. (4) Certificate of veterinary inspection--A document signed by an accredited veterinarian that shows the livestock, poultry, exotic livestock, or exotic fowl listed were inspected and subjected to tests, immunizations, and treatment as required by the commission. Certificates are valid for 45 days for equine and 30 days for all other species.
5. (5) Cervidae--Deer, elk, moose, caribou and related species in the Cervidae family, raised under confinement or agricultural conditions for the production of meat or other agricultural products or for sport or exhibition, and free-ranging cervidae when they are captured for any purpose.
6. (6) Commission--The Texas Animal Health Commission.
7. (7) Commuter Flock--A National Poultry Improvement Plan (pullorum-typhoid clean or equivalent) flock in good standing with operations in participating states that are under single ownership or management control whose normal operations require interstate movement of hatching eggs and/or baby poultry without change of ownership for purposes of hatching, feeding, rearing or breeding. The owner or representative of the company owning the flock and chief animal health officials of participating states of origin and destination must have entered into a signed "Commuter Poultry Flock Agreement."
8. (8) Commuter Cattle Herd--A herd of cattle located in two or more states that is documented as a valid ranching operation by those states in which the herd is located and which requires movement of cattle interstate from a farm of origin or returned interstate to a farm of origin in the course of normal ranching operations, without change of ownership, directly to or from another premise owned, leased, or rented by the same individual. An application for "commuter herd" status must be signed by the owner and approved by the states in which the herd is located. This status will continue until canceled by the owner or one of the signatory states.
9. (9) Commuter Swine Herd--A swine herd located in two or more states that is documented as a valid ranching operation by those states in which the herd is located and which requires movement of swine interstate from a farm of origin or returned interstate to a farm of origin in the course of normal ranching operations, without change of ownership, directly to or from another premise owned, leased, or rented by the same individual. An application for "commuter herd" status must be signed by the owner and approved by the states in which the herd is located. This status will continue until canceled by the owner or one of the signatory states.
10. (10) Equine interstate passport--A document signed by an accredited veterinarian that shows the equine listed were inspected, subjected to tests, immunizations and treatment as required by the issuing state animal health agency, and contains a description of the equine listed. The passport is valid for six months when accompanied by proof of an official negative EIA test within the previous six months. Permanent individual animal identification in the form of a lip tattoo, brand or electronic implant is required for all equine approved for the equine interstate passport. This document is valid for equine entering from any state that has entered into a written agreement to reciprocate with Texas.
11. (11) Equine identification card--A document signed by the owner and a brand inspector or authorized state animal regulatory agency representative that lists the animal's name and description and indicates the location of all identifying marks or brands. This document is valid for equine entering from any state which has entered into a written agreement to reciprocate with Texas.
12. (12) Exotic livestock--grass-eating or plant-eating, single-hooved or cloven-hooved mammals that are not indigenous to this state and are known as ungulates, including animals from the swine, horse, tapir, rhinoceros, elephant, deer, and antelope families.
13. (13) Exotic fowl--any avian species that is not indigenous to this state. The term includes ratites.
14. (14) Livestock--cattle, horses, mules, asses, sheep, goats, and hogs.
15. (15) Interstate show--A show, fair, or exhibition that permits livestock and poultry from other states to enter for show or exhibition and be held in common facilities with Texas origin livestock and poultry of the same species.

16. (16) Permit--A document recognized by the commission with specified conditions relative to movement, testing and vaccinating of animal which is required to accompany the animal entering, leaving or moving within the State of Texas.

    1. (A) "E" permit--Premovement authorization for entry of animal into the state by the Texas Animal Health Commission. The "E" PERMIT states the conditions under which movement may be made, and will provide any appropriate restrictions and test requirements after arrival. The permit is valid for 15 days.
    2. (B) VS 1-27 (VS Form 1-27)--A premovement authorization for movement of animals to restricted designations.
17. (17) Sponsor--An owner or person in charge of an exhibition, show or fair.

18. (18) Waybill--A document used for livestock moving directly to a USDA specifically approved livestock market, quarantined feedlot, or slaughter plant or a document used for poultry moving directly to a federally inspected slaughter plant. The waybill contains the following information:

    1. (A) name and address of owner or shipper;
    2. (B) point of origin;
    3. (C) number and type of livestock and/or poultry;
    4. (D) purpose of movement; and
    5. (E) destination.

Source Note:The provisions of this §51.1 adopted to be effective June 3, 2002, 27 TexReg 5182; amended to be effective November 3, 2002, 27 TexReg 10009; amended to be effective October 16, 2003, 28 TexReg 8885.