Part I - Definitions

Question 1

Ambient temperature

Answer 1

The air temperature surrounding the animal

Question 2

Animal

Answer 2

Any live or dead dog, cat, nonhuman primate, guinea pig, hamster, rabbit, or any other warm-blooded animals, which is being used, or is intended for use in research, teaching, testing, experimentation, or exhibition purposes, or as a pet. Excludes birds, rats of the genus Rattus, mice of the genus Mus, horses not used for research purposes, and other farm animals, such as, but not limited to, livestock or poultry intended for use as food or fiber, or livestock or poultry intended for use for improving animal nutrition, breeding, management, or production efficiency, or for improving the quality of food or fiber. Also excludes falconry. Term includes all dogs, including those used for hunting, security, or breeding.

Question 3

APHIS official

Answer 3

Any person employed by the Department who is authorized to perform a function under the Act and the regulations in 9 CFR parts 1, 2, and 3

Question 4

Attending veterinarian

Answer 4

Person who has graduated from an AVMA-accredited school, or equivalent through foreign school or as determined by administrator; has received training of experience in the care and management of the species being attended, and who has direct or delegated authority for activities involving animals at a facility subject to the jurisdiction of the Secretary.

Question 5

Bird

Answer 5

Any member of the class Aves, excluding eggs, but including birds once the hatching process commences.

Question 6

Bred for use in research

Answer 6

An animal bred in captivity and used for research, teaching, testing, or experimental procedures

Question 7

Business hours

Answer 7

A reasonable number of hours between 7am and 7pm each week of the year, during which inspections by APHIS may be made

Question 8

Business year

Answer 8

The 12-month period during which business is conducted. May be either on a calendar or fiscal year basis.

Question 9

Carrier

Answer 9

The operator of any airline, railroad, motor carrier, shipping line, or other enterprise which is engaged in the business of transporting any animals for hire. Except anyone transporting a migratory bird covered under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act from the wild to a facility for rehabilitation and eventual release to the wild, or between rehabilitation facilities, and has obtained authorization from the US Fish and Wildlife Service for that purpose, is not a carrier.

Question 10

Cat

Answer 10

Any live or dead cat, or any cat-hybrid cross

Question 11

Class A licensee

Answer 11

(Breeder). A person subject to the licensing requirements under part 2 and meeting the definition of a dealer, and whose business involving animals consists only of animals that are bred and raised on the premises in a closed or stable colony and those animals acquired for the sole purpose of maintaining or enhancing the breeding colony.

Question 12

Class B licensee

Answer 12

A person subject to the licensing requirements under part 2 and meeting the definition of a dealer, and whose business includes the purchase and/or resale of any animal. This term includes brokers, and operators of an auction sale, or transport of animals in commerce. Such individuals do not usually take actual physical possession of control of the animals and do not usually hold animals in any facilities. May also exhibit animals as a minor part of the business.

Question 13

Class C licensee

Answer 13

A person subject to the licensing requirements under part 2 and meeting the definition of an exhibitor, and whose business involves the showing or displaying of animals to the public. May also buy and sell animals as a minor part of the business in order to maintain or add to their animal collection.

Question 14

Committee

Answer 14

IACUC. Consists of at least 3 members, one of whom is the AV or the research facility and one of whom is not affiliated in any way with the facility other than as a member of the committee. If the research facility has more than one DVM, another DVM with delegated program responsibility may serve. Research facility shall establish committee for the purpose of evaluating the care, treatment, housing, and use of animals, and for certifying compliance with the Act by the research facility.

Question 15

Dealer

Answer 15

Any person who, in commerce, for compensation or profit, delivers for transportation, or transports, except as a carrier, buys, or sells, or negotiates the purchase or sale of: Any dog or other animal whether alive or dead (including unborn animals, organs, limbs, blood, serum, or other parts) for research, teaching, testing, experimentation, exhibition, or use as a pet; or any dog at the wholesale level for hunting, security, or breeding purposes. Does not include: Retail pet store or any retail outlet where dogs are sold for hunting, breeding, or security purposes

Question 16

Dog

Answer 16

Any live or dead dog or any dog-hybrid cross

Question 17

Dwarf hamster

Answer 17

Any species of hamster such as the Chinese and Armenian species whose adult size is substantially less than that attained by the Syrian or Golden species of hamster

Question 18

Endangered species

Answer 18

Those species defined in the Endangered Species Act

Question 19

Euthanasia

Answer 19

The humane destruction of an animal accomplished by a method that produces rapid unconsciousness and subsequent death without evidence of pain or distress, or a method that utilizes anesthesia produced by an agent that causes painless loss of consciousness and subsequent death

Question 20

Exhibitor

Answer 20

Any person (public or private) exhibiting any animals, which were purchased in commerce or the intended distribution of which affects commerce, or will affect commerce, to the public for compensation, as determined by the secretary. Includes carnivals, circuses, animal acts (including free-flighted bird shows), zoos, and educational exhibits, exhibiting such animals whether operated for profit or not. Excludes retail pet stores, horse, dog, and pigeon races, an owner of a common, domesticated household pet who derives less than a substantial portion of income from a nonprimary source for exhibiting an animal that resides at the residence of the pet owner, organizations sponsoring and all persons participating in State and country fairs, livestock shows, rodeos, field trials, coursing events, falconry, purebred dog and cat shows, bird fancier shows, and any other fairs or exhibitions intended to advance ag arts and sciences.

Question 21

Exotic animal

Answer 21

Any animal not identified in the definition of “animal” provided in this part that is native to a foreign country or of foreign origin or character, is not native to the US, or was introduced from abroad. Includes camels.

Question 22

Farm animal

Answer 22

Any domestic species of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, llamas, horses, or poultry which are normally and have historically been kept and raised on farms in the US and used or intended for use as food or fiber, or for improving animal nutrition, breeding, management, or production efficiency, or for improving the quality of food or fiber. Includes rabbits, mink, chinchillas, and ratites when they are used solely for the purposes of meat, fur, feathers, or skin, and animals such as horses and llamas when used solely as work and pack animals.

Question 23

Federal research facility

Answer 23

Each department, agency, or instrumentality of the US which uses live animals for research or experimentation

Question 24

Field study

Answer 24

A study conducted on free-living wild animals in their natural habitat. Excludes any study that involves an invasive procedure, harms, or materially alters the behavior of an animal under study

Question 25

Handling

Answer 25

Petting, feeding, watering, cleaning, manipulating, loading, crating, shifting, transferring, immobilizing, restraining, treating, training, working and moving, or any similar activity with respect to any animal

Question 26

Housing facility

Answer 26

Any land, premises, shed, barn, building, trailer, or other structure or area housing or intended to house animals.

Question 27

Hybrid cross

Answer 27

An animal resulting from the crossbreeding of two different species or types of animals. Crosses between wild animal species and domestic animals are considered to be domestic animals.

Question 28

Impervious surface

Answer 28

A surface that does not permit the absorption of fluids. Can be thoroughly and repeatedly disinfected, will not retain odors, and from which fluids bead up and run off or can be removed without their being absorbed into the surface material.

Question 29

Indoor housing

Answer 29

Any structure of building with environmental controls housing or intended to house animals and meeting the following three requirements:
1. Capable of controlling temperature within the structure within the limits set forth for that species of animal, of maintaining humidity levels of 30-70%, and of rapidly eliminating odors from within
2. Must be an enclosure created by the continuous connection of a roof, floor, and walls. Shed or barn set on top of ground does not have continuous connection between walls and ground unless a foundation and floor are provided
3. Must have at least one door for entry and exit that can be open and closed. Any windows or openings which provide natural light must be covered with a transparent material such as glass/hard plastic

Question 30

Intermediate handler

Answer 30

Any person, including a department, agency, or instrumentality of the US or of any State or local government (other than a dealer, research facility, exhibitor, any person excluded from the definition of a dealer, research facility, or exhibitor, an operator of an auction sale, or a carrier) who is engaged in any business in which he receives custody of animals in connection with their transportation in commerce. Those transporting birds under Migratory Bird Treaty Act are exempt.

Question 31

Inspector

Answer 31

Any person employed by the Department who is authorized to perform a function under the Act and the regulations in 9 CFR parts 1, 2, and 3

Question 32

Institutional Official

Answer 32

Individual at a research facility who is authorized to legally commit on behalf of the research facility that the requirements of 9 CFR parts 1, 2, and 3 will be met

Question 33

Licensed vet

Answer 33

A person who has graduated from an accredited school of veterinary medicine or has received equivalent formal education as determined by the Administrator, and who has a valid license to practice vet med in some State

Question 34

Licensee

Answer 34

Any person license according to the provisions of the Act and the regulations in part 2 of this subchapter

Question 35

Major operative procedure

Answer 35

Any surgical intervention that penetrates and exposes a body cavity of any procedure which produces permanent physical or physiological functions.

Question 36

Nonconditioned animals

Answer 36

Animals which have not been subjected to special care and treatment for sufficient time to stabilize, and where necessary, to improve their health.

Question 37

Nonhuman primate

Answer 37

Any nonhuman member of the highest order of mammals including prosimians, monkeys, and apes

Question 38

Outdoor housing facility

Answer 38

Any structure, building, land, or premise, housing or intended to house animals which does not meet the definition of any other type of housing facility provided in the regulations, and in which temperatures cannot be controlled within set limits.

Question 39

Painful procedures

Answer 39

Any procedure that would reasonably be expected to cause more than slight or momentary pain or distress in a human being. Pain in excess of that caused by injections or other minor procedures.

Question 40

Paralytic drug

Answer 40

Any drug which causes partial or complete loss of muscle contraction and which has no anesthetic or analgesic properties, so that the animal cannot move, but is completely aware of its surroundings and can feel pain

Question 41

Positive physical contact

Answer 41

Petting, stroking, or other touching which is beneficial to the well-being of the animal

Question 42

Poultry

Answer 42

Any species of chickens, turkeys, swans, partridges, guinea fowl, and pea fowl, ducks, geese, pigeons, and doves, grouse, pheasants, and quail.

Question 43

Primary conveyance

Answer 43

Main method of transportation used to convey an animal from origin to destination, such as a motor vehicle, plan, ship, or train

Question 44

Primary enclosure

Answer 44

Any structure of device used to restrict an animal to a limited amount of space

Question 45

Principal investigator

Answer 45

An employee of a research facility, or other person associated with a research facility, responsible for a proposal to conduct research and for the design and implementation of research involving animals.

Question 46

Quorum

Answer 46

Majority of committee members

Question 47

Random source

Answer 47

Dogs and cats obtained from animal pounds or shelters, auction sales, or from any person who did not breed and raise them on his or her premises

Question 48

Registrant

Answer 48

Any research facility, carrier, intermediate handler, or exhibitor not required to be licensed under section 3 of the Act, registered pursuant to the provisions of the Act and the regulations in part 2 of this subchapter

Question 49

Research facility

Answer 49

Any school (Except an elementary or secondary school), institution, organization, or person that uses or intends to use live animals in research, tests, or experiments and that 1. purchases or transports live animals in commerce of 2. receives funds under a grant award, loan, or contract from a department, agency, or instrumentality of the US for the purposes of carrying out research, tests, or experiments. Provided, that the Administrator may exempt, by regulation, and such school, institution, organization, or person that does not use or intend use live dogs or cats, except those schools, institutions, organizations, or persons, which use substantial numbers (as determined by the Administrator) of live animals the principal function of which schools, institutions, organizations, or persons, is biomedical research or testing, when in the judgement of the Administrator, any such exemption does not vitiate the purpose of the Act.

Question 50

Retail pet store

Answer 50

Any place of business or residence at which the seller, buyer, and the animal available for sale are physically present so that every buyer may personally observe the animal prior to purchasing and/or taking custody of that animal after purchase, and where only dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, rats, mice, gophers, chinchillas, domesticated ferrets, domesticated farm-type animals, birds, and coldblooded species are offered for sale. Excludes:
1. Deals in dogs used for hunting, security, or breeding
2. Persons exhibiting, selling, or offering to exhibit or sell any wild or exotic or other nonpet species of warmblooded animals.
3. Any establishement selling warmblooded animals (Except lab mice and rats) for research of exhibition purposes
4. Any establishment wholesaling any animals (except mice and rats)
5. Any establishment exhibiting pet animals in a room that is separate from or adjacent to the retail pet stores, or in an outside area, or anywhere off the retail pet store premises

Question 51

Sanitize

Answer 51

To make physically clean, and to remove and destroy, to the max degree practical, agents injurious to health

Question 52

Secretary

Answer 52

Secretary of Agriculture of the US or his representative who shall be an employee of the Department

Question 53

Sheltered housing facility

Answer 53

Housing facility which provides the animals with shelter, protection from the elements, and protection from temperature extremes at all times. May consist of runs or pens totally enclosed in a barn or building, or of connecting inside/outside runs or pens with the inside pens in a totally enclosed building

Question 54

Study area

Answer 54

Any building room, area, enclosure, or other containment outside of a core facility or centrally designated or managed area in which animals are housed for more than 12 hours

Question 55

Transporting device

Answer 55

An interim vehicle or device, other than man, used to transport an animal between the primary conveyance and the terminal facility or in and around the terminal facility of a carrier or intermediate handler

Question 56

Weaned

Answer 56

Mammal has become accustomed to take solid food and has so done, without nursing, for a period of at least 5 consecutive days, or that a bird has become accustomed to take food and has so done, without supplemental feeding from a parent or human caretaker, for a period of at least 5 consecutive days

Question 57

Wild animal

Answer 57

Any animal which is now or historically has been found in the wild, or in the wild state, within the boundaries of the US, its territories, or possessions.

Question 58

Wild state

Answer 58

Living in its original, natural conditions, not domesticated