S.L. 449.18 ст. 2Interpretation.

In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires -"aquaculture animal" means live fish, crustaceans or molluscs coming from a fish-farm, including those from the wild intended for a farm;

"Director" means the Director of Veterinary Service; "farm animal" means a domestic animal of the bovine, porcine, ovine and caprine species, domestic solipeds and rabbits, wild animals of those species and wild ruminants which have been raised on a holding, as well as such aquaculture animals as are used intensively; "illegal treatment" means the use of unauthorized substances or products, or the use of substances or products authorised under special conditions;

"pet" means any companion animal; "sale" includes to offer, expose, advertise or keep for sale and supply by way of compensation or otherwise; "therapeutic treatment" means the administering, under regulation 5, to an individual farm animal an authorised substance to treat, after examination by a veterinarian, a fertility problem, including the termination of unwanted gestation, and, in the case of beta-agonists, to induce tocolysis in cows when calving, to treat respiratory problems, and to induce tocolysis in equidae raised for specific purposes other than meat production; "veterinarian" means a licensed veterinary surgeon;

"zootechnical treatment" means the administering of any substance -

(a) to an individual farm animal, authorised under regulation 6, for synchronizing oestrus, and preparing donors and recipients for the implantation of embryos, after examination of the animal by a veterinarian, or, in accordance with the proviso to regulation 6(1), under his responsibility; and

(b) in the case of aquaculture animals, to a group of breeding animals for sex inversion on a veterinarian’s prescription and under his responsibility.