NRS587.670. Definitions.

  As used in this section and NRS 587.680 and 587.690:

      1.  “Commercial feed” means all materials except seed, whole or processed, which are distributed for use as feed or for mixing in feed intended for livestock except that the Director by regulation may exempt from this definition or from specific provisions of NRS 587.680 and 587.690 commodities including hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husk, hull and individual chemical compounds and substances if those commodities, compounds or substances are not intermixed or mixed with other materials.

      2.  “Contract feeder” means a person who as an independent contractor feeds commercial feed to animals pursuant to a contract whereby the commercial feed is supplied, furnished or otherwise provided to the person and whereby the person’s remuneration is determined in whole or in part by feed consumption, mortality, profits or the amount or quality of the product.

      3.  “Customer-formula feed” means commercial feed which consists of a mixture of commercial feeds or feed ingredients, each batch of which is manufactured according to the specific instructions of the final purchaser.

      4.  “Livestock” means:

      (a) All cattle or animals of the bovine species.

      (b) All horses, mules, burros and asses or animals of the equine species.

      (c) All swine or animals of the porcine species.

      (d) All goats or animals of the caprine species.

      (e) All poultry or domesticated fowl or birds.

      (f) All rabbits of the genus oryctolagus.

      (g) All sheep or animals of the ovine species.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 1132; A 1993, 1790; 1999, 3731)