The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall 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) Animal--Includes livestock, exotic livestock, domestic fowl, and exotic fowl.
  (3) Assembly--Boarding stables, boarding pastures, breeding farms, parades, rodeos, roping events, trail rides, and training stables.
  (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 30 days for all species.
  (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) Commission--The Texas Animal Health Commission.
  (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) 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) 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) Directly--Moved in a means of conveyance, without stopping to unload while en route, except for stops of less than 24 hours to feed, water or rest the animals being moved, and with no commingling of animals at such stops.
  (11) 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.
  (12) 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.
  (13) 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.
  (14) Exotic fowl--Any avian species that is not indigenous to this state. The term includes ratites.
  (15) Federally Approved Livestock Market--A livestock market under State or Federal veterinary supervision where livestock are assembled and has been approved under Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulation, Part 71, Section 71.20.
  (16) 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.
  (17) Livestock--Cattle, horses, mules, asses, sheep, goats, and hogs.
  (18) Owner-shipper statement--A statement signed by the owner or shipper of the livestock being moved stating the location from which the animals are moved interstate; the destination of the animals; the number of the animals covered by the statement; the species of the animal covered; the name and address of the shipper; and the identification of each animal as required by the commission or the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
  (19) Permit--A document recognized by the commission with specified conditions relative to movement, testing and vaccinating of animals which is required to accompany the animals entering, leaving or moving within the State of Texas.
    (A) "E" permit--Premovement authorization for entry of animals into the state by the 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.
    (B) VS 1-27 (VS Form 1-27)--A premovement authorization for movement of animals to restricted designations.
  (20) Purebred registry association--A swine breed association formed and perpetuated for the maintenance of records of purebreeding of swine species for a specific breed whose characteristics are set forth in constitutions, by-laws, and other rules of the association.
  (21) Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID)--Official individual animal identification with an identification device that utilizes radio frequency technology. The RFID devices include ear tags, boluses, implants (injected), and tag attachments (transponders that work in concert with ear tags).
  (22) Sponsor--An owner or person in charge of an exhibition, show or fair.
  (23) Trichomoniasis--A venereal disease of cattle caused by the organism Tritrichomonas foetus.

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; amended to be effective March 4, 2007, 32 TexReg 753; amended to be effective June 3, 2014, 39 TexReg 4240; amended to be effective February 15, 2015, 40 TexReg 698; amended to be effective June 30, 2015, 40 TexReg 4211; amended to be effective September 12, 2017, 42 TexReg 4614