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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 18 - Livestock Board and State Veterinarian › Section 11-18-109 - Disposition of Collected Fees and Monies in General Fund; Payment of Expenses of Board.

11-18-109. Disposition of collected fees and monies in general fund; payment of expenses of board.
(a) All fees and monies collected by the Wyoming livestock board or any of its officers, agents or employees, not specifically required by law to be credited to a different fund, shall be placed by the board in the general fund with receipt and acknowledgement submitted to the state treasurer.
(b) The expenses incurred in the conduct of the business of the Wyoming livestock board, the state veterinarian and the director, including the per diem of members of the board, the salaries or wages of the director, deputy state veterinarians and other necessary employees, traveling expenses, furnishing of offices, stationery, supplies and all other expenditures necessary and incident thereto, shall be paid out of the general fund appropriations provided by law. All expenses shall be itemized on the proper vouchers, approved by the director, covered by proper receipts, and paid by the state auditor from money appropriated by law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 18 - Livestock Board and State Veterinarian › Section 11-18-110 - Director; Deputy Directors; Term; Powers and Duties Generally; Orders Subject to Review.

11-18-110. Director; deputy directors; term; powers and duties generally; orders subject to review.
(a) The board shall appoint a director, who shall be the chief executive officer of the board. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the board and act as the secretary of the Wyoming livestock board, subject to the rules and regulations of the board. He may act for and perform the duties imposed by law upon the board when the board is not in session, but an order or regulation made by him is subject to review, modification or annulment by the board at any subsequent meeting.
(b) The director may appoint deputy directors for agency divisions. The deputy directors shall serve at the pleasure of the director and are responsible to and under the control and supervision of the director.
(c) The director shall supervise and control the action of the other employees and prescribe their duties and tenure of office.
(d) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, the director may only remove employees in accordance with personnel rules of the state executive branch.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 18 - Livestock Board and State Veterinarian › Section 11-18-111 - Deputy State Veterinarians; Appointment; Powers and Duties; Term.

11-18-111. Deputy state veterinarians; appointment; powers and duties; term.
With the consent of the Wyoming livestock board and approval of either the federal veterinarian in charge of Wyoming or the chief of veterinary services, United States department of agriculture, the state veterinarian may appoint federal veterinary inspectors stationed in this state as deputy state veterinarians, and federal lay inspectors stationed in this state may be appointed agents of the Wyoming livestock board. All federal officers appointed as deputies or agents of the Wyoming livestock board shall possess the powers and duties of deputy state veterinarians or agents of the Wyoming livestock board, but they shall act without compensation and hold office only at the pleasure of the state veterinarian.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 18 - Livestock Board and State Veterinarian › Section 11-18-112 - Authority of Federal Authorities and State Inspectors to Call Sheriffs for Assistance; Failure to Comply; Penalties.

11-18-112. Authority of federal authorities and state inspectors to call sheriffs for assistance; failure to comply; penalties.
All federal authorities authorized, and the various inspectors of this state, may call upon any sheriff or peace officer in any county in this state to assist them in the discharge of their duties and those peace officers shall assist them when so requested. The federal inspector has the same power to enforce the laws of this state as the various inspectors of the state when authorized as aforesaid and engaged in the discharge of their official duties. Any person refusing to comply with the orders of such officer or federal inspector shall be punished as provided in W.S. 11-1-103.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 18 - Livestock Board and State Veterinarian › Section 11-18-113 - When State Veterinarian Authorized to Enter Premises or Vehicle to Inspect Livestock.

11-18-113. When state veterinarian authorized to enter premises or vehicle to inspect livestock.
In the performance of their official duties, the state veterinarian or any agent or officer of the Wyoming livestock board may enter any place or vehicle used for the treatment, retention or transportation of livestock, including poultry, or where he has reason to believe any livestock affected with or exposed to infectious, contagious or communicable diseases may be found.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 18 - Livestock Board and State Veterinarian › Section 11-18-117 - Confidentiality of Livestock Premises and Identification Records; Penalties.

11-18-117. Confidentiality of livestock premises and identification records; penalties.
(a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, all records, data and information collected by the state, recorded or otherwise, for the purposes of a livestock identification program shall be confidential and are not public records for purposes of W.S. 16-4-201 through 16-4-205. The records, data and information shall be released only upon order of the Wyoming livestock board to appropriate governmental agencies for the purposes of a livestock identification program, disease outbreak or law enforcement investigation. The board shall not release any records, data or information to a federal agency until the agency confirms in writing that it will maintain the records, data and information as confidential and that they are not subject to the federal Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, as amended. Upon release by the board of any information to any other governmental entity, the board shall notify the person to whom the information refers or pertains that the release has been made, the name of the entity to whom the information was released and shall provide a copy or summary of the information contained in the release. The records, data and information shall not be subject to discovery or introduction into evidence in any civil action.
(b) The Wyoming livestock board may release any information related to a confirmed non-negative brucellosis test in the county where the animal testing non-negative is located, subject to W.S. 11-18-103(a)(xii), and may release information collected for the purposes of a livestock identification program related to the ownership and location of individual animals to the extent the information is useful in controlling or preventing a disease outbreak or to show particular animals or herds are not involved in a disease outbreak.
(c) For the purposes of animal disease traceability, Wyoming livestock owners may choose to identify animals using any methods set forth in 9 C.F.R. part 86, as adopted on January 9, 2013, as well as any additional methods that are later approved by the Wyoming livestock board as "official identification".
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or amend the brucellosis surveillance or testing program administered by the state.
(e) A person who knowingly provides false information to the Wyoming livestock board for purposes of a livestock identification program shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), imprisonment for up to six (6) months, or both.
(f) A person who refuses to provide to the livestock board information that is required under the authority of the livestock board for purposes of a mandatory livestock identification program shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), imprisonment for up to six (6) months, or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 18 - Livestock Board and State Veterinarian › Section 11-18-118 - Conducting Business Electronically.

11-18-118. Conducting business electronically.
The Wyoming livestock board may allow its business to be conducted electronically as provided by the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, W.S. 40-21-101 through 40-21-119.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 18 - Livestock Board and State Veterinarian › Section 11-18-119 - Veterinarian Loan Repayment Program; Rulemaking Authority.

11-18-119. Veterinarian loan repayment program; rulemaking authority.
(a) The board is authorized to enter into agreements with graduate veterinarians who are licensed to practice in the state of Wyoming, to provide food animal health care in this state. For purposes of this section, "food animal" means cattle, swine, sheep or goats. The agreements shall:
(i) Provide for the veterinarian to practice food animal veterinary medicine in a community of the state from among a list of communities developed by the board. A veterinarian shall agree to provide food animal veterinary care for the period of the contract in underserved areas of the state;
(ii) Provide that the veterinarian shall be repaid up to one hundred percent (100%) of the total amount of outstanding educational loans the veterinarian has acquired as a direct result of undergraduate or postgraduate educational training directly related to providing food animal veterinary services, not to exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00) per year, including the matching funds specified in subsection (d) of this section, in exchange for practicing his profession under the terms of this section;
(iii) Require the veterinarian to practice food animal veterinary services for a minimum of three (3) years under the agreement;
(iv) Contain other provisions the board deems necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this section.
(b) The board, in consultation with the appropriate licensing board and professional association, shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. In carrying out this section the board shall assess food animal veterinary care needs of the state by geographic areas and shall prioritize and enter into agreements under this section accordingly.
(c) The board may vary the terms of each agreement in accordance with this section based upon the community and the food animal veterinary needs of the state.
(d) No state money shall be expended for repayment of any loan under this section unless twenty-five percent (25%) of the money is matched with other funds in any combination from any county, city, veterinary clinic, animal care facility, state agency, university, laboratory or veterinary association.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 18 - Livestock Board and State Veterinarian › Section 11-18-120 - Livestock Law Enforcement Account; Reimbursement of County Sheriffs by Livestock Board; Rules.

11-18-120. Livestock law enforcement account; reimbursement of county sheriffs by livestock board; rules.
(a) There is created the livestock law enforcement account. Unexpended, unobligated funds in the account shall revert to the general fund at the end of a biennium. Unless otherwise provided by law, the balance in the account shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00).
(b) Funds in the livestock law enforcement account shall only be expended by the livestock board to:
(i) Reimburse county sheriffs for activities relating to in-state and out-of-state livestock investigations;
(ii) Provide training to county sheriffs regarding livestock enforcement.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, reimbursement provided under paragraph (b)(i) of this section shall be credited to the applicable account, fund, subaccount or other accounting unit within the budget of a county which is controlled by the county sheriff. Reimbursement provided under paragraph (b)(i) of this section shall not be withheld by a board of county commissioners from a county sheriff or deducted from the budget of a county sheriff.
(d) The livestock board shall adopt rules to implement this section, which shall include eligible expenses, rates and procedures for reimbursement.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-19-101 - Duties of State Veterinarian Generally; Failure to Comply With Provisions; Penalty.

11-19-101. Duties of state veterinarian generally; failure to comply with provisions; penalty.
(a) The state veterinarian shall investigate all cases of dangerously contagious or infectious diseases among domestic animals in this state which are brought to his notice. In the absence of specific information, he shall make inspections of any locality where he has reason to suspect there is any contagious or infectious disease. He shall order that all animals affected with, exposed to or suspected of being affected with such diseases be gathered and quarantined. No animals pronounced affected with a dangerously contagious or infectious disease by the state veterinarian or his deputy or agent shall be turned loose, removed or permitted to escape, but shall be held subject to the order of the state veterinarian. All animals ordered gathered shall be gathered within a reasonable time specified by the state veterinarian.
(b) The state veterinarian may inspect, treat, test, vaccinate, quarantine or sell any animal imported into Wyoming in violation of W.S. 11-19-111 or any rules promulgated thereunder.
(c) Any person failing to comply with this section shall be punished as provided in W.S. 11-1-103.
(d) The state veterinarian may provide contagious and infectious reportable disease testing, containment and reimbursement services under this chapter to any livestock producer in Wyoming, including on the Wind River Indian Reservation who agrees to comply with the applicable program requirements, rules and any orders or regulations issued pursuant to the testing results or program requirements. Services on the Wind River Indian Reservation under this subsection may also be provided pursuant to a cooperative agreement entered into by the Wyoming livestock board, in consultation with the state veterinarian, and the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, the Northern Arapaho Tribe or the cooperative tribal governing body. The testing, containment and reimbursement services provided under this subsection shall not apply to bison designated as wildlife pursuant to W.S. 11-20-101(a)(iv).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-19-104 - Slaughter of Diseased Animals; Authority of Veterinarian; Slaughtering Order; When Consent of Owner Required.

11-19-104. Slaughter of diseased animals; authority of veterinarian; slaughtering order; when consent of owner required.
(a) In any case of epizootic disease where premises have been previously quarantined by the state veterinarian, he may order the slaughter of any diseased animals upon the premises and all animals that have been exposed to contagion or infection under the following restrictions:
(i) The order shall be in writing with a duplicate for each owner of the animals condemned;
(ii) The original of each order shall be filed by the veterinarian with the governor and a duplicate given to the owner; and
(iii) Before slaughtering any animal that has been exposed only and does not show disease, the veterinarian shall have the consent of the owner or person in charge of the animal to be slaughtered.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-19-107 - Auditor to Pay Claims Allowed by Board; Effect of Failure to Submit Claim to Board.

11-19-107. Auditor to pay claims allowed by board; effect of failure to submit claim to board.
The state auditor shall pay no claim for indemnity which is rejected by the state veterinarian, unless it has been submitted to arbitration and the arbitration board decided it to be legal and just. If any claimant refuses to submit his claim rejected by the veterinarian to a board of arbitration, the refusal is a waiver of all claim for indemnity.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-19-108 - Compensation of Board.

11-19-108. Compensation of board.
Each member of a board of arbitration shall receive one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each day actually engaged and employed in the investigation of any claim, paid by the state veterinarian out of an appropriation for that purpose.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-19-109 - Limitations on Indemnity.

11-19-109. Limitations on indemnity.
The liability of the state for indemnity for animals destroyed under this act [ 11-19-101 through 11-19-111] in any two (2) years, is limited by and shall in no case exceed the amount especially appropriated for that purpose and for that period.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-19-110 - Quarantine of Diseased Animals; Authority of Veterinarian Over Animals in Transit.

11-19-110. Quarantine of diseased animals; authority of veterinarian over animals in transit.
(a) The owner or person having in charge any animal affected with or suspected of any contagious or infectious disease shall immediately confine the animal in a safe place, isolated from other animals, and with all necessary restrictions to prevent dissemination of the disease until the arrival of the state veterinarian.
(b) The state veterinarian or his agent may examine all animals passing through the state and on detection or suspicion of disease may take possession of and treat and dispose of animals in transit in the same manner as animals resident in the state.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-19-111 - Regulation of Importation of Animals; Prohibited Acts; Penalties; Applicability.

11-19-111. Regulation of importation of animals; prohibited acts; penalties; applicability.
(a) The governor, upon recommendation of the Wyoming livestock board, may regulate by proclamation the importation into Wyoming from any other state any animal, blood, microorganism or biologic agent capable of causing any disease affecting livestock or other animals, or any other item suspected of being infected or contaminated with biologic agents capable of causing animal disease, except under such conditions as he deems proper for the protection of the livestock, livestock animals as defined in W.S. 11-29-101(a)(vi) and other domestic animals of Wyoming. All requirements in the governor's proclamation shall be enforced by the Wyoming livestock board.
(b) After a proclamation is issued by the governor it is unlawful for any person to import into Wyoming or receive imports within this state from any other state any animal, blood, microorganism or biologic agent capable of causing any diseases affecting livestock or other animals, or any product or item suspected of being infected or contaminated with biologic agents capable of causing animal disease, except under such conditions as may be imposed by the proclamation. Any person who violates this section shall be punished as provided in W.S. 11-1-103. The violator is civilly liable for all damages and loss sustained by any person by reason of violation of the proclamation.
(c) The proclamation authorized by this section shall not prohibit the transportation of animals through Wyoming by railroad as long as the animals are not unloaded in this state.
(d) The state veterinarian may inspect, treat, test, vaccinate, quarantine or sell any livestock or other domestic animals imported into Wyoming in violation of W.S. 11-19-111 or any rules promulgated thereunder. Any order or regulation made by the state veterinarian is subject to review, modification or annulment by the governor or the board at any subsequent meeting.
(e) An order of the state veterinarian under subsection (d) of this section shall be subject to appeal and due process as provided in W.S. 11-19-103.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-19-112 - Cooperation With Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

11-19-112. Cooperation with animal and plant health inspection service.
The state consents to having the animal and plant health inspection service (APHIS) of the United States department of agriculture and its employees come within Wyoming for all purposes connected with the importation and exportation of diseased livestock and for all purposes connected with the eradication, suppression and control of dangerously infectious and contagious diseases of livestock.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 1 - In General › Section 11-19-118 - Animal Reimbursement Program Account.

11-19-118. Animal reimbursement program account.
(a) There is created the animal reimbursement program account into which shall be deposited revenues as provided by law. Interest on earnings from funds in the account shall be credited to the account. Deposits into the account shall only be expended pursuant to this section, W.S. 11-19-103, 11-19-106, 11-19-214, 11-19-406 and Wyoming livestock board rules. Notwithstanding W.S. 9-2-1008 or 9-4-207, unexpended funds shall not revert.
(b) The state veterinarian shall report the balance of the account and the claims endorsed and paid each fiscal year to the joint appropriations committee and the joint agriculture, state and public lands and water resources interim committee.
(c) Before the state veterinarian endorses any payment to be made from this account for the ordered disposal of any livestock under W.S. 11-19-106, 11-19-214 or 11-19-406 or for brucellosis testing and containment efforts pursuant to Wyoming livestock board rules or under W.S. 11-19-103, the state veterinarian shall ascertain that sufficient funds are available in the account. The state veterinarian shall use available federal funds before using state funds to make any payment from this account.
(d) Not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) shall be paid for any single quarantine effort under W.S. 11-19-103(k). The reimbursement limit under this subsection does not include any indemnity payment for livestock disposal under W.S. 11-19-106, 11-19-214 or 11-19-406. Payments from this account for quarantine efforts shall cease whenever the unexpended, unobligated account balance equals or is less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00). Payments from this account for quarantine efforts may resume after the unexpended, unobligated account balance exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00).
(e) The Wyoming livestock board, in consultation with the state veterinarian, shall promulgate rules to carry out the purposes of this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 2 - Tuberculin Test of Dairy Cattle › Section 11-19-201 - Definitions.

11-19-201. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Dairy animal" means any cow, sheep or goat, the milk or milk products from which is sold or used for human consumption;
(ii) "Livestock animal" means as defined in W.S. 11-29-101(a)(vi);
(iii) "This act" means W.S. 11-19-201 through 11-19-215.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 2 - Tuberculin Test of Dairy Cattle › Section 11-19-208 - Ear Tags; Record to Be Kept of Livestock Animals Tested.

11-19-208. Ear tags; record to be kept of livestock animals tested.
Each livestock animal tested for tuberculosis shall have an official ear tag inserted in its ear. The testing veterinarian shall keep an official record of all livestock animals tested and submit a copy of the record to state and federal animal health officials.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 2 - Tuberculin Test of Dairy Cattle › Section 11-19-209 - Tests of Livestock Animals.

11-19-209. Tests of livestock animals.
Whenever the state veterinarian suspects that tuberculosis exists or has been introduced to livestock animals, he shall order the testing of the livestock animals.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 2 - Tuberculin Test of Dairy Cattle › Section 11-19-214 - Disposition of Diseased Livestock.

11-19-214. Disposition of diseased livestock.
All livestock animals in Wyoming, including those belonging to a producer on the Wind River Indian Reservation who receives services pursuant to W.S. 11-19-101(d), found to be affected with or exposed to tuberculosis may be disposed on the origin premises or transported under the direction of the state veterinarian directly to an approved slaughter facility, rendering facility or veterinary diagnostic laboratory in accordance with federal regulations. Producers may be eligible for indemnification as provided in W.S. 11-19-106 for any livestock animal ordered disposed pursuant to this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 2 - Tuberculin Test of Dairy Cattle › Section 11-19-215 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties.

11-19-215. Prohibited acts; penalties.
Any person who intentionally interferes with, refuses to assist in gathering and testing his livestock animals, or hinders the work of the state veterinarian or his employees under this act, or who attempts to defeat the object of the tuberculin test by a previous injection of tuberculin commonly known as "plugging," or in any way attempts to prevent an accurate and truthful determination of the condition of the livestock animals tested, shall be punished as provided in W.S. 11-1-103.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 3 - Tuberculosis Modified Accredited Areas › Section 11-19-303 - Appropriations by Counties for Control of Diseases.

11-19-303. Appropriations by counties for control of diseases.
The board of county commissioners may appropriate as much money as it deems necessary for the control and eradication of any infectious, contagious or communicable diseases of livestock. The funds shall be used in cooperation with the state veterinarian or the United States department of agriculture, animal and plant health inspection service (APHIS) in testing animals and disposing of diseased animals disclosed by the tests as provided by law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 3 - Tuberculosis Modified Accredited Areas › Section 11-19-304 - Prohibition on Importation of Cattle or Bison; Penalties.

11-19-304. Prohibition on importation of cattle or bison; penalties.
Any person bringing cattle or bison into any tuberculosis accredited-free area except in compliance with the rules and regulations made by the state veterinarian shall upon conviction be punished as provided in W.S. 11-1-103.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 3 - Tuberculosis Modified Accredited Areas › Section 11-19-305 - Powers of State Veterinarian.

11-19-305. Powers of state veterinarian.
The state veterinarian may make and enforce rules and regulations necessary for the enforcement of W.S. 11-19-303 through 11-19-306.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 3 - Tuberculosis Modified Accredited Areas › Section 11-19-306 - Penalties for Violation of Rules and Regulations.

11-19-306. Penalties for violation of rules and regulations.
Any person who violates any lawful rule or regulation made by the state veterinarian pursuant to W.S. 11-19-305 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in W.S. 11-1-103.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 4 - Brucellosis Test of Cattle › Section 11-19-401 - Tagging, Branding and Disposition of Cattle Reacting to Test; Penalties for Failure to Comply.

11-19-401. Tagging, branding and disposition of cattle reacting to test; penalties for failure to comply.
All livestock animals in Wyoming reacting to a confirmatory test for brucellosis (Bang's disease) may be immediately permanently branded with a hot iron letter "B" on the left tailhead by or in the presence of an officially authorized veterinarian. All such reactor livestock animals shall be disposed of for slaughter or diagnostic purposes only, upon and according to written instruction from the Wyoming livestock board. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be punished as provided in W.S. 11-1-103. As used in this section, "confirmatory test" means a test for brucellosis that has the specificity and sensitivity to verify the presence or absence of brucella abortus in animal serum or tissues and is used to confirm results from an initial brucellosis test.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 4 - Brucellosis Test of Cattle › Section 11-19-402 - Breeding Cattle and Bison Entering State to Show Evidence of Negative Test or Vaccination for Brucellosis; Exceptions.

11-19-402. Breeding cattle and bison entering state to show evidence of negative test or vaccination for brucellosis; exceptions.
All breeding cattle and bison entering Wyoming shall be accompanied by a proper health certificate showing evidence of a negative blood test for brucellosis made within thirty (30) days prior to entry, or evidence of being officially vaccinated by a licensed veterinarian during calfhood against brucellosis. Breeding cattle and bison originating from brucellosis free areas and from certified brucellosis free herds entering Wyoming may be exempt from this section but must be accompanied by a proper health certificate.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 4 - Brucellosis Test of Cattle › Section 11-19-403 - When Cattle or Bison Exempt From Provisions.

11-19-403. When cattle or bison exempt from provisions.
Breeding cattle and bison entering Wyoming for the purpose of feeding only may be exempt from the requirements of W.S. 11-19-402 if they are placed under quarantine by the rules and regulations promulgated by the Wyoming livestock board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 4 - Brucellosis Test of Cattle › Section 11-19-404 - Applicability of Provisions.

11-19-404. Applicability of provisions.
The Wyoming livestock board shall determine which of the requirements set forth in W.S. 11-19-402 through 11-19-404 apply to the various counties or areas within Wyoming.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 4 - Brucellosis Test of Cattle › Section 11-19-405 - Control of Brucellosis; Governor Authorized to Negotiate With Federal Agencies.

11-19-405. Control of brucellosis; governor authorized to negotiate with federal agencies.
(a) To preserve the brucellosis-free status of this state, the governor shall enter into negotiations with any relevant parties including appropriate federal agencies and tribes of the regions adjacent to Wyoming on steps necessary to ensure brucellosis is not passed from wildlife to livestock.
(b) The governor may direct any state agency to take any actions needed to ensure brucellosis does not spread from wildlife to livestock.
(c) In the event of a confirmed outbreak of brucellosis, the governor may authorize the state veterinarian, with the approval of the Wyoming livestock board, to require brucellosis testing of all test eligible bovine or domestic bison at the farm or ranch of origin or any licensed Wyoming livestock market prior to a change of ownership for a period of up to eighteen (18) months. At the end of the required testing period, the state veterinarian shall review the testing requirement and may reimpose brucellosis testing for one (1) or more successive periods under this subsection if there is deemed by the state veterinarian to be a threat to Wyoming's brucellosis free status or if the state is designated as brucellosis class A or lower status.
(d) The state veterinarian may direct any Wyoming brand inspector to withhold a brand inspection for movement or change of ownership to any person who has not shown evidence of any required brucellosis test.
(e) As part of the state brucellosis surveillance and prevention program, the state veterinarian may require brucellosis testing of any test eligible bovine or domestic bison at any licensed Wyoming livestock market at any time. Failure to comply shall result in a suspension of the livestock market's license.
(f) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be punished as provided by W.S. 11-1-103.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 4 - Brucellosis Test of Cattle › Section 11-19-406 - Sale of Diseased Cattle or Domestic Bison.

11-19-406. Sale of diseased cattle or domestic bison.
All cattle or domestic bison in Wyoming, including those belonging to a producer on the Wind River Indian Reservation who receives services pursuant to W.S. 11-19-101(d), lawfully found to be affected with brucellosis, including all sexually intact cattle or domestic bison that are part of a herd found to be affected with brucellosis, may be shipped or transported under the direction of the state veterinarian to livestock markets and sold for immediate slaughter or transferred to an approved slaughter facility or veterinary diagnostic laboratory in accordance with federal regulations. Payments under this section shall not be made by the state for any sexually intact female cattle or bison which are over twelve (12) months old and which are not official calfhood vaccinates as provided in board rule and regulation. Producers may be eligible for indemnification in accordance with W.S. 11-19-106 for any livestock ordered disposed pursuant to this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 4 - Brucellosis Test of Cattle › Section 11-19-407 - Brucellosis Testing Program.

11-19-407. Brucellosis testing program.
(a) The livestock board shall develop a brucellosis surveillance program in any designated surveillance area as defined by the livestock board and any temporary surveillance area designated by the board and approved by the governor as an area where risk of exposure to documented infected wildlife is of concern. The program may be conducted with the help of veterinary practitioners and livestock auction markets. This program shall provide for the testing of livestock for brucellosis, for spaying heifers and for adult vaccinations only to the extent that may be reasonably necessary to maintain or to regain the brucellosis-free status of the state of Wyoming. Compensation under this program for all purposes except mandatory testing or testing within a temporary surveillance area as designated by the board and approved by the governor shall be pursuant to the terms of a brucellosis mitigation plan that has been entered into between the livestock producer and the Wyoming state veterinarian.
(b) The compensation for brucellosis surveillance testing, spaying heifers and adult vaccinations shall be paid at not less than one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per head and not more than eight dollars ($8.00) per head of cattle actually tested, spayed or adult vaccinated. Compensation for brucellosis testing, spaying or adult vaccinating may include the purchase of brucellosis testing, spaying or adult vaccinating equipment, supplies and postage.
(c) Payments under subsection (b) of this section shall be made monthly directly to accredited veterinarians who perform brucellosis testing, spaying, adult vaccinating and surveillance planning or to livestock auction markets that use their facilities and veterinarians to conduct brucellosis testing, spaying or adult vaccinating as mandated by rule of the Wyoming livestock board or the United States department of agriculture animal and plant health inspection service. The payment shall be made upon receipt by the Wyoming livestock board of documentation in the format and manner specified by board rule.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 5 - Regulation and Inspection of Sheep › Section 11-19-501 - When Notice of Importation to Be Made; Contents; Applicability of Rules and Regulations of Board.

11-19-501. When notice of importation to be made; contents; applicability of rules and regulations of board.
(a) Any person intending to bring or cause to be brought any sheep from any other state or territory, the District of Columbia or any foreign country into Wyoming in any manner except by shipping them through the state by railroad or truck, shall, ten (10) days before crossing the state line, notify the executive officer of the board of the proposed action. The notice shall set forth the number of sheep, the brands or marks thereon, the name of the owner and the locality from which the sheep came and through which they have been driven.
(b) Sheep trailed or shipped into the state from adjoining states for immediate interstate shipment or for show and exhibition purposes, sheep grazing along and across state lines, and sheep shipped from any part of this state to feed yards in any other part of the state when shipment is made by interstate route, are governed by the rules and regulations of the board.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 5 - Regulation and Inspection of Sheep › Section 11-19-502 - Unloading Sheep in Transit Prohibited; Exception; Cost of Enforcement.

11-19-502. Unloading sheep in transit prohibited; exception; cost of enforcement.
Any sheep in transit through this state shall not be unloaded for any purpose except for feeding, and shall be held in the feed yards or in grazing grounds and not allowed to leave. All expenses of enforcing this section shall be paid by the owner of the sheep.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 5 - Regulation and Inspection of Sheep › Section 11-19-503 - Bringing Infected Sheep Into State Prohibited.

11-19-503. Bringing infected sheep into state prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person to bring into this state any sheep infected with any infectious or contagious disease, or that have been exposed to such disease.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 5 - Regulation and Inspection of Sheep › Section 11-19-504 - Refusal to Give Information Deemed Misdemeanor.

11-19-504. Refusal to give information deemed misdemeanor.
Any herder or other person in charge of sheep who willfully refuses to give an inspector information as to the condition of sheep in his charge is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided by W.S. 11-19-506.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 5 - Regulation and Inspection of Sheep › Section 11-19-505 - Owners to Be Jointly and Severally Liable; When Arrest Necessary; Service of Summons and Complaint.

11-19-505. Owners to be jointly and severally liable; when arrest necessary; service of summons and complaint.
In any action arising under W.S. 11-19-501 through 11-19-505, all persons owning or having control of the sheep concerning which the action is had, are liable severally and jointly. In criminal actions, no arrest is necessary except in case of nonresident persons, but a summons containing notice of the time and place of trial, together with a copy of the complaint filed in a circuit court, or in the court in which the action is commenced, shall be served in the same manner and for the length of time provided by law for the service of summons in civil cases.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 5 - Regulation and Inspection of Sheep › Section 11-19-506 - Penalties.

11-19-506. Penalties.
Any person who violates W.S. 11-19-501 through 11-19-505 shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or imprisoned not more than one (1) year, or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 6 - Wildlife/livestock Disease Research Partnership › Section 11-19-601 - Findings; Purposes.

11-19-601. Findings; purposes.
(a) The interaction of livestock and wildlife may lead to mutual or shared diseases. Some of these diseases may have the potential to adversely affect Wyoming's livestock producers and influence the management of Wyoming's free-ranging wildlife. Research into these diseases may provide strategies or solutions that benefit Wyoming's livestock industries and wildlife resources.
(b) The purpose of the Wyoming wildlife/livestock disease research partnership is to utilize existing personnel and facilities of the state, to identify funding sources, to enhance wildlife and livestock disease research in the state, and to understand, manage, control and preempt potentially mutual or shared diseases that may impact wildlife, livestock or humans.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 6 - Wildlife/livestock Disease Research Partnership › Section 11-19-602 - Wyoming Wildlife/livestock Disease Research Partnership Board Created; Membership; Duties; Purposes.

11-19-602. Wyoming wildlife/livestock disease research partnership board created; membership; duties; purposes.
(a) There is created the wildlife/livestock disease research partnership board within the department. The board shall consist of the following members or their designees:
(i) The director of the department;
(ii) The director of the Wyoming game and fish department;
(iii) The vice-president for research at the University of Wyoming;
(iv) The director of the Wyoming state veterinary laboratory; and
(v) The state veterinarian.
(b) The board shall:
(i) Accept funding from all sources, including federal, state and local governments and private donations to carry out the purposes of this article;
(ii) Leverage funds received to match other funds that may be available to the board;
(iii) Deposit funds received into the account created by W.S. 11-19-603. No funds may be withdrawn or otherwise expended without the specific consent of at least three (3) members of the board;
(iv) Accept, review and prioritize research proposals submitted to the board;
(v) Seek support for programs and projects consistent with the purposes of the board;
(vi) Allocate funds for research which serve the goals of understanding, managing, controlling or preempting potentially mutual or shared diseases that impact wild and domestic animals or humans in the state.
(c) In approving research requests for funding, the board shall first consider any requests for funding from the Wyoming game and fish department, the University of Wyoming, the Wyoming department of agriculture and the Wyoming livestock board. After consideration of requests from those state agencies, the board may consider requests from other entities.
(d) All research projects requesting funding from the board shall be submitted to the board in a form and manner specified by the board. The approval of not less than three (3) members of the board shall be required prior to funding of a project with funds received under this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 11 - Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals › Chapter 19 - Contagious and Infectious Diseases Among Livestock › Article 6 - Wildlife/livestock Disease Research Partnership › Section 11-19-603 - Account Created.

11-19-603. Account created.
There is created a wildlife/livestock disease research partnership account. Funds from this account shall be used only for purposes specified in W.S. 11-19-601 through 11-19-604. Any interest earned on the account shall remain within the account.