Section 10.13. Tuberculosis testing and control.

 

(1)   Who may test or collect samples.

(a) A person who performs a tuberculosis test on a bovine animal or who collects a sample for any other tuberculosis test on a bovine 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 a bovine 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 a bovine animal under this chapter or ch. ATCP 12 .

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

(2)   Test procedures. Sample collection and testing for tuberculosis in bovine animals shall comply with the tuberculosis uniform methods and rules. A laboratory approved by the department or the federal bureau shall conduct laboratory tests, if any.

(3)   Test reporting. A person, under sub. (1) , who performs a tuberculosis test on a bovine animal in this state, or collects a tuberculosis test sample from a bovine 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 a bovine 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 according to sub. (6) .

(5)   Test positive animal; further testing and classification. Whenever the department receives a positive tuberculosis test report under sub. (3) , the department or the federal bureau shall conduct confirmatory testing to determine whether the animal is a tuberculosis suspect or reactor. The department or the federal bureau shall test and classify animals according to the tuberculosis uniform methods and rules.

(6)   Tuberculosis reactors.

(a) Within 15 days after the department or the federal bureau classifies a bovine animal as a tuberculosis reactor, the animal owner shall have the animal identified as a tuberculosis reactor and shipped to a slaughtering establishment for slaughter, according to the tuberculosis uniform methods and rules. The owner or authorized agent shall obtain a department permit under s. ATCP 10.08 (3) for the slaughter shipment.

(b) The department may extend a deadline under par. (a) for good cause, but may not extend a deadline under par. (a) by more than 15 days.

(c) An animal owner may request an indemnity under s. 95.25 (5) , Stats., for a tuberculosis reactor slaughtered according to pars. (a) and (b) . The animal owner shall file the request with the department, on a form provided by the department. The owner shall include, with the request, a slaughter confirmation signed by an authorized employee of the department or the federal bureau. An animal owner does not qualify for an indemnity if the owner fails to comply with pars. (a) and (b) .

(7)   Slaughter inspection of tuberculosis suspects. A tuberculosis suspect, if slaughtered, shall be slaughtered and inspected according to the tuberculosis uniform methods and rules.

CR 06-009 : cr. Register September 2006 No. 609 , eff. 10-1-06; CR 11-048 : am. (1) (b) Register July 2012 No. 679 , eff. 8-1-12; CR 15-092 : am. (1) (a) (intro.), 2., r. and recr. (1) (b), cr. (1m), am. (3), (5), consol. (6) (a) (intro.) and 1. and renum. to (6) (a) and am., r. (6) (a) 2., am. (6) (c) Register July 2016 No. 727 , eff. 10-1-16; correction in (6) (b) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7. , Stats., Register July 2016 No. 727 .

Note

The tuberculosis uniform methods and rules are on file with the department and the legislative reference bureau. Copies may be obtained from the USDA website at: www.aphis.usda.gov/wps/portal/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth . Copies may also be obtained by writing to the following address: Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Division of Animal Health
P.O. Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911 Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 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 The tuberculosis uniform methods and rules are on file with the department and the legislative reference bureau. Copies may be obtained from the USDA website at: www.aphis.usda.gov/wps/portal/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth . Copies may also be obtained by writing to the following address: Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Division of Animal Health
P.O. Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911 Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 The tuberculosis uniform methods and rules are on file with the department and the legislative reference bureau. Copies may be obtained from the USDA website at: www.aphis.usda.gov/wps/portal/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth . Copies may also be obtained by writing to the following address: Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Division of Animal Health
P.O. Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911 Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1