635-049-0067 Voluntary Chronic Wasting Disease Monitored Herd Program (1) Any licensed Type I cervid holder may enroll their herd in the CWD monitored herd program if the holder chooses to comply with the testing requirements of OAR 635-049-0065(1)–(2) by having the samples taken by a federally accredited veterinarian (other than the holder or a member of the holder’s immediate family). A federally accredited veterinarian is a veterinarian approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture pursuant to 9 Code of Federal Regulations Part 161 (Jan. 1, 2007). (2) New facilities enrolling in the program begin monitored status when the herd inventory is completed by either the Department or Oregon State Police. Once a herd is enrolled, the Department will, each year by the anniversary of the herd’s enrollment, assess the status of that herd’s CWD testing data for the previous year. (a) If the herd has not yet completed its first year of the certification program, or otherwise fails to meet the testing requirements in OAR 635-049-0065(2)(b)(A), the Department will designate that herd as “CWD monitored, status unknown.” (b) If the herd has been identified as CWD-affected, -exposed or -traced, the Department will designate that herd as “CWD monitored, status pending”. “Traced” means that a records check has traced a member of the herd to another herd which was affected by CWD. (c) If the herd has at least one documented case of CWD as determined by the National Veterinary Services Lab at Ames, Iowa, the Department will designate that herd as “CWD positive.” (d) If the herd has completed its first full year of the program, and its testing data has met all requirements of these rules and shows no CWD affect, exposure or tracing, the Department will designate that herd as “CWD monitored, no evidence of CWD”. (3) Based upon the annual status assessment and designation, each year by the herd’s annual enrollment anniversary the Department will also assign a program completion level to each enrolled herd, based upon the number of years (I through V) the herd has been designated “CWD monitored, no evidence of CWD”. If the herd is designated “CWD positive” during any year, the herd’s program completion level reverts to year zero. A herd’s program completion level reverts one step for each year that: (a) The herd is designated “CWD monitored, status unknown” due to failure to meet testing requirements or “CWD monitored, status pending,” or (b) The Department determines that: (A) An undocumented cervid was found in the holder’s facility; (B) One of the holder’s test samples was collected by a non-accredited veterinarian; (C) The holder submitted a test sample that did not match the deceased animal from which it was said to come; or (D) Captive cervids escape from the facility or wild cervids enter the facility due to the holder’s intentional act or negligence. (4) If, pursuant to these rules, a herd fails to advance to the next status level for two consecutive years, the Department will designate it as “status unknown”. (5) When a holder enrolled in the program adds a cervid to the holder’s herd, and the added cervid comes from a herd with a program completion level lower than the holder’s herd, the Department will reduce the program completion level of the holder’s herd to that of the source herd of the added cervid. When a holder assembles a new herd on premises where CWD has never been detected and all cervids come from enrolled herds, the new herd enters the program at the lowest program completion level of the cervids acquired. (6) When a herd reaches program completion level V, the Department will list the herd as having completed the program. That listing remains valid so long as the herd continues to comply with the requirements of this rule and unless and until downgraded as per paragraphs (3) through (5). Once downgraded, a herd must successfully complete one year of monitoring at level IV before the holder can be relisted as having completed the program. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146, 496.162, 497.228, 498.002, 498.019, 498.052 & 174.106 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146, 496.162, 497.228, 498.002, 498.019, 498.052 & 174.106 History: DFW 65-2009, f. & cert. ef. 6-10-09