ATCP 10.52(8)(a) (a) The department may order the slaughter or destruction of farm-raised deer, as provided in s. 95.23 (1m) or 95.31, Stats. An order may do all of the following:

ATCP 10.52(8)(a)1. 1. Specify a reasonable deadline for the slaughter or destruction.

ATCP 10.52(8)(a)2. 2. Direct appropriate disease testing and disposition of the carcasses.

ATCP 10.52(8)(a)3. 3. Require the herd owner or custodian to enter into a premises plan agreement under par. (b), within a time period specified in the order, as a condition to the payment of indemnities under par. (c). The terms of a premises plan agreement may be contingent on the outcome of disease testing.

ATCP 10.52(8)(b) (b) A premises plan agreement under par. (a) 3. may require the herd owner or custodian to clean and disinfect the herd premises, limit future cervid movement to and from the premises, or comply with other requirements that are reasonably designed to prevent the spread of disease. An agreement may include a restrictive covenant, such as a fence maintenance requirement, that is binding on subsequent property owners for the duration of the agreement.

ATCP 10.52(8)(c) (c) The owner of farm-raised deer slaughtered or destroyed pursuant to a department order under par. (a) may request an indemnity as provided in s. 95.23 (1m) or 95.31, Stats. The owner shall file the request with the department, on a form provided by the department. The request shall include proof of compliance with the department’s order under par. (a).

ATCP 10.52 Note Note: A person may obtain an application form under par. (c) by calling [phone], by visiting the department website at http://datcp.wi.gov, or by writing to the following address:

ATCP 10.52 Note Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Division of Animal Health
P.O. Box 8911
Madison, WI 53718

ATCP 10.52(9) (9) Keeper shall notify veterinarian. Whenever a keeper of farm-raised deer observes signs or symptoms of chronic wasting disease in any animal in the herd, the keeper shall report the signs or symptoms to a Wisconsin certified veterinarian. The keeper shall make the report within 24 hours after observing the signs or symptoms.

ATCP 10.52 History History: CR 06-009: cr. Register September 2006 No. 609, eff. 10-1-06; CR 07-107: am. (1) (intro.), r. and recr. (3) (a), (c) 2. and (8) Register November 2008 No. 635, eff. 12-1-08; CR 11-048: renum. (1) to be (1m) and am., cr. (1), am. (3) (a) (intro.), (b), (c), (4) (a) (intro.), (b), (c), (5) Register July 2012 No. 679, eff. 8-1-12; CR 13-058: renum. (1) to (1) (intro.), (a), and (b); (1m) (b) 1. to (1m) (b) 1., 2.; (b) 2. to (1m) (b) 3.; (1m) (b) 3. to (1m) (b) 4.; (3) (c) 2. to (3) (c) 2. (intro.) and (a) and am. (1) (intro.), (a), (b), (1m) (b) 1., 2., 4., (3) (c) 2. (intro.), (a)., cr. (3) (c) 2. b., (d), am. (4) (a) (intro.), cr. (4) (a) 4., (ag), (ar), am. (4) (b), (7) Register March 2014 No. 699, eff. 6-1-14; CR15-092: am. (1m) (a) 1., renum. (1m) (a) 2. to (1m) (a) 2. (intro.) and am., cr. (1m) (a) 2. a., b., am. (1m) (b) 1. to 3., r. and recr. (1m) (b) 4., cr. (3) (c) 1m., (6m), am. (7), cr. (7m) Register July 2016 No. 727, eff. 10-1-16; CR 18-085: cr. (1m) (c), (d), am. (3) (c) (intro.), 1., 1m., 2. a., b., (d), (4) (b), renum. (7) to (7) (title) (a), am. (7m), (8) (a) 3. Register May 2020 No. 773, eff. 6-1-20; renum. (7) (title) (a) to (7) under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., and correction in (7m) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register May 2020 No. 773.

ATCP 10.53 ATCP 10.53 Farm-raised deer; chronic wasting disease herd status program.

ATCP 10.53(1) (1) General. A person who keeps farm-raised deer in this state and holds a valid farm-raised deer keeper registration under s. ATCP 10.46 may enroll the herd in the chronic wasting disease herd status program under this section.

ATCP 10.53 Note Note: No person may move a live farm-raised deer from a herd in this state unless the herd is enrolled in the status program under this section. See ss. ATCP 10.52 (2) and 10.56 (1).

ATCP 10.53(1m) (1m) Herd status, multiple herds. A chronic wasting disease herd status may cover multiple herds of farm-raised deer of one deer keeper or farm-raised deer of multiple deer keepers if all of the farm-raised deer included in the herd status are commingled and managed as one herd for disease control purposes. This subsection does not apply to herds considered by the department to be medically separated herds.

ATCP 10.53(2) (2) Application. To enroll a herd in the status program under this section, a person shall submit an application on a form provided by the department. The application shall include all the following:

ATCP 10.53(2)(a) (a) The name, address, and telephone number of the herd owner, and any trade names under which the herd owner does business.

ATCP 10.53(2)(b) (b) The name, address, and telephone number of the herd custodian, if other than the herd owner.

ATCP 10.53(2)(c) (c) The herd location street address and county. If the street address is not available, the county, town, section, and fire number assigned to that location.

ATCP 10.53(2)(d) (d) A report of a complete herd census completed no more than 30 days prior to the date of application. The applicant shall submit the census report on a form provided by the department. The census report shall include all the following:

ATCP 10.53(2)(d)1. 1. The number, species, and sex of farm-raised deer in the herd.

ATCP 10.53(2)(d)4. 4. The 2 individual identifications of each farm-raised deer that meet the requirements under s. ATCP 10.54 (3).

ATCP 10.53(2)(d)5. 5. The month and year of birth of each farm-raised deer.

ATCP 10.53(2)(e) (e) A written statement, by a Wisconsin certified veterinarian, which certifies all of the following:

ATCP 10.53(2)(e)1. 1. That the veterinarian is the herd veterinarian, having established a valid veterinarian-client relationship with the herd keeper and a valid veterinarian-patient relationship with the herd.

ATCP 10.53(2)(e)2. 2. That no farm-raised deer in the herd has shown any clinical signs of chronic wasting disease in the past 12 months.

ATCP 10.53 Note Note: A person may obtain an application form under sub. (2) by calling [phone], by visiting the department website at http://datcp.wi.gov, or by writing to the following address:

ATCP 10.53 Note Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Division of Animal Health
P.O. Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911

ATCP 10.53(2)(f) (f) A physical herd inventory verifying the herd census and completed by the herd veterinarian or an authorized agent of the department listing each farm-raised deer’s 2 individual identifications that meet the requirements under s. ATCP 10.54 (3).

ATCP 10.53(3) (3) Action on application. The department shall grant or deny an application under sub. (2) within 30 days after the department receives a complete application. Except as provided in sub. (9), a herd is enrolled on the day that the department accepts the application. The department shall notify the herd keeper of the enrollment date.