ATCP 10.01(50)(b)(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.

ATCP 10.01(51)(51) “Fomite” means an inanimate object or substance that transfers infectious organisms from one animal to another.

ATCP 10.01(52)(52) “Foreign animal disease” means any communicable, contagious, or infectious disease not known to exist in animals in the United States.

ATCP 10.01(53)(53) “Hatchery” means premises used to hatch poultry or ratites. “Hatchery” includes incubators and setters.

ATCP 10.01(55)(b)(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.

ATCP 10.01(55m)(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.

ATCP 10.01(57m)(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.

ATCP 10.01(58)(58) “Johne’s disease” means paratuberculosis, the infectious and communicable disease of domestic ruminants that is caused by Mycobacterium avium, subsp. paratuberculosis.

ATCP 10.01(59)(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).

ATCP 10.01 NoteNote: 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:

ATCP 10.01 NoteWisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Division of Animal Health
P. O. Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911

ATCP 10.01(61)(61) “Keeper of farm-raised deer” or “farm-raised deer keeper” means a person who keeps farm-raised deer.

ATCP 10.01(62)(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.

ATCP 10.01 NoteNote: 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).

ATCP 10.01(63)(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.

ATCP 10.01(65)(65) “Menagerie animal” means a domestic or non-domestic animal kept as part of a collection of multiple species primarily for purposes of exhibition.

ATCP 10.01(67)(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.