infectious thing

means-

a)an animal that is infected or is suspected of being infected with an animal disease;
b)the progeny or product of an animal referred to in paragraph (a);
c)any protozoon, bacterium, virus, fungus, prion, rickettsia, parasite or other organism or substance that can cause an animal disease; and
d)any other thing that is prescribed to be an infectious thing for the purposes of this Act;