ATCP 10.46(10)(d)(d) A person required to keep records under pars. (a) to (c) shall retain those records for at least 5 years, and shall make the records available to the department for inspection and copying upon request.
ATCP 10.46(11)(11)Prohibitions. No person keeping a herd of farm-raised deer may do any of the following:
ATCP 10.46(11)(a)(a) Add a farm-raised deer to the herd, from outside the herd, unless the farm-raised deer is one of the following:
ATCP 10.46(11)(a)1.1. Imported into this state in compliance with s. ATCP 10.55.
ATCP 10.46(11)(a)2.2. Moved, in compliance with s. ATCP 10.56, from another herd that holds a current annual registration certificate under sub. (1).
ATCP 10.46(11)(b)(b) Take or accept into the herd, on a temporary or permanent basis, any cervid from a free-ranging herd.
ATCP 10.46 NoteNote: Among other things, par. (b) prohibits a keeper of farm-raised deer from accepting orphan fawns or injured deer for temporary care pending return to the free-ranging herd. Persons accepting orphan fawns and injured deer must hold a rehabilitation license under s. 169.24, Stats., and must keep those fawns and injured deer separate from any farm-raised deer herd.
ATCP 10.46(11)(c)(c) Move a live farm-raised deer or any portion of a farm-raised deer carcass from the premises at which it has been kept unless the farm-raised deer has individual identification required under s. ATCP 10.54 or slaughter identification under s. ATCP 12.05 (5) (b), or the farm-raised deer carcass complies with sub. (13).
ATCP 10.46(11)(d)(d)
ATCP 10.46(11)(d)1.1. Except as authorized under subd. 2., cause or allow farm-raised deer to commingle with bovine animals on the same premises or in the same building, enclosure or vehicle unless all the animals are shipped directly to a slaughtering establishment and accompanied by a completed federal bureau form VS 1-27 or a department permit under s. ATCP 10.08 (3).
ATCP 10.46(11)(d)2.2. Farm-raised deer may be kept on the same premises as bovine animals and moved to a premises other than a slaughtering establishment under subd. 1., if one of the following requirements is met and an animal is moved in accordance with the requirements under this chapter:
ATCP 10.46(11)(d)2.a.a. The herd of farm-raised deer and bovine animals are medically separated as specified under sub. (5) (c).
ATCP 10.46(11)(d)2.b.b. The herd of farm-raised deer and bovine animals are certified by the department as accredited tuberculosis-free.
ATCP 10.46(11)(d)2.c.c. The herd of both farm-raised deer and bovine animals meet the testing requirements to become a tuberculosis-qualified herd and any animal to be moved has been classified negative to an official tuberculosis test that was conducted prior to the date of movement. The test under this subd. 2. c. shall be conducted within 90 days prior to the date of movement of farm-raised deer, and 60 days prior to the date of movement of bovine animals. If the herd test to achieve qualified herd status was conducted within 90 days of individual movement for farm-raised deer, and 60 days for bovine animals, the animal to be moved does not require an additional individual test.
ATCP 10.46 NoteNote: Federal bureau form VS 1-27 may be completed by an accredited veterinarian, an authorized state animal health official, or the federal bureau.
ATCP 10.46(11)(e)(e) Intentionally release farm-raised deer to the wild or take no action to prevent escapes.
ATCP 10.46(11)(f)(f) Feed or bait in a manner that may attract wild deer to the fence of the farm-raised deer herd.
ATCP 10.46(12)(12)Escaped farm-raised deer.
ATCP 10.46(12)(a)(a)
ATCP 10.46(12)(a)1.1. A person keeping farm-raised deer shall report to the department whenever any of those farm-raised deer escapes to the wild. The person shall report the escape within 24 hours after the person knows or has reason to know of the escape. The report shall identify the species, age, sex, and any identification of the farm-raised deer that escaped, the location of the escape, the apparent date and time of the escape, the circumstances that resulted in the escape, and steps taken to prevent recurring escapes.
ATCP 10.46(12)(a)2.2. A person keeping farm-raised deer shall be responsible for testing for chronic wasting disease in accordance with s. ATCP 10.52, any farm-raised deer that escapes from the keeper’s herd.
ATCP 10.46(12)(a)3.3. A person keeping farm-raised deer that, through deliberate action or inaction, permit deer to escape into the wild may be found in violation of sub. (11).
ATCP 10.46(12)(am)(am) If an escaped farm-raised deer is killed before returning to the herd, the person shall report to the department the date it was killed, the date the chronic wasting disease sample was submitted for testing, and the results of that test.
ATCP 10.46(12)(b)(b) If an escaped farm-raised deer is returned to the herd, the person shall report that return to the department within 24 hours after the return occurs. The report shall include the date of the return and the apparent number of hours that elapsed between the escape and the return.
ATCP 10.46(12)(c)(c) Except as provided in par. (d), if an escaped farm-raised deer is returned to the herd more than 120 hours after it escapes, the herd loses any status that it may have had in a herd certification or herd status program under s. ATCP 10.49, 10.51, or 10.53, and is treated as a new addition to the herd.
ATCP 10.46(12)(d)(d) If a farm-raised deer escapes into a wild deer disease control area and is returned to the herd more than 24 hours after the escape, the herd loses any status that it may have had in a herd certification or herd status program under s. ATCP 10.49, 10.51, or 10.53, and is treated as a new addition to the herd.
ATCP 10.46 NoteNote: For example, if a farm-raised deer escapes into a chronic wasting disease affected area established by the department of natural resources under s. NR 10, and is returned to the herd more than 24 hours after the escape, it loses any status that it had under the chronic wasting disease herd status program (s. ATCP 10.53). It also loses any status that it had under the tuberculosis herd certification program (s. ATCP 10.49) and the brucellosis herd certification program (s. ATCP 10.51).
ATCP 10.46(13)(13)Carcass identification.
ATCP 10.46(13)(a)(a) No person may remove any farm-raised deer carcass from the premises where the farm-raised deer was kept unless that carcass is identified with official individual identification, or with a dead tag issued by the department. No part of a carcass may leave the premises unless every part of the carcass bears official individual identification or a dead tag, and the farm-raised deer keeper keeps records that identify and correlate all of the official individual identification and dead tag numbers related to that farm-raised deer.