[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR98.11]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 98--IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN ANIMAL EMBRYOS AND ANIMAL SEMEN--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart B--Ruminant and Swine Embryos From Regions Where Rinderpest or 
                      Foot-and-Mouth Disease Exists
 
Sec. 98.11  Definitions.

    Source: 56 FR 55809, Oct. 30, 1991, unless otherwise noted.


    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of 
Agriculture.
    Collection of embryos. Embryos removed from a single donor dam in 
one operation.
    Embryo. The initial stages of development of an animal, after 
collection from the natural mother and while it is capable of being 
transferred to a recipient dam, but not after it has been transferred to 
a recipient dam.
    Embryo collection unit. Area or areas where the donor dam will be 
bred to produce embryos for importation into the United States, and 
where the embryos will be collected, processed, and stored pending 
shipment to the United States.
    Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory. The Foreign Animal 
Disease Diagnostic Laboratory of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service.
    Herd of origin. The herd in which the donor dam is kept during the 
60 days before the donor dam is required to be housed in an embryo 
collection unit, in accordance with Sec. 98.17(a) of this subpart.
    Import. To bring into the territorial limits of the United States.
    Inspector. An employee of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service who is authorized to perform the function involved.
    Official veterinarian. A full-time salaried veterinarian of the 
national government of the country of origin or a veterinarian employed 
by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), and 
designated by APHIS to supervise or conduct procedures required by this 
subpart, and to certify that requirements of this subpart have been met.
    Person. Any individual, corporation, company, association, firm, 
partnership, society, joint stock company, or other legal entity.
    Region. Any defined geographic land area identifiable by geological, 
political, or surveyed boundaries. A region may consist of any of the 
following:
    (1) A national entity (country);
    (2) Part of a national entity (zone, county, department, 
municipality, parish, Province, State, etc.);

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    (3) Parts of several national entities combined into an area; or
    (4) A group of national entities (countries) combined into a single 
area.
    Region of origin. The region in which the embryo is conceived and 
collected and from which the embryo is imported into the United States.
    Ruminant. All animals which chew the cud, including cattle, 
buffaloes, camelids, cervids (deer, elk, moose, and antelope), sheep, 
goats, and giraffes.
    Swine. The domestic hog and all varieties of wild hogs.
    United States. All of the States of the United States, the District 
of Columbia, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, and all other territories and possessions 
of the United States.

[56 FR 55809, Oct. 30, 1991, as amended at 61 FR 15183, Apr. 5, 1996; 62 
FR 56025, Oct. 28, 1997]