Legal basis: Article 3 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Animal Epidemic Prevention. Animals mentioned in this Law refer to domestic animals, poultry and other animals that are artificially raised or caught. Animal products mentioned in this Law refer to the meat, skin, hair, viscera, fat, blood, semen, eggs, embryos, bones, hooves, heads, horns and tendons of animals and milk and eggs that may spread animal diseases. Animal epidemics mentioned in this Law refer to animal infectious diseases, including parasitic diseases. Animal epidemic prevention as mentioned in this Law refers to the prevention, control, diagnosis, treatment, purification and elimination of animal epidemics, the quarantine of animals and animal products, and the harmless treatment of dead animals and sick animal products.