[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 9, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2001] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 9CFR54.1] [Page 163-164] TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 54--CONTROL OF SCRAPIE--Table of Contents Sec. 54.1 Definitions. For the purpose of this part, the following words, names, and terms shall be construed, respectively, to mean: Accredited veterinarian. A veterinarian approved by the Administrator in accordance with part 161 of this chapter to perform functions specified in parts 1, 2, 3, and 11 of subchapter A of this chapter and subchapters B, C, and D of this chapter, and to perform functions required by cooperative State-Federal disease control and eradication programs. Administrator. The Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or any employee of the United States Department of Agriculture to whom the Administrator has delegated authority to act in his or her stead. Affected animal. An animal for which a diagnosis of scrapie has been made by an APHIS representative or State representative. Animal. A sheep or goat. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture. APHIS. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture. APHIS representative. An individual employed by APHIS in animal health activities who is authorized by the Administrator to perform the function involved. Area Veterinarian in Charge. The veterinary official of APHIS, who is assigned by the Administrator to supervise and perform the official animal health work of the APHIS in the State concerned. Bloodline animal. The dam of an affected animal and the dam's first generation progeny, the maternal granddam of an affected animal, the first generation progeny of an affected animal, and all succeeding generations of female progeny from female progeny of an affected female animal. Breed association and registries. Organizations which maintain the permanent records of ancestry or pedigrees of animals (including the animal's sire and dam), individual identification of animals, and ownership of animals. Department. The U.S. Department of Agriculture. Destroyed. Killed by slaughter or by such other means as may be authorized by the Administrator in an exceptional situation. Exposed animal. Any animal which has been in the same flock at the same time within the previous 60 months as a scrapie-positive animal, excluding limited contacts. Limited contacts are contacts between animals that occur off the premises of the flock, and do not occur during or immediately after parturition for any of the animals involved. Limited contacts do not include commingling (when animals concurrently share the same pen or same section in a transportation unit where there is uninhibited physical contact). Flock. All animals maintained on any single premises; and all animals under common ownership or supervision on two or more premises which are geographically separated, but among which there is an interchange or movement of animals. Flock plan. A written flock management agreement designated by the owner of a flock, an accredited veterinarian, and an APHIS representative or State representative in which each participant agrees to undertake actions specified in the flock plan to control the spread of scrapie from, and eradicate scrapie in, an infected flock, source flock, or trace flock. The flock plan shall require an edipemiologic investigation to identify high-risk animals that must be removed from the flock, and shall include other requirements found necessary by the APHIS representative or State representative to control scrapie in the flock. These other requirements may include, but are not limited to, cleaning and disinfection of flock premises, education of the owner of the flock and personnel working with the flock in techniques to recognize clinical signs of scrapie and control the spread of scrapie, and maintaining records of animals in the flock. High-risk animal. An animal which is: (1) The progeny of a scrapie-positive dam; [[Page 164]] (2) Born in the same flock during the same lambing season as progeny of a scrapie-positive dam, unless the progeny of the scrapie-positive dam are from separate contemporary lambing groups (groups that are managed as separate units and are not commingled during lambing and for 60 days following the date of the last lamb is born in a lambing season, and that do not use the same lambing facility unless the lambing facility is cleaned and disinfected between lambings by removing all organic matter and spraying the lambing facility with a 2 percent sodium hydroxide solution or 0.5 percent sodium hypochlorite solution); or (3) Born in a source or trace flock during the same lambing season as a scrapie-positive ewe or ram in the same flock. Infected flock. Any flock in which an APHIS representative or a State representative has determined an animal to be a scrapie-positive animal after March 31, 1989. A flock will no longer be an infected flock after it has completed the requirements of a flock plan. Mortgage. Any mortgage, lien, or other security or beneficial interest held by any person other than the one claiming indemnity. Owner. A person, partnership, company, or corporation who has legal or rightful title to animals whether or not they are subject to a mortgage. Scrapie control pilot project. A pilot project authorized by the Administrator in writing, designed to test or improve program procedures or to facilitate research, in order to control and eradicate scrapie. In addition to APHIS, participants may include State animal health agencies, flock owners, and other parties as necessary. Scrapie-positive animal. An animal for which a diagnosis of scrapie has been made by the National Veterinary Services Laboratories, United States Department of Agriculture, or another laboratory authorized by the Administrator to conduct scrapie tests in accordance with this part, through histological examinations of central nervous system samples from the animal for microscopic lesions in the form of neuronal vacuoles or spongy degeneration, or by the use of protease-resistant protein analysis or other confirmatory techniques used in conjunction with histological examinations. Source flock. A flock in which an APHIS representative or a State representative has determined that at least two animals were born that were diagnosed as scrapie-positive animals at an age of 54 months or less. In order for the flock to be a source flock, the second scrapie- positive diagnosis must have been made within 60 months of the first scrapie-positive diagnosis and after March 31, 1989. A flock will no longer be a source flock after it has completed the requirements of a flock plan. State. Any State or Territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico. State representative. An individual employed in animal health activities by a State or a political subdivision of a State, and who is authorized by the State or political subdivision to perform the function involved. Trace flock. A flock in which an APHIS representative or a State representative has determined that one animal was born that was diagnosed as a scrapie-positive animal at an age of 54 months or less. In order for the flock to be a trace flock, the scrapie-positive diagnosis must have been made after March 31, 1989. A flock will no longer be a trace flock after it has completed the requirements of a flock plan. Uniform methods and rules--voluntary scrapie flock certification. Uniform methods and rules for reducing the incidence and controlling the spread of scrapie through flock certification.\1\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Individual copies of the UM&R may be obtained from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services, Sheep, Goat, Equine, and Poultry Diseases, 4700 River Road Unit 43, Riverdale, Maryland 20737-1231 or from the American Sheep Industry Association, Producer Services, 6911 S. Yosemite Street, Englewood, CO 80112-1414, telephone (303) 771-3500. [43 FR 41184, Sept. 15, 1978, as amended at 48 FR 16236, Apr. 15, 1983; 48 FR 38206, Aug. 23, 1983; 53 FR 2581, Jan. 29, 1988; 57 FR 33630, July 30, 1992; 59 FR 21920, Apr. 28, 1994; 59 FR 48993, Sept. 26, 1994; 59 FR 67612, Dec. 30, 1994; 65 FR 39536, June 27, 2000] Subpart A [Reserved] [[Page 165]]