Health of Animals Regulations

172 The definitions in this section apply in this Part.

administrator

administrator means a person with whom the Minister has entered into an agreement, under section 34 of the Act, under which the person is to administer a national identification program for animals. (administrateur)

animal

animal means a bison, a bovine and an ovine. (animal)

approved tag

approved tag means a tag, chip or other indicator approved by the Minister under subsection 173(1). (étiquette approuvée)

bison

bison means an animal, other than an embryo or a fertilized egg, of the subspecies Bison bison bison, Bison bison athabascae or Bison bison bonasus. (bison)

bovine

bovine means an animal, other than an embryo or a fertilized egg, of the species Bos taurus or Bos indicus. (bovin)

distributor

distributor means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a cooperative, an association or an organization that sells or distributes approved tags. (distributeur)

farm of origin

farm of origin means the farm or ranch where the animal was born — or the first farm or ranch to which the animal was moved after its birth if it was born at a place other than a farm or ranch, — including all areas of land, and buildings and other structures on those areas, that are used under one management for breeding or raising animals except any of those areas where the animal may be commingled with animals that are from another farm or ranch. (ferme d’origine)

farm or ranch

farm or ranch includes a feed lot, a breeding herd, an artificial insemination unit or any other place where an animal has been since leaving its farm of origin. (ferme ou ranch)

organization that manages an animal identification system

organization that manages an animal identification system means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a cooperative, an association or an organization that is authorized by provincial legislation to manage an animal identification system. (organisme de gestion d’un système d’identification des animaux)

ovine

ovine means an animal, other than an embryo or a fertilized egg, of the genus Ovis. (ovin)