Section 10.08. Moving diseased animals.

 

(1)   General. No person may, in connection with the import, sale, movement, or exhibition of any animal, do any of the following:

(a) Knowingly conceal that the animal has been infected with or exposed to any contagious or infectious disease.

(b) Knowingly misrepresent that the animal has not been exposed to or infected with any contagious or infectious disease.

(c) Knowingly permit an animal that has been exposed to or infected with a contagious or infectious disease to commingle with other animals under conditions that may cause the disease to spread to an animal owned by another person.

(2)   Contagious or infectious diseases. Except as provided in sub. (3) , no person may sell or move any animal that is infected with or exposed to any of the following contagious or infectious diseases, or any animal that the department has classified as a suspect or reactor for any of the following contagious or infectious diseases:

(a) Anthrax.

(b) Brucellosis.

(c) Chronic wasting disease.

(d) Equine encephalomyelitis.

(e) Equine infectious anemia.

(f) Foot and mouth disease.

(g) Hog cholera (classic swine fever).

(h) Vesicular stomatitis.

(i) Mycoplasma gallisepticum.

(j) Pseudorabies.

(k) Psoroptic mange.

(L) Pullorum.

(m) Rabies.

(n) Salmonellosis entriditis in poultry.

(o) Scrapie.

(p) Sheep foot rot.

(q) Swine dysentery.

(r) Tuberculosis.

(s) Vesicular exanthema.

(3)   Permit to move.

(a) The department may issue a permit allowing a movement of animals that is otherwise prohibited under this chapter. The permit may allow movement for slaughter or other purposes prescribed by the department in the permit, subject to terms and conditions prescribed in the permit. The department shall grant or deny a permit under this subsection within 5 business days after the department receives a complete permit application containing all information required by the department.

(b) If a permit under par. (a) allows movement to a slaughtering establishment for slaughter, the slaughtering establishment operator shall report to the department the results of any post-mortem examination of the animal. The operator shall file the report within 7 days after the operator receives the animal at the slaughtering establishment.

(4)   Removing livestock from slaughter establishment. No person may remove any livestock animal from a slaughtering establishment after the animal has been off-loaded at the slaughtering establishment unless the animal is removed under a special permit issued by the state veterinarian. The state veterinarian shall grant or deny a permit application within 5 business days after he or she receives a complete application.

(5)   Release of diseased wild animal. A person who knows or has reason to know that a captive wild animal has been infected with or exposed to a disease identified in s. ATCP 10.03 may not release the animal to the wild unless a certified veterinarian finds that the animal is free of the disease at the time of release. The veterinarian shall make the finding on a certificate of veterinary inspection that is filed with the department.

CR 06-009 : cr. Register September 2006 No. 609 , eff. 10-1-06; CR 07-107 : am. (4) and (5) Register November 2008 No. 635 , eff. 12-1-08.

Note

See also ss. ATCP 10.11 , 10.28 (4) , and 10.50 (4) . Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 See also ss. ATCP 10.055 (2) and (3) , 10.13 (3) , and 10.48 (6) . Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 See ss. ATCP 10.16 related to Johne's disease. Animals infected with or exposed to other contagious or infectious diseases, not listed in par. (a), may be quarantined at the discretion of the department under s. ATCP 10.89 and other provisions of this chapter. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 See also ss. 169.04 (2) (d) and 169.06 (1) (d) , Stats. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1