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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1821. Definitions
As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) The term "management" means any person who organizes,
exercises control over, or administers or who is responsible for
organizing, directing, or administering.
(2) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(3) The term "sore" when used to describe a horse means that -
(A) an irritating or blistering agent has been applied,
internally or externally, by a person to any limb of a horse,
(B) any burn, cut, or laceration has been inflicted by a
person on any limb of a horse,
(C) any tack, nail, screw, or chemical agent has been
injected by a person into or used by a person on any limb of a
horse, or
(D) any other substance or device has been used by a person
on any limb of a horse or a person has engaged in a practice
involving a horse,
and, as a result of such application, infliction, injection, use,
or practice, such horse suffers, or can reasonably be expected to
suffer, physical pain or distress, inflammation, or lameness when
walking, trotting, or otherwise moving, except that such term
does not include such an application, infliction, injection, use,
or practice in connection with the therapeutic treatment of a
horse by or under the supervision of a person licensed to
practice veterinary medicine in the State in which such treatment
was given.
(4) The term "State" means any of the several States, the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the
Pacific Islands.
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