Ohio Code 941.51 – Tuberculosis definitions
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As used in sections 941.51 to 941.56 of the Revised Code:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 941.51
- Animal: means any animal that is a bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, or mammal, other than humans. See Ohio Code 941.01
- Dangerously contagious or infectious disease: means any disease, including any foreign animal disease, or vector, that the director of agriculture, in the director's sound discretion, determines to be of harmful effect on the animal or poultry industry or the public health and to be capable of transmission by any means from a carrier animal to a human or to another animal. See Ohio Code 941.01
(A) “Negative” means an animal determined by a tuberculosis test not to be infected with tuberculosis.
(B) “Reactor” means any animal that shows a response to an approved tuberculin test and is classified a reactor by the testing veterinarian.
(C) “Suspect” means an animal that cannot be classed as a reactor or negative after a tuberculosis test.
(D) “Tuberculosis” means a dangerously contagious or infectious disease of any species caused by mycobacterium bovis.