Chapter Game 14

Game 14.21 Game 14.21 Postmortems.

Game 14.21(1) (1) The kennel owner or trainer shall immediately inform the division veterinarian of any animal in the kennel owner or trainer’s care that expires or is euthanatized. Every animal which suffers a breakdown on the race track in training or in competition and is destroyed and every other animal which expires while on the grounds of a race track under the jurisdiction of the division shall undergo, unless otherwise determined by the division veterinarian, a post-mortem examination at a time and place acceptable to the division veterinarian to determine the injury or sickness which resulted in euthanasia or natural death.

Game 14.21(2) (2) The post-mortem examination required under this rule shall be conducted by the Wisconsin animal health laboratory, University of Wisconsin – Madison school of veterinary medicine, or another entity designated by the division.

Game 14.21(3) (3) Test samples must be obtained from the carcass upon which the post-mortem examination is conducted and shall be sent to a laboratory approved by the division for testing for foreign substances and natural substances at abnormal levels. When practical, blood and urine samples should be procured prior to euthanasia.

Game 14.21(4) (4) A record of every such post-mortem shall be filed with the division veterinarian, or with the division if the race meeting has ended, within 72 hours of the death submitted on a form supplied by the division.

Game 14.21(5) (5) Each owner and trainer accepts the responsibility, as a prerequisite for maintaining the occupational license issued by the division, for ensuring the post-mortem examination as provided in this section is conducted.

Game 14.21(6) (6) The trainer of a greyhound required under sub. (1) to have a post-mortem examination conducted shall be required to deliver the greyhound to the division’s veterinarian.

Game 14.21(7) (7) The division shall be responsible for any transportation costs associated with the delivery of the deceased greyhound from the division veterinarian’s office to the laboratory for post-mortem examination.

Game 14.21 History History: Cr. Register, March, 1990, No. 411, eff. 4-1-90; CR 03-070: am. (1) and (2), cr. (6) and (7) Register November 2003 No 575, eff. 12-1-03.

Game 14.22 Game 14.22 Division veterinarian.

Game 14.22(1) (1) The division shall employ a veterinarian licensed to practice in the state of Wisconsin at each race meeting.

Game 14.22(2) (2) The division veterinarian shall advise the division and stewards on veterinary matters.

Game 14.22(3) (3) The division’s veterinarian shall be on the grounds of the association at weighing-in time and during all racing hours.

Game 14.22(4) (4) The veterinarian shall make an examination of the physical condition of each greyhound at weighing-in time.

Game 14.22(5) (5) The division veterinarian shall observe each greyhound as it enters the lock-out kennel, inspect the greyhound if deemed necessary when entering the paddock prior to the race, and recommend to the stewards that any greyhound deemed unsafe to race or physically unfit to produce a satisfactory effort in a race be scratched.

Game 14.22(6) (6) The division veterinarian shall place any greyhound determined to be sick or having a communicable disease, or any greyhound deemed unsafe, unsound or unfit on a veterinarian’s list which shall be posted in a conspicuous place available to all owners, trainers and officials. Once a greyhound has been placed on the veterinarian’s list it may be allowed to race only after it has been removed from the list by the division veterinarian. The entry of any greyhound on the veterinarian’s list may be accepted only after receiving written authorization by the division veterinarian removing the greyhound from the list.

Game 14.22(7) (7) The division veterinarian shall have full access to each kennel on the association’s premises. The division veterinarian shall inspect the general physical condition of the greyhounds, sanitary conditions of the kennels, segregation of female greyhounds in season, segregation of sick greyhounds, the types of medicine found in use, cruel and inhumane treatment, and any other matters or conditions which are brought to the attention of the division veterinarian and reported to the stewards.

Game 14.22 History History: Cr. Register, March, 1990, No. 411, eff. 4-1-90; CR 03-070: am. (5), r. (8) Register November 2003 No. 575, eff. 12-1-03.

Game 14.23 Game 14.23 Testing laboratory.

Game 14.23(1) (1) Qualifications. Any laboratory selected to perform testing services for the division shall, at a minimum, meet all requirements established by the division in the request for proposal or request for bid issued pursuant to subch. IV of ch. 16, Stats. These shall include, but not limited to;

Game 14.23(1)(a) (a) Chain of custody procedures sufficient to allow introduction of test sample results as evidence in administrative hearings before the division or in judicial proceedings in the circuit courts of Wisconsin;

Game 14.23(1)(b) (b) Personnel with background sufficient to qualify as expert witnesses in the detection of substances in bodily fluid samples in hearings before the division or the circuit courts of Wisconsin.

Game 14.23(1)(c) (c) Participation in a program to evaluate and ensure laboratory quality control;

Game 14.23(1)(d) (d) Drug specific immunoassay testing which may include, but is not limited to, Particle Concentration Fluorescence Immunoassay (PCFIA), Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA), Radio Immunoassay (RIA), or any combination, to perform screening and detection tests of urine and blood samples for drug synthetic narcotics, opiates, stimulants, steroids, anti-inflammatories, depressants, muscle relaxants, tranquilizers and anti-biotics;

Game 14.23(1)(e) (e) Confirmation procedures utilizing gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) or other alternative computer aided instrument method of appropriate methodology;

Game 14.23(1)(f) (f) One year of experience as a testing laboratory for another racing jurisdiction in North America utilizing the testing methodologies in pars. (d) and (e);

Game 14.23(1)(g) (g) One member of the laboratory personnel shall be a registered member of the association of official racing chemists (AORC), who shall attend the annual meeting of the AORC at the laboratory’s expense;

Game 14.23(1)(h) (h) No laboratory staff, officer, administrator, or holder of any ownership interest in the laboratory shall have a financial interest, either directly or indirectly, in racing greyhounds, any entity licensed by the division, the racing industry, or any other conflict of interest, including those contained in s. 562.025, Stats.

Game 14.23(2) (2) Procedures. The division shall select a laboratory pursuant to a request for proposal or request for bid issued pursuant to the procedures set forth in the department of administration’s procurement manual as required by subch. IV of ch. 16, Stats.

Game 14.23 History History: Cr. Register, July, 1990, No. 415, eff. 8-1-90; CR 03-070: am. (1) (h) and (2) Register November 2003 No. 575, eff. 12-1-03.

Game 14.24 Game 14.24 Medication list.

Game 14.24(1) (1) All kennels shall maintain a listing of all chemical substances, medications, vitamins, and nutritional supplements present in the kennel for the purpose of ingestion or absorption by racing greyhounds.

Game 14.24(2) (2) Medication lists shall be prominently displayed in the kennel building.

Game 14.24(3) (3) Medication lists shall be subject to review and approval by the division. The division may deny approval of any item on the medication list if the item poses a risk to the health, safety or welfare of a greyhound or human; possession or administration of the item is prohibited by state or federal law; or the item has not been approved for use in dogs by the Food and Drug Administration or United States Department of Agriculture unless a prescription for the secondary use of the item is issued by a licensed veterinarian. Items denied by the division for placement on the medication list shall be prohibited in the kennel compound.

Game 14.24 History History: CR 03-070: cr. Register November 2003 No. 575, eff. 12-1-03.