Iowa Code 163.2 – General definitions
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As provided in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Certificate of veterinary inspection” or “certificate” means a legible record, made on an official form of the state of origin or the animal and plant health inspection service of the United States department of agriculture, and issued by an accredited veterinarian of the state of origin or a veterinarian in the employ of the animal and plant health inspection service, which shows that an animal listed on the form meets the health requirements of the state of destination.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 163.2
- Animal: means any livestock or agricultural animal as defined in section 717A. See Iowa Code 163.2A
- Department: means the department of environmental quality in a reference to a time before July 1, 1983, the department of water, air and waste management in a reference to a time on or after July 1, 1983, and through June 30, 1986, and the department of natural resources on or after July 1, 1986, and includes any officer or agency within that department. See Iowa Code 172D.1
- Department: means the department of agriculture and land stewardship unless the United States department of agriculture is otherwise specified. See Iowa Code 163.6
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
- United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. “Control” means the prevention, suppression, or eradication of an infectious or contagious disease afflicting an animal within the state.
3. “Department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship.
4. “Foot and mouth disease” means a virus of the family picornaviridae, genus aphthovirus, including any immunologically distinct serotypes.
5. “Infectious or contagious disease” means glanders, farcy, maladie du coit (dourine), anthrax, foot and mouth disease, scabies, classical swine fever, tuberculosis, brucellosis, vesicular exanthema, scrapie, rinderpest, avian influenza or Newcastle disease as provided in chapter 165B, pseudorabies as provided in chapter 166D, or any other transmissible, transferable, or communicable disease so designated by the department.
6. “Move” or “movement”, except as provided in subchapter III, means to ship, transport, or deliver an animal.