ATCP 12.05 NoteNote: If an animal dealer or trucker hauls swine direct to slaughter or to a slaughter sale held at a licensed market, an official back tag or premises identification ear tag is adequate identification for the animal.

ATCP 12.05(3)(3) Identification of equine animals. Whenever an animal dealer or animal market operator receives any equine animal, the animal dealer or market operator shall immediately record the official individual identification of that equine animal. If an equine animal has no official individual identification when received by an animal dealer or market operator, the animal dealer or market operator shall have a licensed and certified veterinarian prepare a description of that equine animal according to s. ATCP 12.01 (20) (c).

ATCP 12.05(4)(4) Identification of sheep. Whenever an animal dealer or animal market operator receives any sheep, the animal dealer or animal market operator shall immediately record the official individual identification of that sheep, if any. If a sheep has no official individual identification when received by an animal dealer or animal market operator, the animal dealer or animal market operator shall immediately identify that sheep with an official individual identification if that identification is required under s. ATCP 10.70.

ATCP 12.05(5)(a)1.1. Whenever an animal dealer or animal market operator receives any farm-raised deer, the animal dealer or market operator shall immediately record the official individual identification of that farm-raised deer. This paragraph does not apply to farm-raised deer which are backtagged for slaughter under par. (b).

ATCP 12.05(5)(a)2.2. No animal dealer or animal market operator may deliver a farm-raised deer to the custody of any other person unless that deer bears 2 individual identifications meeting the requirements of s. ATCP 10.54 (3) or unless that deer is backtagged under par. (b) and shipped directly to slaughter.

ATCP 12.05(5)(b)(b) Slaughter identification. Whenever an animal dealer, animal market operator or animal trucker receives a farm-raised deer for sale or shipment to slaughter, that recipient shall immediately identify that deer with an official back tag or other slaughter identification approved by the department, unless that deer already bears official individual identification or slaughter identification. The animal dealer, animal market operator, or animal trucker shall immediately record the back tag or slaughter identification number.

ATCP 12.05(6)(6) Identification of goats. Whenever an animal dealer or animal market operator receives any goats, the animal dealer or market operator shall immediately record the official individual identification of that goat, if any. If a goat has no official individual identification when received by an animal dealer or market operator, the animal dealer or market operator shall immediately identify that goat with an official individual identification if that identification is required under s. ATCP 10.77.

ATCP 12.05 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, December, 1990, No. 420, eff. 1-1-91; cr. (3), (4), Register, March, 1995, No. 471, eff. 4-1-95; am. (2) (b), Register, February, 1996, No. 482, eff. 3-1-96; emerg. cr. (5), eff. 6-3-96; cr. (5), Register, December, 1996, No. 492, eff. 1-1-97; am. (1) (a), (2) (a), (4) and (5) (b), Register, November, 2000, No. 539, eff. 12-1-00; CR 02-078: am. (5) (a) 3. Register May 2003 No. 569, eff. 6-1-03; CR 03-121: r. and recr. Register September 2004 No. 585, eff. 10-1-04; CR 06-009: am. (4) Register September 2006 No. 609, eff. 10-1-06; CR 07-107: am. (4), cr. (6) Register November 2008 No. 635, eff. 12-1-08; CR 11-048: am. (2) (b) Register July 2012 No. 679, eff. 8-1-12; CR 13-058: am. (1) (b), (3), (5) (a) 2. Register March 2014 No. 699, eff. 6-1-14; CR 15-092: am. (1) (a), renum. (1) (b) to (1) (b) 1. and am., cr. (1) (b) 2., am. (2) (a), renum. (2) (b) to (2) (b) 1. and am., cr. (2) (b) 2., am. (5) (b) Register July 2016 No. 727, eff. 10-1-16; CR 18-085: am. (1) (b) 1., (2) (a), (b), (5) Register May 2020 No. 773, eff. 6-1-20.

ATCP 12.06(1)(1) Records required. A person operating as an animal market operator, animal dealer, or animal trucker shall keep an accurate record of every animal that the person receives from or delivers to another person.

ATCP 12.06(1m)(a)(a) The name and address of the principal from whom the person received the animal, the date of receipt, and the place of receipt. The record shall also identify the animal trucker, if any, who transported the animal to the place of receipt.

ATCP 12.06(1m)(b)(b) The name and address of the principal to whom the person delivered the animal, the date of delivery, and the place of delivery. The record shall also identify the animal trucker, if any, who transported the animal to the place of delivery.

ATCP 12.06(1m)(c)(c) The animal’s official individual identification number, if official identification is required under ch. ATCP 10 or this chapter. If the animal has no official individual identification and is not required to bear official individual identification under ch. ATCP 10 or this chapter, the record shall identify the species, age, and sex of the animal.

ATCP 12.06(1m)(i)(i) A death record if the animal dies in the person’s custody. The record shall indicate the apparent cause of death, the place and manner of carcass disposition, and the name and address of any person to whom the carcass was delivered.

ATCP 12.06(1m)(k)(k) Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome and porcine epidemic diarrhea virus test results, if required under s. ATCP 10.30 (1) (a) 3. or 10.32 (2) and herd plan number, if required under s. ATCP 10.30 (2) (d) or 10.32 (2) (a) 2.

ATCP 12.06(1s)(e)(e) The slaughter back tag number, except if the animal is moved from a licensed animal dealer or animal market operation direct to slaughter, the animal trucker is not required to record the individual back tag number.