WAC 16-80-005   Definitions.  (1) "Director" means the director of agriculture of the state of Washington or his or her authorized representatives.

     (2) "Department" means the department of agriculture of the state of Washington.

     (3) "Approved pseudorabies vaccine" means only those biological products that are approved by and produced under license of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for injection into swine for the purpose of enhancing their resistance to pseudorabies, are specific gene deletion vaccines and are authorized for use in a specific herd by the state veterinarian.

     (4) "Official identification" means a USDA issued backtag or an eartag bearing state identification and a unique number.

     (5) "Pseudorabies infected herd" means a herd of swine in which pseudorabies has been diagnosed in one or more animals by the National Veterinary Service Laboratory (NVSL) or a state laboratory approved by USDA to conduct official pseudorabies tests.

     (6) "Expose" means to have contact with an animal infected with the pseudorabies virus.

     (7) "Pseudorabies" means a contagious, infectious and communicable disease caused by a herpesvirus that affects swine and other animals.

     (8) "Official pseudorabies test" means a test for the diagnosis of pseudorabies conducted in a USDA-approved laboratory. These tests include, but are not limited to, serum neutralization (SN), virus isolation, fluorescent antibody, latex agglutination, particle concentration fluorescence immunoassay (PCFIA) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).



[Statutory Authority: RCW 16.36.040. 00-06-066, § 16-80-005, filed 3/1/00, effective 4/1/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 16.36.040 and 16.36.096. 91-08-027, § 16-80-005, filed 3/29/91, effective 4/29/91.]