Chapter ATCP 17
LIVESTOCK PREMISES REGISTRATION
ATCP 17.02 Livestock premises; registration required. ATCP 17.03 Confidential information. ATCP 17.04 Contract agent. ATCP 17.05 Receiving livestock from unregistered locations. Ch. ATCP 17 NoteNote: This chapter is adopted under authority of ss. 93.07 (1), 93.07 (10), 95.51 (3m) and (7), 95.55 (6), 95.68 (8), 95.69 (8), 95.71 (8), 95.72 (5), 97.22 (8), and 97.42 (4), Stats. This rule interprets ss. 93.07 (10), 95.51, 95.55, 95.60, 95.68, 95.69, 95.71, 95.72, 97.22, and 97.42, Stats. A person who violates this chapter is subject to applicable penalties and remedies provided in ss. 93.06 (7) and (8), 95.99, 97.72, and 97.73, Stats. According to s. 95.36 (10), Stats., a violator may also be disqualified from receiving livestock indemnities for which that person might otherwise be eligible under ch. 95, Stats., if the department condemns livestock for disease control purposes. ATCP 17.01ATCP 17.01 Definitions. In this chapter: ATCP 17.01(1)(b)(b) Township, range, and section numbers, if the location has no street address. ATCP 17.01(1)(c)(c) Geographic coordinates, if the location has no street address and no township, range, and section numbers. ATCP 17.01(8)(8) “Bovine animal” means beef cattle, dairy cattle, or American bison of any age or sex. ATCP 17.01(9)(9) “Captive game birds” means birds of a normally wild type, such as pheasants, quail, wild turkeys, migratory wildfowl, pigeons, and exotic birds raised for hunting, that are raised in captivity. “Captive game birds” does not include poultry or ratites, but does include birds kept pursuant to a license issued under s. 169.15, 169.19, 169.20, or 169.21, Stats. ATCP 17.01(10)(10) “Cervid” means a member of the family of animals that includes deer, elk, moose, caribou, reindeer, and the subfamily musk deer. “Cervid” includes all farm-raised deer. ATCP 17.01(11)(11) “Clinic” means a place where livestock are kept primarily for purposes of health care or rehabilitation. ATCP 17.01(12)(12) “Confidential information” means information that the department is required, under s. 95.51, Stats., and this chapter, to keep confidential. ATCP 17.01(13)(13) “Contiguous” means adjacent, or separated only by a transportation corridor, stream, or like feature. ATCP 17.01(14)(14) “Contract agent” means a person who acts on behalf of the department, pursuant to a written contract with the department. ATCP 17.01 NoteNote: The department may contract with an agent to process registrations under this chapter, and to manage registration information on behalf of the department. The contract agent must comply with this chapter and the agent’s contract with the department. The contract must include provisions specified in this chapter, including provisions related to confidentiality of information collected under this chapter. See ss. ATCP 17.03 and 17.04. ATCP 17.01(17)(17) “Department” means the Wisconsin department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection. ATCP 17.01 NoteNote: The department’s contract agent may act on behalf of the department, to the extent authorized under this chapter and the agent contract. See s. ATCP 17.04. ATCP 17.01(18)(18) “Farm-raised deer” has the meaning given in s. 95.001 (1) (ag), Stats., but does not include a cervid kept by an institution accredited by the association of zoos and aquariums. ATCP 17.01(20)(20) “Fish farm” means a facility, at which a person hatches fish eggs or keeps live fish, which is required to be registered under s. ATCP 10.61.