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 identif ication 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 m eaning 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 b e reported to state or federal animal health officials when suspected or diagnosed.
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