Section 10.055. Tuberculosis testing and control.

 

(1)   Who may test or collect samples.

(a) A person who performs a tuberculosis test or who collects a sample for any other tuberculosis test on an animal for purposes of this chapter or ch. ATCP 12 , shall have completed department-approved training on tuberculosis testing or tuberculosis sample collection within 5 years prior to the test date and shall be one of the following:

1. An accredited veterinarian. If the veterinarian performs the test on an animal in this state, the veterinarian shall also be a Wisconsin certified veterinarian.

2. An authorized employee or agent of the department or the federal bureau that is directly supervised by a veterinarian employed by the state of Wisconsin, as authorized by the state veterinarian, or employed by the federal bureau.

(b) Only a veterinarian approved by the department or an employee of the department or federal bureau may conduct confirmatory tuberculosis testing on any animal under this chapter or ch. ATCP 12 .

(2)   Testing approval. A person, under sub. (1) , may not perform a tuberculosis test on or collect a test sample from any animal from a quarantined or known infected herd, except with the department's approval.

(3)   Test reporting. A person, under sub. (1) , who performs a tuberculosis test on an animal in this state, or collects a tuberculosis test sample from an animal in this state, shall report the test result to the department according to s. ATCP 10.04 (1) .

(4)   Test positive animal; movement restricted. No person may sell or move an animal that tests positive on any tuberculosis test until one of the following occurs:

(a) The department determines that the animal is not a tuberculosis suspect or reactor.

(b) The animal is classified as a tuberculosis reactor and treated as determined by the department.

CR 15-092 : cr. Register July 2016 No. 727 , eff. 10-1-16.

Note

A test report must include the animal's official individual identification. If the animal has no official individual identification, the person collecting the test sample must identify the animal with an official individual identification. See s. ATCP 10.04 (1) (e) . Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1