Section 14.21. Postmortems.

 

(1)  The kennel owner or trainer shall immediately inform the division veterinarian of any animal in the kennel owner or trainer's care that expires or is euthanatized. Every animal which suffers a breakdown on the race track in training or in competition and is destroyed and every other animal which expires while on the grounds of a race track under the jurisdiction of the division shall undergo, unless otherwise determined by the division veterinarian, a post-mortem examination at a time and place acceptable to the division veterinarian to determine the injury or sickness which resulted in euthanasia or natural death.

(2)  The post-mortem examination required under this rule shall be conducted by the Wisconsin animal health laboratory, University of Wisconsin – Madison school of veterinary medicine, or another entity designated by the division.

(3)  Test samples must be obtained from the carcass upon which the post-mortem examination is conducted and shall be sent to a laboratory approved by the division for testing for foreign substances and natural substances at abnormal levels. When practical, blood and urine samples should be procured prior to euthanasia.

(4)  A record of every such post-mortem shall be filed with the division veterinarian, or with the division if the race meeting has ended, within 72 hours of the death submitted on a form supplied by the division.

(5)  Each owner and trainer accepts the responsibility, as a prerequisite for maintaining the occupational license issued by the division, for ensuring the post-mortem examination as provided in this section is conducted.

(6)  The trainer of a greyhound required under sub. (1) to have a post-mortem examination conducted shall be required to deliver the greyhound to the division's veterinarian.

(7)  The division shall be responsible for any transportation costs associated with the delivery of the deceased greyhound from the division veterinarian's office to the laboratory for post-mortem examination.

History: Cr. Register, March, 1990, No. 411 , eff. 4-1-90; CR 03-070 : am. (1) and (2), cr. (6) and (7) Register November 2003 No 575, eff. 12-1-03 .