Definitions

1. “Accredited veterinarian” means a veterinarian who is licensed by the state in which the veterinarian practices, is approved by the department of agriculture and land stewardship or the livestock sanitary authority of that state, and is accredited by the United States department of agriculture. 2. “Approved stockyard or livestock market” means any place where sheep are assembled for public auction, private sale, or on a commission basis which is under state or federal supervision. 3. “Area” means one or more counties or portions thereof. 4. “Certificate of veterinary inspection” or “certificate” means the same as defined in section 163.2. 5. “Certified scabies-free area” means an area in which all sheep have been inspected by a representative of the Iowa department of agriculture and land stewardship or of the animal disease eradication division of the United States department of agriculture and are found to be free of any evidence of scabies and such fact is certified to by both agencies. 6. “Dealer” means any person who is engaged in the business of buying for resale, selling, or exchanging sheep as a principal or agent or who claims to be so engaged but does not include employees of a dealer doing business in the name of such dealer or the owner or operator of a farm who exchanges only sheep which have been kept by that person solely for feeding or breeding purposes and does not claim to be so engaged, or as a livestock auction market acting strictly on a consignment basis. 7. “Department” means the department of agriculture and land stewardship. 8. “Division” means the animal disease eradication division of the agricultural research service of the United States department of agriculture. 9. “Infected animal” means an animal of the ovine species which shows clinical evidence of scabies or in which the presence of the scabies mite is demonstrated. 10. “Scabies” means a communicable skin disease caused by infestation with mites of the species psoroptes, sarcoptes, chorioptes or psorergates. 11. “Treatment” includes but is not limited to administering medication.