Wisconsin Legislature: ATCP 10.01(33)

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) or (c), the uniform methods and rules for the national brucellosis eradication program, as published in federal bureau publication 91-45-013 (October 1, 2003). Notwithstanding this paragraph and pars. (b) and (c), all official individual identification for all species is specified under sub. (71).

(b) In the case of swine, the uniform methods and rules for the national swine brucellosis control and eradication program, as published in federal bureau publication 91-55-042 (April, 1998).

(c) In the case of farm-raised deer, the uniform methods and rules for the national brucellosis in cervids program, as published in federal bureau publication 91-45-16 (September 30, 2003).

Note: The brucellosis 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:

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Division of Animal Health
P. O. Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911

(18) “Bull” means an uncastrated sexually mature male bovine animal.

(19) “Calf” means a sexually immature bovine animal of either sex.

(20) “Cattle” means any of the various animals of the domesticated genus Bos.

(21) “Certificate of veterinary inspection” means a written certificate that complies with s. ATCP 10.06.

(22) “Certified brucellosa ovis-free flock” means a flock of sheep that is certified by one of the following:

(a) The department under s. ATCP 10.68.

(b) The authorized animal health agency in the state where the flock is located, under standards equivalent to those in s. ATCP 10.68.

(23) “Certified brucellosis-free herd” means a herd of cattle, farm-raised deer, or goats that is certified as brucellosis-free by one of the following:

(a) The department under s. ATCP 10.12, 10.51, or 10.73.

(b) The authorized animal health agency in the state where the herd is located, under standards equivalent to those in s. ATCP 10.12, 10.51, or 10.73.

(24) “Cervid” means a member of the family of animals that includes deer, elk, moose, caribou, reindeer, and the subfamily musk deer. “Cervid” includes all farm-raised deer.

(25) “Chronic wasting disease” means the transmissible, contagious, infectious, and communicable disease in cervids caused by infectious proteins known as abnormal prions.

(26) “Chronic wasting disease test” means the immunohistochemistry (IHC) test, or another chronic wasting disease diagnostic test approved by the federal bureau and the department, used to determine whether an animal is infected with chronic wasting disease, and performed at a laboratory approved by the department or the federal bureau.

(27m) “Commercial swine” means a domestic hog but does not include members of the family suidae included under s. NR 16.11 (3).

(28) “Commingle” means to cause or permit any of the following:

(a) Direct contact with other animals.

(b) Unprotected contact with the same facilities, equipment, individuals, or environment contacted by other animals, under circumstances where that unprotected contact may spread disease.

(c) In the case of fish or fish eggs, contact with other fish or fish eggs or with the same water in which those other fish or fish eggs have been kept.

(29) “Communicable” means transmissible either directly or indirectly.

(30) “Contagious” means spread by contact, body secretions, or fomites.

(31) “Cow” means a female bovine animal after first calving.

(31m) “DHIA Technician” means a person approved by a service affiliate of the dairy herd improvement association to certify dairy farm production information.

(32) “Department” means the state of Wisconsin department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection. “Department” may include an authorized agent of the department.

(32m) “Direct supervision of a veterinarian” means supervision in which the veterinarian is immediately available to continually coordinate, direct, and personally inspect the practice of the person being supervised.

(33) “Equine animal” means a horse, mule, zebra, donkey, or ass.

(34) “Equine infectious anemia” means the contagious and infectious disease of equine animals caused by a non-oncogenic retrovirus.

Note: Equine infectious anemia is also known as EIA or swamp fever.

(35) “Equine infectious anemia test” means a test approved by the department, and conducted at a laboratory approved by the department or the federal bureau, to determine whether an animal is infected with equine infectious anemia.

(36) “Equine market” means an animal market that is open to the public solely for the purpose of trading in equine animals.

(37) “Exhibition” means an organized fair, swap meet, rodeo, trail ride, show, or other organized event at which animals owned by different persons are brought together from different premises and exhibited on the same premises. “Exhibition” does not include any of the following:

(a) An animal market.

(b) An exhibition operated by an institution accredited by the association of zoos and aquariums.

(38) “Exotic disease” means any communicable, contagious, or infectious disease not known to exist in livestock, fish, or poultry in Wisconsin.

(39) “Exotic ruminant” means a ruminant not indigenous to Wisconsin. “Exotic ruminant” does not include domestic bovine animals, bison, cervids, alpacas, or llamas.

(40) “Exposed” means subjected to a causative agent that may cause the exposed animal to contract a contagious, infectious, or communicable disease.

(41) “Fair” means a state, county, or district fair.

(42) “Farm-raised deer” has the meaning given in s. 95.001 (1) (ag), Stats., but does not include a cervid kept by an institution accredited by the association of zoos and aquariums.

(43) “Farm-raised game bird” means a captive bird of a wild nature that is not native. “Farm-raised game bird” does not include poultry or ratites, or birds kept pursuant to a license issued under s. 169.15, 169.19, 169.20, or 169.21, Stats.

Note: The Wisconsin department of natural resources issues licenses under ss. 169.15 (captive wild animal farm licenses), 169.19 (bird hunting preserve licenses), 169.20 (dog training licenses), and 169.21 (dog trial licenses), Stats.

(44) “Federal bureau” means the animal and plant health inspection service of USDA, or any other unit of USDA that is vested with authority to administer federal laws and regulations relating to animal disease control.

(45) “Federally approved livestock marketing facility” means an animal market that complies with s. ATCP 10.07 (4).

(46) “Feeder cattle” means bovine animals, other than dairy class females, kept for the sole purpose of feeding prior to slaughter, which are not more than 18 months old as evidenced by the absence of permanent teeth, and whose sexual status is one of the following:

(a) Non-spayed female that is not parturient or post-parturient.

(b) Spayed heifer.

(47) “Feeder swine” means swine that weigh 80 pounds or less and are kept for the sole purpose of feeding for slaughter.

(48) “Feeder swine pseudorabies monitored herd” means a herd of swine that is certified as a feeder swine pseudorabies monitored herd by one of the following:

(a) The department under s. ATCP 10.27 (3).

(b) The authorized animal health agency in the state where the herd is located, under standards equivalent to s. ATCP 10.27 (3).

(49) “Flock”, as applied to poultry, means any of the following:

(a) All poultry on a farm.

(b) A subset of poultry, on a farm, which has not commingled with other poultry on that farm for at least 21 days and which is designated as a separate flock by the department.

(50) “Flock”, as applied to sheep, means one of the following:

(a) A commonly owned or controlled group of sheep that are maintained on common ground.

(b) Two or more commonly owned or controlled groups of sheep that are maintained at geographically separate locations, if animals or people move between the locations without taking effective bio-security measures to prevent the spread of disease.

(51) “Fomite” means an inanimate object or substance that transfers infectious organisms from one animal to another.

(52) “Foreign animal disease” means any communicable, contagious, or infectious disease not known to exist in animals in the United States.

(53) “Hatchery” means premises used to hatch poultry or ratites. “Hatchery” includes incubators and setters.

(54) “Heifer” means a female bovine animal up to first calving.

(55) “Herd” means any of the following:

(a) A commonly owned or controlled group of animals that are maintained on common ground.

(b) Two or more commonly owned or controlled groups of animals that are maintained at geographically separate locations, if people, animals or equipment move between the locations without taking effective bio-security measures to prevent the spread of disease.

(55m) “Immediate family member,” as used in ch. 95, Stats., and this chapter, means a spouse, grandparent, parent, sibling, child, stepchild, grandchild, or the spouse of a grandparent, parent, sibling, child, stepchild, or grandchild.

(56) “Individual” means one of the following, as applicable:

(a) When used as a noun, a natural person.

(b) When used as an adjective, separate and distinct from all others.

(57) “Infectious” means caused by a pathogenic agent.

(57m) “Intermediate livestock handling facility” means an off-premises facility owned or leased by a slaughtering establishment that is licensed by the department or that is subject to inspection by USDA. The “intermediate livestock handling facility” is used to unload and temporarily hold animals before the animals are delivered to the slaughtering establishment.

(58) “Johne’s disease” means paratuberculosis, the infectious and communicable disease of domestic ruminants that is caused by Mycobacterium avium, subsp. paratuberculosis.

(59) “Johne’s disease national program standards” means the program standards for the national voluntary Johne’s disease control program, as published in federal bureau publication 91-45-016 (September 2010). Notwithstanding this subsection, official individual identification for all species is specified under sub. (71).

Note: The Johne’s disease national program standards 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 be obtained by writing to the following address:

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Division of Animal Health
P. O. Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911

(60) “Keep farm-raised deer” means to own, rent, or lease farm-raised deer.

(61) “Keeper of farm-raised deer” or “farm-raised deer keeper” means a person who keeps farm-raised deer.

(62) “Livestock” means bovine animals, equine animals, goats, poultry, sheep, swine other than wild hogs, farm-raised deer, farm-raised game birds, South American camelids, ratites, and fish.

Note: This definition of “livestock” applies only for purposes of this chapter. This definition is consistent with the definition in ch. ATCP 17 (livestock premises registration). More limited definitions apply for purposes of ch. ATCP 12 (animal markets, dealers and truckers), ch. ATCP 51 (livestock facility siting), and disease indemnity programs. Disease indemnities for condemned “livestock,” under s. 95.31, Stats., apply to animals of species raised primarily to produce food for human consumption (including farm-raised deer).

(63) “Livestock premises code” means the code assigned under s. ATCP 17.02 (7) or, for livestock premises located in another state, an equivalent code assigned by that other state.

(63m) “M-branded” means branded with the letter “M” to signify imported from Mexico.

(64) “Mare” means a female equine animal over 731 days of age.

(65) “Menagerie animal” means a domestic or non-domestic animal kept as part of a collection of multiple species primarily for purposes of exhibition.

(66) “Mycoplasmosis” means a disease of poultry caused by bacteria of the genus Mycoplasma.

(67) “National poultry improvement plan” means the national poultry improvement plan and auxiliary provisions dated January 2011, 9 CFR 56, 145, 146, and 147, printed in USDA-APHIS publication 91-55-088.

Note: The national poultry improvement plan is 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. The department will provide free copies to Wisconsin flock owners upon request. A flock owner may request a copy by visiting the department website at http://datcp.wi.gov, or by writing to the following address: