ATCP 10.01(86)
(86) “Racing animal" means an equine animal, or a greyhound or other racing canine, that participates or is raised to participate in races, including races at county, district, or state fairs, for money or other prizes.
ATCP 10.01(87)
(87) “Ratite" means a member of the group of flightless birds that includes the ostrich, emu, cassowary, kiwi, and rhea.
ATCP 10.01(88)
(88) “Reactor" means an animal that tests positive, in a conclusive diagnostic test, for an infectious, contagious, or communicable disease.
ATCP 10.01(88m)
(88m) “Salvage value," as used in ch.
95, Stats., means any monies received from any source for a condemned animal or animal parts by the owner of the condemned animal, other than federal government indemnities or state indemnities.
ATCP 10.01 Note
Note: The salvage value may include payments from livestock insurance or warranty programs.
ATCP 10.01(89)
(89) “Shipped directly to a slaughtering establishment" means delivered to a slaughtering establishment without being unloaded at any other location in this state.
ATCP 10.01(90)
(90) “Slaughtering establishment" means a facility to slaughter animals that is licensed and inspected by the department or USDA. “Slaughtering establishment" includes all premises used in connection with the slaughter operation including an approved intermediate livestock handling facility approved under s.
ATCP 10.07 (5).
ATCP 10.01(91)
(91) “South American camelid" means a llama, alpaca, vicuna, or guanaco.
ATCP 10.01(93)
(93) “Stallion" means a male equine animal over 731 days of age, but does not include a gelding.
ATCP 10.01(94)
(94) “State veterinarian" means the administrator of the animal health division of the department, or a veterinarian whom the administrator specifically authorizes to act on the administrator's behalf.
ATCP 10.01(96)
(96) “Suspect" means an animal that is suspected of having a disease, based on test results or other reliable information, but that is not yet confirmed to have the disease.
ATCP 10.01(97)
(97) “Swine" means a domestic hog or any variety of wild hog.
ATCP 10.01(98)
(98) “Swine growth performance test station" means premises where swine are assembled for purposes of determining feeding efficiency.
ATCP 10.01(99)
(99) “Test mare" means a mare that is used to determine the disease status of stallions with respect to contagious equine metritis.
ATCP 10.01(99m)
(99m) “Trading in livestock or wild animals" means the trading, buying, selling, or swapping of livestock or wild animals.
ATCP 10.01(100)
(100) “Tuberculosis" means the contagious, infectious, and communicable disease caused by
Mycobacterium bovis.
ATCP 10.01 Note
Note: Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis is also known as bovine tuberculosis. It is transmissible not only to cattle and other bovine animals, such as bison, but also to certain non-bovine species including cervids and humans.
ATCP 10.01(101)
(101) “Tuberculosis modified accredited state" means a state that USDA has classified as a tuberculosis modified accredited state, or a state with a tuberculosis prevalence in bovine herds of at least 0.01% but not more than 0.1%.
ATCP 10.01(102)
(102) “Tuberculosis monitored herd" means, in the case of farm-raised deer, a herd that is certified as a tuberculosis monitored herd by one of the following:
ATCP 10.01(102)(b)
(b) The authorized animal health agency of the state in which the herd is located, using standards equivalent to those in s.
ATCP 10.49.
ATCP 10.01(104)
(104) “Tuberculosis qualified herd" means, in the case of farm-raised deer, a herd that is certified as a tuberculosis qualified herd by one of the following:
ATCP 10.01(104)(b)
(b) The authorized animal health agency of the state in which the herd is located, under standards equivalent to s.
ATCP 10.49.
ATCP 10.01(105)
(105) “Tuberculosis test" means a test, approved by the department, which may be used to detect tuberculosis in animals for purposes of ch.
95, Stats., this chapter, or ch.
ATCP 12. “Tuberculosis test" includes any of the following tests, as applicable:
ATCP 10.01(105)(a)
(a) A caudal fold tuberculin test or a comparative cervical tuberculin test for bovine animals.
ATCP 10.01(105)(b)
(b) A single cervical tuberculin test or a comparative cervical tuberculin test for farm-raised deer.
ATCP 10.01(105)(c)
(c) A dual path platform test for farm-raised deer that are white-tailed deer, red deer, elk, fallow deer, or reindeer.
ATCP 10.01 Note
Note: Under s.
ATCP 10.82 (3), the department must approve tuberculosis tests used for exotic ruminants.
ATCP 10.01(106)(a)
(a) Except as provided in par.
(b), the uniform methods and rules for the national bovine tuberculosis eradication program, federal bureau publication 91-45-011 (January 1, 2005). Notwithstanding this paragraph and par.
(b), all official individual identification for all species is specified under sub.
(71).
ATCP 10.01(106)(b)
(b) In the case of farm-raised deer, the uniform methods and rules for the national cervid tuberculosis eradication program dated January 22, 1999, as published in federal bureau publication 91-45-011 (January 22, 1999), as amended by federal register Volume 71, No. 81, effective April 21, 2006.
ATCP 10.01 Note
Note: The tuberculosis uniform methods and rules are on file with the department and the legislative reference bureau. Copies may be obtained from the USDA website at:
www.aphis.usda.gov/wps/portal/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth. Copies may also be obtained by writing to the following address:
ATCP 10.01 Note
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Division of Animal Health
P. O. Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911
ATCP 10.01(107)
(107) “Typhoid" or “fowl typhoid" means a disease of poultry caused by
Salmonella gallinarum.
ATCP 10.01(108)
(108) “USDA" means the United States department of agriculture.
ATCP 10.01(109)
(109) “Validated brucellosis-free herd" means a herd of swine that is certified as brucellosis-free by one of the following:
ATCP 10.01(109)(b)
(b) The authorized animal health agency of the state where the herd is located, under standards equivalent to those in s.
ATCP 10.29.
ATCP 10.01(110)
(110) “Veal calf" means a bovine animal of either sex, not more than 120 days old, which is kept for the sole purpose of feeding prior to slaughter for veal.
ATCP 10.01(112m)
(112m) “Wild deer disease control area” means a CWD-affected area designated by the department of natural resources under ch.
NR 10 or other disease area designated by the department of natural resources or the department affecting wild cervid.
ATCP 10.01(114)
(114) “Zoo" or “zoological park" means any park, building, cage, enclosure, or other structure or premises in which a live animal or animals are kept for public exhibition or viewing, regardless of whether admission or other consideration is paid by the viewer.
ATCP 10.01 History
History: CR 06-009: cr.
Register September 2006 No. 609, eff. 10-1-06;
CR 07-061: am. (106) (b)
Register June 2008 No. 630, eff. 7-1-09;
CR 07-107: cr. (31m) and (63m), am. (39) and (59), r. (71) (g) 3.
Register November 2008 No. 635, eff. 12-1-08;
CR 11-048: cr. (27m), (57m), am. (59), (65), (67), (90), (105) (b), cr. (105) (d)
Register July 2012 No. 679, eff. 8-1-12;
CR 13-058: r. (27), am. (37) (b), (42), (46) (intro.), cr. (55m), renum. (56) to (56) (intro.) and (a) and am., cr. (56) (b), (68m), renum. (70) to (70) (intro.) and (c) and am., cr. (70) (a), (b), r. and recr. (71), cr. (88m), renum. (105) (c) and (d) to (105) (d) and (e), cr. (105) (c)
Register March 2014 No. 699, eff. 6-1-14;
CR 15-092: am. (5), (8), (17) (a), (42), (45), (59), (69), (70) (intro.), (a), (71) (a), renum. (71) (b) to (71) (b) (intro.) and 1. and am., cr. (71) (b) 2., renum. (71) (c) (intro.) and to (71) (c) (intro.) and 1. (intro.) and am., renum. (71) (c) 1. to 7. to (71) (c) 1. a. to g., cr. (71) (c) 2., 3., am. (71) (f), (g) 1., 3., cr. (71) (g) 4., am. (71) (h) 1., 2., cr. (71) (h) 2m., am. (71) (h) 4., (i) 1., (90), cr. (99m), am. (101), r. (103), am. (105) (c), (106) (a)
Register July 2016 No. 727, eff. 10-1-16; (71) 2m. renum. (71) (h) 2m. under s.
13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats.,
Register July 2016 No. 727;
CR 18-085: am. (5), (60) to (62), (90), (105) (d), cr. (112m)
Register May 2020 No. 773, eff. 6-1-20.
ATCP 10.02
ATCP 10.02 Domestic animals. The following animals are considered domestic animals under s.
169.01 (7), Stats., and are not considered wild animals:
ATCP 10.02(3)
(3) Farm-raised game birds, except farm-raised game birds that have been released to the wild.
ATCP 10.02(5)
(5) Farm-raised fish, except fish that have been released to waters of the state.
ATCP 10.02(6)
(6) Foxes, fitch, nutria, marten, fisher, mink, chinchilla, rabbit, or caracul that are born, bred, and raised in captivity and are not endangered or threatened species.
ATCP 10.02(8)
(8) Animals of any species that has been domesticated by humans.
ATCP 10.02 History
History: CR 06-009: cr.
Register September 2006 No. 609, eff. 10-1-06.
ATCP 10.025(2)
(2) The fee under sub.
(1) shall be paid before the department conducts the inspection and prior to being eligible for any registration, license, or certification issued under this chapter.
ATCP 10.025(3)
(3) No inspection is required for the renewal of an existing medically separated premises if the department has previously inspected the premises for medical separation and there have been no changes in registration, licensure, certification, ownership, or use of premises.
ATCP 10.025 History
History: CR 18-085: cr.
Register May 2020 No. 773, eff. 6-1-20; correction in (1) to (3) made under s.
35.17, Stats.,
Register May 2020.
ATCP 10.03(1)(1)
A person who diagnoses or obtains credible diagnostic evidence of any disease identified in ch.
ATCP 10 Appendix A, in an animal in this state,
shall report that diagnosis or evidence to the department within one day after making the diagnosis or obtaining the evidence.
ATCP 10.03(2)
(2) A person who diagnoses or obtains credible diagnostic evidence of any disease identified in ch.
ATCP 10 Appendix B, in an animal in this state, shall report that diagnosis or evidence to the department within 10 days after making the diagnosis or obtaining the evidence.
ATCP 10.03(3)
(3) A person may make a report under sub.
(1) or
(2) by telephone, by email, by fax, or by any other effective means of communication that ensures the report will reach the department within the applicable time limit set forth in this section. The reported information shall include official individual identification, if required under this chapter, the species, age, sex, and breed of the animal possibly infected with the disease, the address of the farm, and the premises code, if any. If the report is not initially in writing, the person shall confirm the report in writing by mail, e-mail, or fax within 10 days.
ATCP 10.03(4)
(4) If the department, the Wisconsin veterinary diagnostic laboratory, or the Wisconsin department of health services makes a diagnosis or obtains evidence under sub.
(1) or
(2), no other person is required to report the diagnosis or evidence under sub.
(1) or
(2).
ATCP 10.03(5)
(5) A person is not required to make a report under sub.
(1) or
(2) if another person reports the same information under sub.
(1) or
(2).
ATCP 10.03 Note
Note: For example, if a veterinarian submits a test sample to a laboratory and receives a positive test result for a disease identified under sub. (1) or (2), the veterinarian is not required to report the test result to the department if the laboratory does so.
ATCP 10.03(6)
(6) If the department determines that a disease reported under sub.
(1) or
(2) may present a threat to wild animals in this state, the department shall notify the department of natural resources of the report contents.
ATCP 10.03(7)
(7) If the state veterinarian determines that a new disease is reportable under sub.
(1) or
(2) because it presents a threat to animals or humans residing in this state, he or she may issue an order to make the disease reportable within one or ten days until the new disease is published under ch.
ATCP 10 Appendix A or
B.
ATCP 10.03 Note
Note: Separate reporting requirements apply to fish diseases under s.
ATCP 10.66. Other species-specific reporting requirements may also apply under this chapter.
ATCP 10.03 History
History: CR 06-009: cr.
Register September 2006 No. 609, eff. 10-1-06; correction in (4) made under s.
13.92 (4) (b) 6., Stats.,
Register May 2011 No. 665; corrections in (1), (2) made under s.
13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register April 2013 No. 688;
CR 13-058: am. (3)
Register March 2014 No. 699, eff. 6-1-14; correction in (3) made under s.
35.17, Stats.,
Register March 2014 No. 699;
CR 15-092: am. (3)
Register July 2016 No. 727, eff. 10-1-16;
CR 18-085: am. (3), cr. (7)
Register May 2020 No. 773, eff. 6-1-20.
ATCP 10.04(1)(a)
(a) A veterinarian, qualified fish health inspector, certified veterinary technician, qualified chronic wasting disease test sampler, or DHIA technician who tests an animal in this state for any of the following diseases shall report the test results to the department, regardless of whether the test result is positive or negative:
ATCP 10.04(1)(am)
(am) A person under par.
(a) shall submit test samples to a laboratory approved by the department.
ATCP 10.04(1)(b)
(b) A person under par.
(a) shall report a positive test result for any disease under par.
(a) within the time period and by the method specified for that disease in s.
ATCP 10.03.
ATCP 10.04(1)(c)
(c) A person under par.
(a) shall report a negative test result for any disease under par.
(a) within 10 days after receiving that test result. The person shall report the negative test result in writing, by e-mail, or fax.
ATCP 10.04(1)(d)
(d) A person under par.
(a) is not required to report diseases under par.
(a) if the laboratory analyzing the test sample reports the test result to the department according to this subsection.
