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WI Stat § 95.14 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 95 - Animal health.|95.14 - Corporations to improve livestock.

95.14  Corporations to improve livestock. (1) Three or more adult persons of this state may form a corporation, without capital stock, to be managed and directed as herein provided, for the purpose of improving the breeding of livestock by such means and methods as may be deemed most advisable, and to receive and manage contributions therefor made from time to time by way of gifts, deed, devise, bequest or otherwise, and to expend the income thereof for the purpose of the corporation. The work of any such corporation shall be entirely educational and designed by practical work with the breeder upon the farm to result in a better understanding and practical application of the scientific and technical principles taught in agricultural colleges and experiment stations, so as to effect the greatest possible coordination between the science and the art or practice of breeding, but such work shall not be merged with the work of any educational institution. Any corporation organized hereunder shall have authority to pay all necessary expenses properly incurred in carrying out the purposes of the corporation, including compensation to employees and to directors for services actually rendered in conducting the affairs of the corporation, but no pecuniary profit shall ever be paid to any incorporator or director. (2) Any corporation organized under this section shall be managed and directed by a self-perpetuating board of directors of 5 members, consisting of the dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who shall be permanent chairperson of the board, and 4 others to be appointed in the first instance by the incorporators; at least 3 of the 5 members shall always be representative livestock breeders of the state. If the dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences fails to act as a member of the board by reason of refusal, disability, or vacancy in the chair of the dean, the remaining members of the board shall appoint a representative livestock breeder to act in his or her place on the board until the time as such refusal, disability, or vacancy in the chair ceases to exist. Whenever the dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences becomes a member of the board of directors after any such interim, the dean shall automatically become chairperson of the board. (3) The term of office of all members of the board, except the permanent chairperson, shall expire one each year by lot. The remaining members shall elect a member to succeed the person whose term shall have thus expired. Vacancies occurring during the year may be filled at once by the remaining members. (4) Any such corporation shall have the general powers of other corporations and its articles of organization shall conform to s. 181.0202 with such modifications as this section requires.History:  1973 c. 335 s. 12; 1979 c. 32; 1993 a. 184; 1997 a. 79; 2001 a. 103.
WI Stat § 95.17 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 95 - Animal health.|95.17 - Animal diseases; cooperation with United States.

95.17  Animal diseases; cooperation with United States. Whenever it is determined by the department and the state constitutional officers that it is necessary to combat dangerous diseases in animals in this state in cooperation with the U.S. department of agriculture and to destroy animals affected with or which have been exposed to any such disease or to destroy property in the disinfection of the premises or to do any other act or incur any other expense reasonably necessary in suppressing or combating such disease, the department may accept, on behalf of the state, the rules and regulations prepared by the U.S. department of agriculture under authority of an act of congress relating to the suppression of any such disease and cooperate with the authorities of the U.S. in the enforcement of their provisions; or it may follow such procedure as to inspection, vaccination, condemnation, appraisal, disinfection and other acts reasonably necessary in the suppression of such diseases as may be agreed upon and adopted by the department and the state constitutional officers with the representatives of the U.S. department of agriculture. Within the amount which may, subsequent to March 23, 1915, be appropriated for this purpose, the state shall pay such proportion of the expense incurred in suppressing or combating any such disease and in compensating owners of animals slaughtered under this section as shall be determined by and mutually agreed upon with the U.S. department of agriculture.History:  1975 c. 308; 2001 a. 56.
WI Stat § 95.18 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 95 - Animal health.|95.18 - Animals in transit.

95.18  Animals in transit. Animals in transit in the state are subject to all the provisions of law relating to contagious or infectious diseases of animals, and to the regulations and orders of the department.
WI Stat § 95.185 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 95 - Animal health.|95.185 - Voluntary individual animal identification.

95.185  Voluntary individual animal identification. (1) Definition. In this section, “RFID tag” means a radio frequency identification tag, regardless of whether it uses low or high frequency technology. (2)  Voluntary individual animal identification. The department shall create and administer a voluntary program under which a person who has obtained a livestock premises registration under s. 95.51 may obtain RFID tags for individual bovine animals, goats, sheep, swine, or farm-raised deer. An RFID tag must include a 15-digit individual animal identification number that is connected to the livestock premises identification code for the animal's premises of origin. As part of the program under this section, the department shall maintain on its Internet site a link to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's list of authorized manufacturers of animal identification number devices. The department may contract with an agent to collect and maintain individual animal identification records, which may include submitting the information to an existing state or federal database. Individual animal identification records held by the department or by an agent with whom the department has contracted are not subject to copying or inspection under s. 19.35 (1) and, unless an exemption provided under s. 95.51 (5) (b) or (c) applies, the department or the agent may not disclose such records. The department may promulgate rules to implement this section. The department may amend any rules promulgated under this section as necessary to adapt to future advances in animal identification technology, including to substitute RFID tags with another technology if RFID technology becomes obsolete.History:  2019 a. 178.
WI Stat § 95.19 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 95 - Animal health.|95.19 - Diseased animals.

95.19  Diseased animals. (1) Definitions. In this section, “knowingly" means that the actor believes that the specified fact exists. (2)  Prohibitions. No person may do any of the following:(a) Import, sell, transport or exhibit an animal that is exposed to a contagious or infectious disease, except as provided in sub. (3) (a).(b) Import, sell, transport or exhibit an animal that is infected with a contagious or infectious disease, except as provided in sub. (3) (a).(c) Knowingly conceal that an animal that is imported, sold, transported or exhibited has been exposed to or infected with a contagious or infectious disease.(d) Knowingly misrepresent that an animal has not been exposed to or infected with a contagious or infectious disease.(e) 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. (3)  Rule making. The department may promulgate rules:(a) Authorizing the transport under a department permit of an animal exposed to or infected with a contagious or infectious disease for slaughter or other purposes prescribed by the department.(b) Specifying those contagious or infectious diseases to which the prohibitions of sub. (2), and the rules promulgated under par. (a), apply. (4)  Damages. A person who violates this section is liable to any person injured for damages sustained as a result of the violation.History:  1989 a. 277.Use of the phrase “any person injured" does not show that the legislature intended to allow recovery under this section only when a violation of this section causes personal injuries, as opposed to economic losses. Wilson v. Tuxen, 2008 WI App 94, 312 Wis. 2d 705, 754 N.W.2d 220, 07-1964.This section specifically gives the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection the authority to specify which contagious or infectious diseases can create liability under sub. (2) (a) to (e), which it has done. The two claims found in sub. (2) (a) and (b) are strict liability statutes that are restricted by rule to specified diseases. Sub. (2) (c) to (e) prohibit 3 different kinds of knowing conduct. By rule, liability under sub. (2) (c) to (e) may be based on any disease that is either contagious or infectious. Wilson v. Tuxen, 2008 WI App 94, 312 Wis. 2d 705, 754 N.W.2d 220, 07-1964.
WI Stat § 95.195 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 95 - Animal health.|95.195 - Diseases; implied warranty in sale of animals.

95.195  Diseases; implied warranty in sale of animals. (1) Definition. In this section, “covered disease" means a disease that the department specifies under sub. (4) (a) is covered by this section. (2)  Warranty. Except as provided in sub. (3), in every contract for the sale of an animal of a type specified by the department under sub. (4) (b), there is an implied warranty that the animal is not infected with a covered disease unless the seller discloses to the buyer in writing, prior to sale, all of the following:(a) The management classification of the animal's herd with respect to the covered disease.(b) If the animal is a reactor with respect to the covered disease, that the animal is a reactor. (3)  Exception. The warranty under sub. (2) does not apply to an animal sold directly to slaughter. (4)  Rules. The department shall promulgate rules that do all of the following:(a) Specify covered diseases.(b) Specify types of animals to which this section applies.(c) Prescribe a system for determining management classifications of herds with respect to covered diseases. History:  1989 a. 277; 1999 a. 160.The legislature intended this section as an implied warranty in addition to the implied warranties found in ss. 402.314 and 402.315, not as a stand-alone provision. As a result, the provisions of ch. 402, including the notice of breach requirement in s. 402.607 (3) (a), apply to a claim for breach of the warranty under this section. Wilson v. Tuxen, 2008 WI App 94, 312 Wis. 2d 705, 754 N.W.2d 220, 07-1964.
WI Stat § 95.197 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 95 - Animal health.|95.197 - Financial assistance for paratuberculosis testing.

95.197  Financial assistance for paratuberculosis testing. (1) The department shall provide financial assistance to owners of livestock herds for conducting testing for paratuberculosis. (2) The department shall promulgate rules for providing financial assistance under sub. (1).History:  1999 a. 9.
WI Stat § 95.20 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 95 - Animal health.|95.20 - Import and movement of animals.

95.20  Import and movement of animals. The department may prohibit or regulate the importing of animals into this state or the movement of animals within this state if the department has reasonable grounds to believe that regulation or prohibition is necessary to prevent the introduction or spread of a disease in this state that threatens the health of animals or of humans.History:  1981 c. 291; 1981 c. 391 s. 210; 2001 a. 56.
WI Stat § 95.22 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 95 - Animal health.|95.22 - Reporting animal diseases.

95.22  Reporting animal diseases. (1) A veterinarian and the department of natural resources shall report to the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection any disease specified in the rules promulgated under sub. (2) (a) each time a veterinarian or the department of natural resources discovers that such a disease is present in any animal in this state. (2) The department shall promulgate rules that specify all of the following:(a) The diseases that a veterinarian or the department of natural resources must report under this section.(b) For each disease specified in par. (a), the deadline for reporting the disease after the date of its discovery.(c) The information that a veterinarian or the department of natural resources must include in his or her report.(d) Procedures to be used in preparing and submitting the report. (3) The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall notify the department of natural resources of the contents of any report submitted under sub. (1) by a veterinarian if the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection determines that the disease that is the subject of the report may present a threat to any wild animals present in this state. (4) The department shall provide the reports of any communicable diseases under sub. (1) to the department of health services and to the local health officer, as defined in s. 250.01 (5), for the area in which the animal is located.History:  1981 c. 291; 1981 c. 391 s. 210; 1993 a. 492; 1999 a. 83; 2001 a. 56, 109; 2003 a. 321; 2005 a. 198; 2007 a. 20 s. 9121 (6) (a).
WI Stat § 95.23 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 95 - Animal health.|95.23 - Disease investigation and enforcement.

95.23  Disease investigation and enforcement. (1) Authorized inspectors and agents of the department may enter at reasonable times any premises, building or place to investigate the existence of animal diseases or to investigate violations of or otherwise enforce the laws relating to animal health. Any animals or materials suspected of being infected may be examined or tested. No person shall obstruct or interfere with such investigation or enforcement work, or attempt to do so, in any manner, by threat or otherwise. (1m) (a) The department may conduct surveillance testing to determine whether animals have chronic wasting disease, if the department has reason to believe that the animals have been exposed to chronic wasting disease.(b) The department shall indemnify the owner of an animal that must be killed in order to conduct testing under par. (a) in an amount equal to two-thirds of the difference between the net salvage value and the appraised value of the animal but not more than $1,500 for one animal, except as provided in s. 95.31 (3m). The department may pay an indemnity under this paragraph from the appropriation account under s. 20.115 (2) (b) only if funds received by the department under s. 20.115 (2) (m) and (8) (ks) for the payment of indemnities are insufficient to pay the indemnity.  (2) Upon request of an authorized inspector or agent of the department, sheriffs and police officers shall assist in the enforcement of the laws relating to animal health. (3) Upon reasonable notice from the department, owners or persons in charge of animals shall cause them to be restrained or confined so that they may be identified, examined and tested or otherwise treated or disposed of as authorized by law. (4) When any animals or materials infected or suspected of being infected have been quarantined, no person shall remove them from the premises, or otherwise fail to comply with the terms of the quarantine, except upon written permit from the department.History:  2001 a. 108; 2005 a. 25.
WI Stat § 95.232 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 95 - Animal health.|95.232 - Confidentiality of paratuberculosis records.

95.232  Confidentiality of paratuberculosis records. Any information kept by the department that identifies the owners of livestock herds infected, or suspected of being infected, with paratuberculosis is not subject to inspection or copying under s. 19.35 except as the department determines is necessary to protect the public health, safety or welfare.History:  1989 a. 31.
WI Stat § 95.235 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 95 - Animal health.|95.235 - Sale of certain painted utensils.

95.235  Sale of certain painted utensils. Any person who sells, for the purpose of feeding livestock, any utensil painted with a substance having a toxic effect upon livestock when taken orally shall be punished under s. 95.99 (1).History:  1975 c. 41; 1979 c. 129 s. 15; 1981 c. 66 s. 8.
WI Stat § 95.24 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 95 - Animal health.|95.24 - Living vaccine, hog cholera, anthrax, swine erysipelas.

95.24  Living vaccine, hog cholera, anthrax, swine erysipelas. (1) No person shall have in his or her possession or furnish to another any live virus hog cholera vaccine, including vaccines produced from a modified or attenuated strain of hog cholera virus, except that such vaccines may be in the possession of a biological laboratory inspected and licensed by the federal government, persons having written approval from the department for its experimental use, or veterinarians having a permit from the department for its use in vaccinating or treating swine as necessary for export or for such other uses as are authorized by the department for the control of serious outbreaks of the disease. (3) (a) No type of living vaccine for immunizing against anthrax or swine erysipelas may be administered to any domestic animal or sold or dispensed in this state without first having obtained the written approval of the chief veterinarian of the department. Approval to administer such vaccine shall be granted to licensed veterinarians only, and then only to qualify the domestic animal for export or in the event that any of the following has been established:1. The domestic animals to be so treated are infected.2. The domestic animals to be so treated are on premises known to be contaminated.3. The domestic animals to be so treated have been exposed within 40 days to infection with the disease for which the living vaccine is prescribed as a proper immunizing agent.(b) Every veterinarian who so administers such living vaccine shall render to the department a report of the use and the results thereof at such time and in such manner as it may require.History:  1993 a. 213, 492; 2001 a. 56.
WI Stat § 95.27 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 95 - Animal health.|95.27 - Pseudorabies control program; indemnities.

95.27  Pseudorabies control program; indemnities. (1) In order to detect, control and eradicate pseudorabies the department shall obtain blood or tissue samples from Wisconsin swine on a systematic basis. The department shall test the samples for pseudorabies. (2) In the eradication and control of pseudorabies, the department may, whenever such action is necessary to prevent or reduce the spread of disease, quarantine or condemn and order the destruction of any swine which in the opinion of the department are infected with or have been exposed to pseudorabies. (3) The department may enter into cooperative agreements with the federal government or any department or other agency for the control and eradication of pseudorabies in this state, including the payment of indemnities authorized under this section. (4) Subject to sub. (5) and s. 95.36, the department shall indemnify the owner of swine that have been condemned and destroyed under this section. The department shall pay to the owner for each animal destroyed the difference between the net salvage value and the appraised value of the animal, but the payment may not exceed $1,500 for an animal. State payments shall be made from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (2) (b). (5) Indemnities may not be paid under this section unless the owner of affected swine enters into, and acts in accordance with, an agreement with the department for the eradication of pseudorabies. An agreement entered into under this section shall contain a plan for the eradication of pseudorabies and shall be based upon scientifically accepted methods. The department shall monitor the implementation of an agreement to determine compliance and to determine whether the agreement needs to be modified. (6) The owner of any swine affected by this section may appeal an order made under this section by filing with the department a request for a hearing under s. 93.18 within 5 days after receipt of notice of the order. (7) A person in control of any premises on which swine have died of pseudorabies shall promptly dispose of the carcasses as provided under s. 95.50 or have the carcasses removed by a renderer licensed under s. 95.72. (8) The department may adopt rules that are necessary to administer this section.History:  1983 a. 132; 1987 a. 399; 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 39, 109; 1995 a. 450.
WI Stat § 95.30 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 95 - Animal health.|95.30 - Disposal of animals infected with tuberculosis.

95.30  Disposal of animals infected with tuberculosis. The owner of cattle or farm-raised deer tested and found to be afflicted with bovine tuberculosis shall ship them under the direction of the department to some place designated by it for immediate slaughter under U.S. government inspection, or under the inspection approved by the department.History:  1995 a. 79.