Guam § 34301 - Definitions.
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§ 34301. Definitions.
For purposes of this Article:
(a) Carrier means any individual, partnership,
corporation or any other group or combination acting in
concert which shall transport any animal into, through or
upon Guam.
(b) Designated inspection area means an area
designated by the Director of the Department of
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Agriculture.
(c) Dog or cat means domestic species of dogs and
cats only. Nothing in this Act shall allow for the
importation of pet wolves, foxes, skunks, raccoons, civets,
hyenas, weasels, and wolverines, animals of the Order
Marsupialia, including opossums, koalas, kangaroos or
animals of the Order Chiroptera, including bats.
(d) Impoundment means strict confinement under
restraint by leash, cage or paddock upon premises specified
by order of the Director.
(e) International Unit (I.U.) means a unit of measure
agreed upon by scientists of a field.
(f) Officer means a member of the Guam Police
Department, a Mayor of Guam, or a person authorized by
the Director.
(g) OIE-FAVN means the World Organization for
Animal Health Fluorescent Antibody Virus Neutralization
test, a type of blood test used to determine the quantity of
rabies antibodies in the bloodstream.
(h) Quarantine means strict isolated impoundment.
(i) Rabies means the acute infectious disease of the
central nervous system caused by a filterable virus, most
frequently transmitted by the bite of infected animals and
commonly referred to as “hydrophobia”.
(j) Titer means a concentration of a substance in a
solution.
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