257.010 Definitions for chapter.
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As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1)"Abandon" means to forsake entirely, or to neglect or refuse to provide or perform
the legal obligations for care and support of an animal by its owner or his agent;
(2)"Board" means the Board of Agriculture;
(3)"Commission" means the Kentucky Livestock Care Standards Commission;
(4)"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture;
(5)"Communicable disease" means a disease that can be directly or indirectly
transmitted from one
(1)animal to another;
(6)"Compost" means the humus-like product of the process of composting domestic
livestock, poultry, or fish, which may be used as a soil conditioner or enhancer;
(7)"Composting" means the biological decomposition of organic matter;
(8)"Council" means the Kentucky Equine Health and Welfare Council;
(9)"Department" means the Department of Agriculture;
(10)"Fish" means the bodies and parts of bodies of all animal aquatic life being raised,
or kept for sale to a wholesaler or retailer, or for direct sale to the public;
(11)"Livestock" means:
(a)Cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, llamas, buffaloes, or any other animals of
the bovine, ovine, porcine, caprine, equine, or camelid species; and
(b)Deer, elk, and any other animal of the cervid species whose regulatory
requirements are under KRS Chapters 150 and 246, and are privately owned
and raised in a confined area for breeding stock, food, fiber, and other
products;
(12)"National animal identification system" means a national program intended to
identify animals and track them as they come into contact with or commingle with
animals other than herdmates from their premises of origin;
(13)"National Poultry Improvement Plan" shall have the same meaning as set out in the
United States Code of Federal Regulations, 9 C.F.R. Part 145, and the auxiliary
provisions in 9 C.F.R. Part 147;
(14)"Owner" means any person owning or leasing from another, or having in charge any
domestic animal;
(15)"Poultry" means chickens, ducks, turkeys, or other domestic fowl being raised or
kept on any premises in the Commonwealth;
(16)"Premises" means any portion of land, or any structure erected on land; and
(17)"Reportable disease" means an animal disease that shall be reported to state or
federal animal health officials when suspected or diagnosed.