Advancing Animal Disease Traceability

(ADT) Road Map for

Wisconsin

A Three-Year Plan

Submitted by:

WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TRADE AND 

CONSUMER PROTECTION – DIVISION OF ANIMAL HEALTH

GRETCHEN MAY, DVM – TRACEABILITY PROGRAM COORDINATOR

WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, TRADE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

P.O. BOX 8911

MADISON, WI 53708-8911

608-224-4872

Submitted to:

PAUL KUNDE, DVM

AREA VETERINARIAN FOR WISCONSIN

VETERINARY SERVICES

ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

1111 DEMING WAY #100

MADISON, WI 53717

608-662-0630

Date: 1/6/2023
Table of Contents

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY _________________________________________________________________ 3

II. CURRENT TRACEABILITY SITUATION ______________________________________________________ 4

2.1 Who are we?_____________________________________________________________________ 4

2.2 Where are we now? _______________________________________________________________ 4

2.3 Strengths and Weaknesses _________________________________________________________ 7

2.4 Opportunities and Threats __________________________________________________________ 8

2.5 Inventory of existing infrastructure and suitability assessment _____________________________ 8

III. VISION AND MISSION CONTEXT FOR ADVANCING TRACEABILITY ______________________________ 9

3.1 Vision Statement _________________________________________________________________ 9

3.2 Mission Statement ________________________________________________________________ 9

IV. TRACEABILITY REQUIREMENTS __________________________________________________________ 9

2.1 Strategic goal(s) __________________________________________________________________ 9

4.2 Programmatic goals (objectives) _____________________________________________________ 9

4.3 ADT Trace Performance Measures (TPMs) ____________________________________________ 11

4.4 Data requirements _______________________________________________________________ 11

4.5 Information technology plan _______________________________________________________ 12

4.6 Resource requirements___________________________________________________________ 123

4.7 Organizational needs _____________________________________________________________ 13

4.7.1 Executive support _____________________________________________________________ 13

4.7.2 Coordination and oversight procedures ____________________________________________ 13

4.7.3 Policy _______________________________________________________________________ 13

4.7.4 Staffing ______________________________________________________________________ 13

4.7.5 Budget requirements__________________________________________________________ 134

4.7.6 Outreach_____________________________________________________________________ 14

4.8 Monitoring and reporting interstate movement activity ________________________________ 156

V. ADVANCING TRACEABILITY ____________________________________________________________ 16

5.1 Ranking of priorities for advancement _______________________________________________ 16

5.2 Implementation of objectives _____________________________________________________ 167
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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Animal disease traceability (ADT) has been a key tool in assisting Animal Health 

Officials with controlling and eradicating disease for a long time. Previous systems 

have been functional for the most part. Three key fundamental problems have existed 

with previous ADT systems. This plan will attempt to address these problems.

• The lack of rapid electronic searching capability of official identification tags, 

including the tag distribution system, certificates of veterinary inspection, 

vaccination reports, etc.

• The lack of official individual identification of many animals moving in 

commerce, or, if identified, the lack of recording of official identification.

• The lack of rapid identification of locations that keep livestock and the type of 

livestock they keep.

As stated above, ADT has been functional in the past to protect the livestock industry 

from most disease outbreaks. In many ways with the changing livestock industry to 

greater animal concentration and movement, the changes in global markets, and the 

changes to the moving population of people, the risks of exposure to a devastating 

disease are greater than ever. By improving the above issues, Wisconsin can be better 

prepared to respond to a highly infectious disease outbreak that could put our livestock 

industry at risk.

Wisconsin currently requires “keepers of livestock” to register their livestock 

premises with the state. There are over 75,000 livestock premises registered to date 

with about 60,000 actively registered premises. By continuing to maintain and make 

improvements to this system and to continue registering and renewing livestock 

premises, Wisconsin will have the foundation for a traceability system. All official 

identification tags can be assigned to a livestock premises. This is currently being 

done for Animal Identification Number (AIN) tags being distributed and can be 

expanded for National Uniform Eartagging System (NUES) tags and tags distributed 

or applied by Dairy Herd Improvement Associations (DHIAs). 

These processes match the proposed United States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) framework for animal disease traceability and if funding is available, 

Wisconsin will maintain or exceed compliance with USDA’s requirements. If funding 

is available, Wisconsin will maintain current information systems that are being 

utilized which includes the premises registration system and the animal identification 

system including regular uploads of animal identification information from several 

sources. The current systems being used in Wisconsin communicate with USDA 

systems as needed and are available 24/7 to provide information in the event of an

animal disease emergency.

Projected costs:

FY2023 $495,200

FY2024 $495,200
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FY2025 $495,200

II. CURRENT TRACEABILITY SITUATION

2.1 Who are we?

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection 

(DATCP) is the lead agency in Wisconsin for animal disease traceability. 

ADT affects the entire livestock industry. A major cooperator in Wisconsin 

is the Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium (WLIC). The WLIC 

is a multi-species effort led by Wisconsin’s livestock and industry 

organizations in cooperation with DATCP, USDA and UW Extension. It is 

a proactive, livestock industry driven effort that includes producers, 

cooperatives, private businesses, and government entities. Traceability data 

is utilized in Wisconsin in the following ways:

• To respond to disease outbreaks - examples include pseudorabies 

in Clark County, Newcastle disease in Door County, Eastern 

Equine Encephalitis in northern and western Wisconsin, low 

pathogenic avian influenza in Jefferson County, highly pathogenic 

avian influenza in multiple counties throughout Wisconsin, and 

bovine tuberculosis in Dane County.

• To identify import violations and ensure imported animals have 

met health requirements - review of import Certificates of 

Veterinary Inspection (CVIs) has resulted in the generation of 

hundreds of inspection/compliance cases.

• To identify violations of the federal Animal Disease Traceability 

regulations – review of export bovine Certificates of Veterinary 

Inspection (CVIs) has resulted in written and personal contacts 

with Wisconsin veterinarians.

• To monitor for Tuberculosis (TB) and Brucellosis and to utilize

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Mobile Information 

Management (MIM) software, and Personal Digital Assistants 

(PDA) during herd tests.

• To provide information to livestock owners about current disease 

concerns or future issues.

The following values guide the animal disease traceability system:

• Protecting Animal Health

• Protecting Human Health

• Protecting the Livestock Industry in Wisconsin

• Enhancing the Marketability of Wisconsin Livestock Products

2.2 Where are we now?

Animal disease traceability is currently defined as knowing where 

diseased and at-risk animals are, where they have been, and when. It is a

system that allows animal health officials to rapidly conduct a disease 
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investigation and locate the origin of the diseased livestock and any 

locations that exposed livestock may have moved through or to. The 

animal disease traceability system would link, expand, and enhance a 

number of current systems which store animal health information in the 

state and share basic ADT data with the federal animal health events 

repository (AHER).

The following are current traceability capabilities based on the traceability 

performance measures as provided by USDA. Given a reference bovine 

animal, Wisconsin:

1. Determines the state in which an inbound reference animal 

was officially identified prior to entering Wisconsin.

Currently, this would be expected to occur in less than one 

day.

2. Determines where in Wisconsin the reference animal was 

officially identified. Currently, this would be expected to 

occur within 1 day. If the official identification number was 

distributed to a veterinarian, market, or dealer, the records of 

those entities would need to be consulted to identify the 

animal’s farm of origin. Currently, this would be expected to 

occur in 1 to 14 days depending on the entity, their 

availability, and the manner in which they keep their records.

3. Determines the state from which an inbound reference animal 

was shipped. Currently, this would be expected to occur 

within one day depending on the type of official ID, how long 

after it was moved that we are tracing it, whether the official 

ID was recorded on a CVI and filed with the state of 

destination, and if the CVI is electronic. WLIC is contracted 

to enter the data from paper CVIs for imported cattle into an 

updated database that now allows the electronic searchability 

of these CVIs as well.

4. Determines the Wisconsin address or location from which the

outbound reference animal was shipped. Currently, this 

would be expected to occur within one day depending on the 

type of official ID, how long after it was moved that we are 

tracing it, whether the official ID was recorded on a CVI and 

filed with the state of origin, and if the CVI is electronic. 

WLIC is contracted to enter the data from paper CVIs for 

exported cattle into an updated database that now allows the 

electronic searchability of these CVIs as well.

Coordination within DATCP currently is accomplished by 

holding training sessions for division of animal health (DAH)

field veterinarians and inspectors on all premises and animal

disease traceability. Statewide coordination is accomplished in a 

variety of ways including:
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• DATCP routinely holds seminars for accredited veterinarians that 

perform caudal fold TB testing in Wisconsin. A key focus of these 

talks is disease traceability.

• DATCP routinely participates in USDA accreditation seminars with a 

section specific to traceability in addition to traceability references in 

disease presentations.

• The WLIC holds annual member meetings and quarterly board 

meetings to discuss traceability issues with the livestock industry.

DATCP attends these meetings and keeps the industry updated on 

current issues. WLIC also works with county fairs across Wisconsin

and has a presence at industry meetings.

• DATCP continues to do outreach with the Wisconsin Veterinary 

Medical Association (WVMA) through articles in their newsletter and 

presentations to local associations to discuss traceability among other 

animal health issues. 

• DATCP publishes an electronic newsletter which goes out to most 

veterinarians in the state about quarterly with regular articles about 

traceability and electronic certificates of veterinary inspection. 

• DATCP and WLIC communicate with practicing veterinarians to 

encourage premises registration or a non-producer participant ID so 

official identification tags can be assigned to these premises to 

enhance traceability.

DATCP currently complies with USDA traceability standards. 

• USDA approved official ID are approved by DATCP. 

• Purchased 840 tags are distributed and recorded through the Animal 

Identification Management System (AIMS). 

• DATCP utilizes the national allocator to assign premises ID.

• RFID, MIM software and PDAs are used to capture electronic ID 

when performing herd tests for TB or brucellosis.

• NUES tags are distributed to veterinarians through approved 

manufacturers that report records to DATCP.

• DATCP distributes free NUES tags from the USDA Kansas City 

warehouse through DHIAs, markets, truckers, and dealers.

• DATCP distributes free official 840 RFID tags from the USDA 

Kansas City warehouse to producers, veterinarians, markets, and 

dealers for use in replacement cattle and bison and records these 

distributions in DATCP’s animal traceability system.

• DATCP encourages the use of electronic certificates of veterinary 

inspection.

DATCP’s premises registration system and animal traceability 

system are all searchable 24/7 and information is capable of 

being shared with USDA in the event of a disease emergency. In 

addition, regular electronic updates to USDA’s Animal Health 

Events Repository (AHER) share key data points to this database 

in a manner that maintains producer’s confidentiality.
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DATCP currently funds many activities in the traceability system 

through state funds, including the maintenance of the information 

technology system. However, much of the administration of the 

traceability program has historically been supported by federal 

funds, and the availability of ongoing state funding is uncertain. 

If funding is no longer available, most of this program will need 

to be altered.

2.3 Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths of the Program 

• Mandatory livestock premises registration in Wisconsin requires 

anyone who owns, feeds, houses, confines, or cares for livestock to 

register their premises. This provides an excellent foundation for 

implementing traceability.

• The WLIC is a multi-species effort led by Wisconsin’s livestock and 

industry organizations in cooperation with DATCP, USDA and UW 

Extension. WLIC provides the opportunity to bring all segments of 

the livestock industry together to focus specifically on the issue of 

disease traceability.

• DAH utilizes field animal health inspectors and field veterinarians to 

assist with premises registration and traceability, including education 

and records inspections when applicable. DAH employs an Import 

Coordinator that monitors the number of import CVIs and works 

with the approved providers of electronic CVI systems for 

traceability of animals.

• Import permits and CVIs are reviewed by DATCP staff to assure 

import requirements have been met. Violations are investigated and 

deficiencies are rectified.

• Export bovine CVIs are reviewed by DATCP staff to assure federal 

requirements for interstate movement have been met. Any violations 

of federal law are noted, and the veterinarian is contacted about the 

violation. 

• DATCP continues to utilize RFID, MIM software and PDAs to 

capture electronic ID when performing herd tests for TB or 

brucellosis. 

• Wisconsin’s premises registration and animal disease traceability 

system in conjunction with DATCP’s work with WLIC is allowing for 

the electronic storing and searchability of bovine paper CVIs. This 

system provides opportunities to expand electronic searchability of 

additional data.

 

Weaknesses of the Program

• The future availability of state and USDA cooperative agreement 

funding is uncertain. If these funds are no longer available, it will be 

difficult to maintain current traceability capabilities.
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• Wisconsin does not have mandatory identification of animals when 

they leave the farm of origin and enter commerce within the state. 

• Not all official identification tags, certificates of veterinary 

inspection and vaccination certificates are searchable electronically.

• Electronic ID readers in markets and slaughter facilities are needed 

using a technology that complies with ADT requirements, is practical 

for use at the speed of commerce, and that facilitates business record 

keeping. These readers, in conjunction with the appropriate 

electronic ID and market/business software would be anticipated to 

be part of a system that would enhance the ability to track animals 

from birth to slaughter using connected data points. 

2.4 Opportunities and Threats

Improving animal disease traceability will decrease threats to the 

livestock industry from disease. The federal traceability rule along with 

producer and local initiatives in Wisconsin provide opportunities to 

improve efficiencies and accuracies in data collection, storage, searching 

capability and the ability to share information. If this plan were not 

implemented, responses to disease threats would be further delayed. 

This may lead to unnecessary disease spread, affecting larger numbers of 

producers. 

2.5 Inventory of existing infrastructure and suitability assessment

• DAH currently has 10 field inspectors, 4 compliance specialists and 

5 field veterinarians that all spend time working on animal disease 

traceability including education, outreach, compliance, and disease 

investigations. DAH also has a veterinary program manager, office 

associates and GIS staff that spend significant amounts of time on 

animal disease traceability.

• DATCP contracts with the WLIC to administer the livestock 

premises program and the animal identification system as well as to 

assist with education and outreach programs. 

• DATCP through WLIC utilizes CoreOne to house premises 

registrations and animal identification information, including that 

associated with tag distributions and bovine CVIs. Premises 

information is confidential.

• The livestock premises and animal ID IT system has 24/7 capability 

and is available from the office or the field.
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III. VISION AND MISSION CONTEXT FOR ADVANCING TRACEABILITY

3.1 Vision Statement

Setting the standard for animal health, welfare, and trade nationwide.

3.2 Mission Statement

To safeguard animal health, public health and animal industries in Wisconsin 

utilizing the best available science and public policy.

IV. TRACEABILITY REQUIREMENTS

4.1 Strategic goal(s)

DATCP accepts the federal overarching strategic goals of ADT:

1. Enhance electronic sharing of data among Federal and State animal 

health officials, veterinarians, and industry; including sharing basic 

ADT data with the Federal Animal Health Events Repository (AHER)

2. Increase use of electronic ID tags for animals requiring individual 

identification to make the transmission of data more efficient.

3. Enhance the ability to track animals from birth to slaughter through a 

system that allows tracking data points to be connected; and

4. Elevate the discussion with States and industry to work toward a system 

where animal health certificates are electronically transmitted from 

private veterinarians to State animal health officials.

4.2 Programmatic goals (objectives)

• DATCP continues to do outreach with the Wisconsin Veterinary 

Medical Association (WVMA) through articles in their newsletter and 

presentations to local associations to discuss traceability among other 

animal health issues. DATCP publishes an electronic newsletter which 

goes out to most veterinarians in the state about quarterly with regular 

articles about traceability, electronic CVIs, and electronic reporting 

options for calfhood vaccination and tuberculosis testing. DATCP and 

WLIC are communicating with practicing veterinarians to encourage 

premises registration or obtaining a non-producer participant ID so 

official identification tags can be assigned to these premises to enhance 

traceability.

• DATCP and VS field veterinarians will continue to educate private 

veterinarians on the need to keep searchable records of all NUES tags 

distributed to producers. These records for USDA supplied 840 tags are 

required to be submitted to DATCP for entry into the Wisconsin 

CoreOne system.

• DATCP staff reviews import certificates of veterinary inspection (CVIs) 

for compliance with import requirements and official identification of 

animals on the CVIs. Imports with deficiencies are investigated and 

problems are rectified.

• DATCP staff reviews export bovine certificates of veterinary inspection 

(CVIs) for compliance with the federal Animal Disease Traceability 
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regulations including official identification of the animals on the CVIs. 

Veterinarians with deficiencies receive education.

• DATCP will continue to educate private veterinarians on the availability 

and use of electronic CVI’s. Currently Wisconsin veterinarians are 

using electronic CVIs about 80% of the time for cattle moving from 

Wisconsin to other states. DATCP aims to continue increasing the 

percentage of electronic CVIs written for cattle in Wisconsin.

• DATCP continues to utilize RFID, MIM software and PDAs to capture 

electronic ID when performing herd tests for TB or brucellosis. The 

MIM software, PDA’s and RFID greatly reduce the time necessary to 

read IDs and complete these herd tests. 

• Through work with WLIC, DATCP will continue and if possible,

expand its system to scan, index, and electronically store paper copies 

of CVIs. This makes the information readily searchable by consignor, 

consignee, and ID to enhance traceability.

• DATCP will work with USDA to share basic ADT data with the federal 

animal health events repository (AHER).

• DATCP will continue to work with USDA to upload disease 

surveillance data to the appropriate location to generate monthly, 

quarterly, and annual disease surveillance reports.

• DATCP has broad statutory authority to protect animal and public 

health as it relates to animal diseases; Wis. Stats. 95.17, diseased 

animals; Wis. Stats. 95.19, and import and movement of animals; Wis. 

Stats. 95.20.

• DATCP will continue to enhance IT infrastructure and the tag 

distribution record system as resources allow according to need.

• If funding allows, DATCP supports the acquisition and installation of 

technology for markets, dealers, truckers, and slaughter plants that 

complies with ADT requirements, is practical for use at the speed of 

commerce, and that facilitates traceability, regulatory, and business 

record keeping.

• DATCP staff will continue to work with accredited veterinarians to 

submit brucellosis vaccination records electronically, and expand 

education and outreach with markets, truckers, dealers, fairs, 

exhibitions, producers, and accredited veterinarians on the necessity to 

improve animal identification and reporting. These activities and others 

will improve animal disease traceability in Wisconsin.

• DATCP will regularly review and enhance SOP’s for searching all 

databases and train staff on these processes to be ready to be used in the 

event of a disease outbreak.

• Wisconsin is at the forefront of premises registration with over 75,000 

premises registered and about 60,000 active registrations. DATCP will 

continue to update and renew every three years premises registration for 

those registered and will continue to educate the benefits to those that 

have not yet registered.
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4.3 ADT Trace Performance Measures (TPMs)

DATCP works with USDA-VS to periodically measure the below 

capabilities utilizing randomly selected reference animals. Each exercise 

is specifically assigned to one of a group of people in the DATCP office to 

allow for cross training and regular exercising of the members of this 

group. The following are current traceability capabilities based on the 

traceability performance measures as provided by USDA. Given a 

reference bovine animal, Wisconsin:

1. Determines the state in which an inbound reference animal 

was officially identified prior to entering Wisconsin.

2. Determines where in Wisconsin the reference animal was 

officially identified. 

3. Determines the state from which an inbound reference animal 

was shipped.

4. Determines the Wisconsin address or location from which the 

outbound reference animal was shipped.

4.4 Data requirements

ADT data is acquired through the registration of premises by livestock 

owners and by the submission to DATCP of required documents including 

tag distribution records from the manufacturer, TB test reports, Brucellosis 

vaccination reports, and certificates of veterinary inspection. These 

documents are reviewed by staff for accuracies and deficiencies are 

attempted to be corrected. Paper documents are filed as received. Paper 

CVIs are scanned to an electronic form and are also stored in their original 

form. Both electronic and paper CVIs are filed by import/export, applicable 

state, and by date received. Premises registration information and bovine 

CVIs are additionally entered into the Wisconsin CoreOne system where 

the information can be electronically searched based on a number of search 

terms, for CVIs including official ID, origin, destination, and issuing 

veterinarian. Use of the CoreOne system has increased the electronic 

storage and searchability capabilities of Wisconsin’s ADT data. Continued 

use of this database and expanding the entry of data into this database are 

of much value to traceability in Wisconsin. Electronic CVIs are currently 

stored in vendor databases where the information is electronically 

searchable. Expanding the use of CoreOne to include electronic CVIs to 

minimize locations to search for ADT data is needed. In addition:

• There are currently over 75,000 premises that have been registered and 

around 60,000 active premises registrations. DATCP continues to 

pursue compliance with the livestock premises registration. DATCP 

uses the national premises allocator to assign premises identification 

numbers.

• DATCP approves all official individual animal ID approved by 

USDA.

• DATCP does not plan to approve the use of brands, breed tattoos, or 

breed registration numbers as official ID.
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• DATCP is allowing plastic National Uniform Eartagging System 

(NUES) tag distribution to producers when ordered directly from 

approved manufacturers and tag distribution records are reported to 

DATCP. In addition, metal NUES tags are currently distributed to 

veterinarians, animal markets, animal dealers, animal truckers and 

DHIAs. 840 tags are already distributed in Wisconsin directly to 

producers from approved manufacturers utilizing AIMS. 840 tags 

available from USDA are also distributed to producers, veterinarians, 

markets, and dealers for use in replacement cattle.

• DATCP will track tag distribution through the WLIC database and 

other internal records. 

• DATCP does not plan to develop any commuter herd agreements. 

• DATCP distributes a paper certificate of veterinary inspection form for 

interstate use and currently allows the use of any electronic CVI 

approved by the USAHA eCVI Standards Subcommittee.

• Information will be shared with other states and USDA when necessary 

for animal disease traceability. It may be shared in electronic or paper 

format depending on the type of information requested. DATCP works 

with USDA to share basic ADT data points with the federal animal 

health events repository (AHER) from the Wisconsin CoreOne system

in a manner that maintains confidentiality.

• Group/lot official numbers will be handled in accordance with USDA 

requirements and Wisconsin’s CoreOne system captures information 

associated with animals so identified.

4.5 Information technology plan

• The Wisconsin premises and animal ID system is managed by the 

Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium (WLIC). This system is 

managed through the CoreOne database by TraceFirst. 

• Premises information is collected via paper, over the phone, or online

and manually entered into the WLIC database. Animal ID information 

from certificates of veterinary inspection are entered manually from 

paper. NUES tag numbers distributed through DATCP and from tag 

manufacturers are regularly manually entered into the WLIC database.

• DATCP has access to the data through the online CoreOne website. 

Requested information includes specific premises or animals.

• The following expenses will be incurred to continue to operate the 

Wisconsin premises registration and animal ID systems.

 annual license renewals

 data center operational expenses 

 technical support

• It should be assumed that small increases in costs (5%) will take place 

every year. However, unforeseen events could increase costs 

dramatically and over time small increases become more substantial.
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4.6 Resource requirements

• DATCP will utilize existing field and office staff to further 

animal disease traceability. 

• If funding is available, DATCP will continue to contract IT 

services, administrative services, and education and outreach 

with the WLIC.

• DATCP has a continuity of operation plan in place.

• DATCP is exploring automated data capture options.

4.7 Organizational needs

4.7.1 Executive support

The Division of Animal Health administrators understand the 

central role animal disease traceability plays in the administration 

of any animal disease control program.

4.7.2 Coordination and oversight procedures

Animal disease traceability will be managed by the 

Program Manager that is already on staff with the 

Division of Animal Health. This program is necessary 

for all other animal health programs to succeed. 

Traceability is necessary to detect, control and eradicate 

all program diseases. Therefore, other division staff and 

other programs assist in the implementation of the 

animal disease traceability program.

4.7.3 Policy

As able within the constraint of state authorities and opportunities 

for administrative rule updates, the Division of Animal Heath 

intends to align policies and administrative rules with the ADT 

general standards document to achieve traceability goals.

4.7.4 Staffing

General Staffing

• DAH currently has 10 field inspectors, 4 compliance 

specialists and 5 field veterinarians that all spend time 

working on animal disease traceability including education, 

outreach, compliance, and disease investigations.

• Veterinary Program Manager will also be partially funded to 

administer the traceability program and coordinate 

education and outreach.

• Import Coordinator partially funded to provide education 

for animal movement requirements and identify import 

violations. Review of import Certificate of Veterinary 

Inspections (CVIs) has resulted in the generation of 

hundreds of inspection/compliance cases. Most cases are 

due to a lack of official individual identification. 

Data Entry
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• Office Program Associate partially funded to identify 

violations of the federal Animal Disease Traceability 

Regulations – review of bovine export Certificate of 

Veterinary Inspections (CVIs) has resulted in written and 

personal communications with Wisconsin veterinarians.

• Limited Term Employee partially funded to continue to 

work with USDA to upload disease surveillance data to the 

appropriate location to generate monthly, quarterly, and 

annual disease surveillance reports and coordinate renewal 

mailings and could also enter traceability data such as ID 

distribution information, vaccination report information, and 

other traceability data.

4.7.5 Budget requirements

General Staffing

• Annual FTE salary and benefits: $93,537.60

• Travel costs for Program Manager to attend National 

meeting and in-state industry meetings: $3,140

• Office Supplies: $19.58

Data Entry

• Annual FTE salary and benefits: $11,810.02

• FICR: $20,201.40

4.7.6 Outreach 

4.7.6.1 Accredited veterinarians

• DATCP continues to do outreach with the 

Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association 

(WVMA) through articles in their newsletter 

and presentations to local associations to 

discuss traceability among other animal 

health issues.

• DATCP publishes an electronic 

newsletter which goes out to most 

veterinarians in the state about 

quarterly with regular articles about 

traceability, electronic certificates 

of veterinary inspection (CVIs), 

and electronic reporting options for 

calfhood vaccination and 

tuberculosis testing.

• DATCP cooperates with the 

USDA-VS to deliver accreditation 

training to veterinarians, part of 

which discusses traceability. 

DATCP periodically certifies 

accredited veterinarians for TB 

testing. These seminars also cover
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official identification and accurate 

paperwork.

• DATCP continues to educate 

veterinarians through visits to 

veterinary clinics on the benefits of 

electronic CVIs and recommend 

their use when dealing with large 

numbers of livestock so that 

official identification may be 

automatically uploaded. 

Information about RFID is also 

provided during these visits.

4.7.6.2 Livestock Markets, Dealers and Truckers

• DATCP licenses Animal Markets, 

Animal Dealers and Animal 

Truckers. With this licensure 

comes recordkeeping requirements 

that are necessary for animal 

disease traceability. 

• DATCP staff inspects markets 

quarterly and dealers and truckers 

at least every three years to ensure

accurate records of animal 

identification are being kept 

supporting animal disease 

traceability. These inspections 

along with initial licensure 

inspections are aimed toward 

education and outreach of record 

keeping requirements to insure 

animal traceability.

• All records are required to be made 

available to DATCP staff upon 

request. 

4.7.6.3 Industry as a whole

• The WLIC is made up of over 60 

industry representatives. DATCP 

attends WLIC meetings and 

presents updates on animal disease 

traceability.

• DATCP intends to continue to 

incorporate education and 

outreach on traceability across all 

Animal Health programs such as 

tuberculosis and emergency 

management. Any meetings 
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conducted with industry will 

include traceability information.

• DATCP meets with fair organizers 

and participants to discuss 

traceability requirements.

4.8 Monitoring and reporting interstate movement activity

• DATCP reviews all import CVIs to ensure compliance with import 

requirements. 

• DATCP reviews all bovine export CVIs to ensure compliance with 

federal interstate movement requirements.

• The following data for animal movements are reported for quarterly 

reports:

o Number of veterinarians receiving letters of information from state 

and/or federal staff for export bovine CVIs that are not compliant 

with ADT regulations.

o Number of markets, dealers, veterinarians, and producers 

investigated for non-compliance with ADT regulations and nonADT traceability regulations.

o Number of markets, dealers, veterinarians, and producers referred to 

Investigative and Enforcement Services for noncompliance with 

ADT regulations.

o The State will report the volume of official identification distributed 

by State Animal Health Officials or agents on a quarterly basis.

o Number of CVIs received for exported cattle and bison.

o Number of CVIs received for imported livestock. 

o Number of cattle and bison exported from Wisconsin.

o Number of animals by livestock species imported into Wisconsin.

V. ADVANCING TRACEABILITY 

5.1 Ranking of priorities for advancement

• DATCP will continue to update and renew premises registration for 

those registered and will continue to educate the benefits to those that 

have not yet registered.

• DATCP will continue education and outreach with the livestock 

industry to explain animal disease traceability, its benefits, and how 

voluntarily officially identifying animals prior to leaving the farm of 

origin protects the industry.

• DATCP will continue to maintain the animal ID system and continue 

to expand electronic storage of animal ID.

• DATCP has developed SOPs for searching electronic CVI databases 

well as general traceability SOPs to search all databases and paper 

systems for animal disease traceability. These SOPs will be reviewed, 

updated, and exercised on a regular basis.
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• DATCP staff will continue to work with accredited veterinarians to 

submit brucellosis vaccination and tuberculosis testing records 

electronically, and expand education and outreach with markets, 

truckers, dealers, fairs, exhibitions, producers, and accredited 

veterinarians on the necessity to improve animal identification and 

reporting. These activities and others will improve animal disease 

traceability in Wisconsin.

• DATCP staff will continue to work with accredited veterinarians to 

encourage and support the use of electronic CVIs. 

• DATCP will maintain MOUs with DHIAs to comply with USDA 

memo 578.12 as it relates to tag distribution by DHIAs.

• DATCP will enhance the tag distribution recording system.

• DATCP will continue to review all import CVIs for compliance with 

import requirements including official identification.

• DATCP will continue to review all bovine export CVIs for compliance 

with federal Animal Disease Traceability regulations including official 

identification.

• Field staff will continue to be trained and use MIM software with 

PDAs for TB and brucellosis herd tests with all RFID being 

downloaded to the animal traceability database. 

• DATCP will continue to work with USDA and other states to perform 

exercises testing the ability to trace animals in the event of a disease 

outbreak. These exercises continue to be helpful in training staff in 

the procedures for tracing animals as well as suggesting how records 

and procedures can be improved. This increases the efficiency of 

tracing animals.

5.2 Implementation of objectives

• DATCP will continue to update and renew premises registration for 

those registered and will continue to educate the benefits to those that 

have not yet registered.

• DATCP will continue to maintain the animal ID system if funding is 

available and continue to expand electronic storage of animal ID by 

entering official ID, including certificates of veterinary inspection, into 

the animal ID system. 

• DATCP will enhance the tag distribution recording system including 

improving auditing of tag distribution records issued to producers by 

veterinarians, markets, dealers, and truckers. DATCP has approved 

the distribution of plastic NUES tags directly to producers from 

approved manufacturers. DATCP has developed SOPs for searching 

electronic CVI databases as well as general traceability SOPs to search 

all databases and paper systems for animal disease traceability. These 

SOPs will be reviewed, updated, and exercised on a regular basis.

• DATCP will maintain Memos of Understanding (MOU) with DHIAs 

to comply with USDA memo 578.12 as it relates to tag distribution by 

DHIAs.
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• DATCP staff will continue to work with accredited veterinarians to 

submit brucellosis vaccination and tuberculosis testing records 

electronically, and continue education and outreach with markets, 

truckers, dealers, fairs, exhibitions, producers, and accredited 

veterinarians on the necessity to improve animal identification and 

reporting. These activities and others will improve animal disease 

traceability in Wisconsin.

• Field staff will continue to be trained and use MIM software with 

PDAs for TB and brucellosis herd tests with all RFID being 

downloaded to the animal traceability database. 

• DATCP will continue to review all import CVIs for compliance with 

import requirements including official identification.

• DATCP will continue to review all bovine export CVIs for compliance 

with federal Animal Disease Traceability regulations including official 

identification.

• DATCP will continue education and outreach with the livestock 

industry to explain animal disease traceability, its benefits and how 

officially identifying animals prior to leaving the farm of origin, 

protects the industry. 

• DATCP will continue to work with USDA and other states to perform 

exercises testing the ability to trace animals in the event of a disease 

outbreak. These exercises continue to be helpful in training staff in 

the procedures for tracing animals as well as suggesting how records 

and procedures can be improved. This increases the efficiency of 

tracing animals.