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20Section
26. 95.001 (1) (ad) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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95.001
(1) (ad) 2. A farm-raised deer,
farm-raised game bovid, farm-raised
22game bird, or farm-raised fish.
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27. 95.001 (1) (aim) of the statutes is created to read:
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95.001
(1) (aim) “Farm-raised game bovid” means an animal that is not
25currently native to this state, is kept in captivity to be hunted, is a member of the
1family bovidae, and is a member of the subfamily aepycerotinae, alcelaphinae,
2antilopinae, bovinae, caprinae, or hippotraginae.
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28. 95.185 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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95.185
(2) Voluntary individual animal identification. The department shall
5create and administer a voluntary program under which a person who has obtained
6a livestock premises registration under s. 95.51 may obtain RFID tags for individual
7bovine animals, goats, sheep, swine,
or farm-raised deer
, or farm-raised game
8bovids. An RFID tag must include a 15-digit individual animal identification
9number that is connected to the livestock premises identification code for the
10animal's premises of origin. As part of the program under this section, the
11department shall maintain on its Internet site a link to the U.S. Department of
12Agriculture's list of authorized manufacturers of animal identification number
13devices. The department may contract with an agent to collect and maintain
14individual animal identification records, which may include submitting the
15information to an existing state or federal database. Individual animal
16identification records held by the department or by an agent with whom the
17department has contracted are not subject to copying or inspection under s. 19.35 (1)
18and, unless an exemption provided under s. 95.51 (5) (b) or (c) applies, the
19department or the agent may not disclose such records. The department may
20promulgate rules to implement this section. The department may amend any rules
21promulgated under this section as necessary to adapt to future advances in animal
22identification technology, including to substitute RFID tags with another technology
23if RFID technology becomes obsolete.
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24Section
29. 95.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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195.25
(1) In order to detect and control bovine tuberculosis the department may
2test for tuberculosis those cattle where indication of possible infection is disclosed by
3means of the slaughter cattle identification program and any other cattle,
4farm-raised deer
, farm-raised game bovids, or other species the department has
5reason to believe may be infected or exposed or considers necessary to test for any
6other reason. Tuberculosis tests authorized by the department shall be made at such
7times and in such manner as the department determines, in the light of the latest
8and best scientific and practical knowledge and experience.
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9Section
30. 95.25 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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95.25
(2) Upon reasonable notice, the department, its authorized agents and
11all inspectors and persons appointed or authorized to assist in the work of applying
12the tuberculin test, may enter any buildings or enclosures where cattle, farm-raised
13deer
, farm-raised game bovids, or other species are, for the purpose of making
14inspection and applying the tuberculin test, and any person who interferes therewith
15or obstructs them in their work or attempts to obstruct or prevent by force the
16inspection and the testing shall, in addition to the penalty prescribed therefor, be
17liable for all damages caused thereby to the state or to any person lawfully engaged
18in the work of inspection and testing.
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31. 95.25 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
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95.25
(5) For each animal of a species raised primarily to produce food for
21human consumption, including farm-raised deer
and farm-raised game bovids,
22condemned and slaughtered, except as provided in s. 95.36, the owner shall receive
23and, upon certificate of the department, the state shall pay two-thirds of the
24difference between the net salvage value and the appraised value of the animal, but
25the payment may not exceed $1,500 for an animal.
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32. 95.26 (5m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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95.26
(5m) (a) The department may obtain blood or tissue samples from swine
,
3farm-raised game bovids, and farm-raised deer to test for brucellosis.
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33. 95.26 (5m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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95.26
(5m) (b) The department may condemn swine
, farm-raised game bovids, 6and farm-raised deer that are reactors to the brucellosis test and may quarantine
7the herd from which the reactors come.
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8Section
34. 95.26 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
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95.26
(7) For each animal of a species raised primarily to produce food for
10human consumption, including farm-raised deer
and farm-raised game bovids,
11condemned and slaughtered, except as provided in ss. 95.36 and 95.48, the owner
12shall receive and, upon certificate of the department, the state shall pay two-thirds
13of the difference between the net salvage value and the appraised value of the
14animal, but the payment may not exceed $1,500
for an animal. With the consent of
15the owner the department may condemn, in infected herds, animals which have been
16exposed and which are suspected of being infected, although the animals have not
17reacted to the brucellosis tests.
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35. 95.30 of the statutes is amended to read:
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1995.30 Disposal of animals infected with tuberculosis. The owner of cattle
20or, farm-raised deer
, or farm-raised game bovids tested and found to be afflicted with
21bovine tuberculosis shall ship them under the direction of the department to some
22place designated by it for immediate slaughter under U.S. government inspection,
23or under the inspection approved by the department.
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24Section
36. 95.31 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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195.31
(3) In addition to the indemnities for specific animal diseases provided
2under ss. 95.25, 95.26 and 95.27 or under special emergency programs and subject
3to s. 95.36, the department shall pay indemnities on livestock condemned and
4slaughtered or destroyed because of other diseases if the department determines
5that the condemnation and slaughter or destruction is necessary to protect public
6health or the livestock industry. The indemnity under this subsection shall be
7two-thirds of the difference between net salvage value and appraised value, but may
8not exceed $1,500 for an animal, except as provided in sub. (3m). As used in this
9subsection, “livestock" means animals of species raised primarily to produce food for
10human consumption, including farm-raised deer
and farm-raised game bovids.
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37. 95.31 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
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95.31
(4) In the event of a major or serious outbreak of a contagious or infectious
13disease that may affect public health or the health of animals and that requires
14special control measures, the department may request the joint committee on
15finance to release funds appropriated under s. 20.115 (2) (b) as needed to conduct
16emergency control programs independently or in cooperation with federal or local
17units of government and, subject to s. 95.36, to pay indemnities on animals of species
18raised primarily to produce food for human consumption, including farm-raised deer
19and farm-raised game bovids, condemned and slaughtered or destroyed under the
20emergency control programs. For all indemnities paid under this subsection, the
21state shall pay two-thirds of the difference between the net salvage value and the
22appraised value of an animal, except that no payment may exceed $1,500 for an
23animal.
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38. 95.33 of the statutes is amended to read:
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195.33 Tubercular animals that do not react. Whenever in the opinion of
2the department a bovine
or, farm-raised deer
, or farm-raised game bovid is afflicted
3with tuberculosis, although failing to react to the tubercular test, such animal shall
4be condemned and the appraisal and all subsequent procedure shall be the same as
5in the case of reactors.
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39. 95.40 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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95.40
(1) No person shall use or cause to be used tuberculin or any other agent
8upon cattle
or, farm-raised deer,
or farm-raised game bovids, by injection or
9otherwise, for the purpose of preventing a proper reaction when a tuberculin test is
10made.
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40. 95.41 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: