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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 95 - Animal health. › 95.31 - Condemnation of diseased animals.

95.31
Condemnation of diseased animals.
(1)
The department may condemn animals that are affected with or exposed to a contagious or infectious disease if the department determines that it is necessary to do so to prevent or control the spread of the disease. Condemned animals shall be slaughtered or destroyed as directed by the department.
(2)
If the department determines that it is necessary to condemn an animal under sub. (1), the department shall, in all cases where the payment of indemnities is authorized under this chapter, appraise the animal as provided in s. 95.32 and shall notify the owner in writing of the appraised value. The notice shall include the number and description of the animals and the name of the owner.
(3)
In addition to the indemnities for specific animal diseases provided under ss. 95.25, 95.26 and 95.27 or under special emergency programs and subject to s. 95.36, the department shall pay indemnities on livestock condemned and slaughtered or destroyed because of other diseases if the department determines that the condemnation and slaughter or destruction is necessary to protect public health or the livestock industry. The indemnity under this subsection shall be two-thirds of the difference between net salvage value and appraised value, but may not exceed $1,500 for an animal, except as provided in sub. (3m). As used in this subsection, “livestock" means animals of species raised primarily to produce food for human consumption, including farm-raised deer.
(3m)
If the department condemns an animal because the animal is suspected to have a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy and the owner disposes of the carcass as directed by the department, the department shall increase the amount of the indemnity calculated under sub. (3) or s. 95.23 (1m) (b) by the costs of the destruction of the animal and of the disposal, transportation, and any necessary storage of the animal's carcass. An indemnity paid because of the condemnation of an animal to which this subsection applies may exceed $1,500.
(4)
In the event of a major or serious outbreak of a contagious or infectious disease that may affect public health or the health of animals and that requires special control measures, the department may request the joint committee on finance to release funds appropriated under s. 20.115 (2) (b) as needed to conduct emergency control programs independently or in cooperation with federal or local units of government and, subject to s. 95.36, to pay indemnities on animals of species raised primarily to produce food for human consumption, including farm-raised deer, condemned and slaughtered or destroyed under the emergency control programs. For all indemnities paid under this subsection, the state shall pay two-thirds of the difference between the net salvage value and the appraised value of an animal, except that no payment may exceed $1,500 for an animal.
History:  1977 c. 146; 1977 c. 449 s. 497; 1981 c. 20; 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 269; 1995 a. 79, 450; 2001 a. 56; 2005 a. 25.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 95 - Animal health. › 95.32 - Appraised value.

95.32
Appraised value.
(1)
The department shall determine the appraised value of an animal that is destroyed under s. 95.21 (4) (b), 95.23 (1m), 95.25, 95.26, 95.27 or 95.31 (3) or (4) if the animal's owner is eligible for an indemnity.
(2)
Except as provided in sub. (3), the appraised value for an animal that is of an animal type that is frequently sold at public auction shall equal the average price paid for a commercial grade animal of the same animal type at public auction sales during a period specified by the department.
(3)
The appraised value of a registered purebred animal of an animal type that is frequently sold at public auction shall equal 125 percent of the amount determined under sub. (2) for that animal type.
(4)
Using a method specified under sub. (5) (c), the department shall determine the appraised value of an animal of an animal type that is not frequently sold at public auction.
(5)
(a)
The department shall promulgate rules specifying animal types for the purposes of this section. The animal types may be based on characteristics of animals that include species, gender and age. The rules shall specify whether each animal type is frequently sold at public auction.
(b)
The department shall promulgate rules specifying the period of public auction sales that will be used in the appraisal of each animal type to which sub. (2) applies. The period may not begin more than 6 months before the date on which the department makes the appraisal.
(c)
The department shall promulgate rules specifying methods for determining the appraised value of animals of animal types that are not frequently sold at public auction. The methods shall be as consistent as possible with the method under sub. (2).
History:  1977 c. 146; 1977 c. 449 s. 497; 1981 c. 20; 1995 a. 450; 2001 a. 108.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 95 - Animal health. › 95.33 - Tubercular animals that do not react.

95.33
Tubercular animals that do not react.
Whenever in the opinion of the department a bovine or farm-raised deer is afflicted with tuberculosis, although failing to react to the tubercular test, such animal shall be condemned and the appraisal and all subsequent procedure shall be the same as in the case of reactors.
History:  1995 a. 79.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 95 - Animal health. › 95.34 - Slaughter on premises.

95.34
Slaughter on premises.
The slaughter of diseased animals on the premises of the owner shall be made under the supervision and direction of the department or an assistant. If upon inspection of the carcass it is found, according to rules of inspection of the U.S. department of agriculture, to be unfit for human food, the inspector shall destroy it or cause it to be buried and covered with a sufficient quantity of lime to destroy it. The hide shall be disinfected and otherwise cared for according to said rules. If the carcass is fit to be used for human food it may be disposed of in accordance with the provisions made by the department.
History:  1975 c. 308.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 95 - Animal health. › 95.35 - Scrapie eradication: indemnities.

95.35
Scrapie eradication: indemnities.
(3)
The department may enter into cooperative agreements with the federal government or any department or other agency for the control and eradication of scrapie in this state.
(6)
Every person in control of premises on which sheep or goats have died of scrapie shall promptly bury or dispose of the carcasses in accordance with rules prescribed by the department.
History:  1981 c. 20; 1995 a. 450.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 95 - Animal health. › 95.36 - Indemnity not allowed.

95.36
Indemnity not allowed.
The owners of animals condemned and slaughtered under the provisions of this chapter shall receive no indemnity therefor in the following cases:
(1)
Animals owned by the United States, this state or any county, city, town or village.
(2)
Animals brought into this state contrary to any provisions of law.
(3)
Animals which the owner at the time of coming into possession of them knew or had reason to believe to be afflicted with contagious or infectious disease.
(4)
Animals diseased at the time of arrival in this state.
(5)
Animals which the owner has negligently or willfully exposed to contagious or infectious disease.
(6)
Animals brought into this state that fail to pass successfully the retests subsequent to importation as required by regulation of the department.
(7)
When the infected premises have not been disinfected, to the satisfaction of the department in such manner as to prevent the further spread of the disease.
(8)
Unless the animal condemned and slaughtered was owned by the claimant at least 30 days prior to the test which discloses the reaction.
(9)
Where the owner has received indemnity as a result of a former inspection or test, and has thereafter introduced into his or her herd any bovine contrary to law or the regulations of the department.
(10)
If the owner of the animal has failed to comply with s. 95.51 (2).
History:  1995 a. 225; 2003 a. 229.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 95 - Animal health. › 95.37 - Claims for indemnity.

95.37
Claims for indemnity.
(1)
Claims against the state arising from the condemnation of animals shall be made by delivering to the department, to be forwarded to the department of administration, a request, giving the name and place of residence of the owner, the date on which the animals were condemned and the tag number of each animal, and also a statement of the salvage received and of the sum due from the state and any additional information that the department requires. The department shall promptly transmit all claims to the department of administration and accompany the same with a report of the sum due from the state and thereupon the claims may be audited and paid.
(2)
Claims for indemnity based on condemnation and appraisal may be paid notwithstanding the death of the animal by means other than slaughter if satisfactory proof of death is filed with such claim.
History:  1977 c. 216; 1977 c. 449 s. 497; 1995 a. 450.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 95 - Animal health. › 95.38 - Altering records; tampering with ear tags.

95.38
Altering records; tampering with ear tags.
(1)
It shall be unlawful for any person to in any manner change any test record, falsely record any test, misrepresent the identification of any animal or any other material fact on any test record, certificate of veterinary inspection, vaccination record, claim for indemnity, or any disease control report or application to the department. It shall be unlawful for any person to induce or to conspire with another, either directly or indirectly, to do any of the said prohibited acts.
(2)
No person is permitted to in any way tamper with, insert or remove from the ear of any animal any ear tag or registration mark which is or may be used for identification in disease control work except upon authorization from the department.
(3)
The department may adopt rules that are necessary to administer this section.
History:  1983 a. 132; 2001 a. 56.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 95 - Animal health. › 95.39 - Biological products.

95.39
Biological products.
(1)
It is unlawful for any person to sell, furnish, give away or supply any tuberculin or any biological product containing Brucella organisms for use in this state unless all of the following conditions are met:
(a)
The label on the container thereof states the name and address of the manufacturer and the date of expiration.
(b)
The vendor, within 15 days, reports to the department the name of the recipient, the date and amount delivered.
(c)
The products are sold or delivered only to veterinarians licensed to practice in this state.
(2)
It shall be unlawful for any person to use or dispose of any tuberculin until assured in writing by the person from whom received that its sale or delivery to said person has been reported to the department.
(3)
Biological products produced or packed outside this state for the treatment, diagnosis or prevention of animal diseases and licensed by the federal government under experimental or special licenses may be sold, distributed or used only under such conditions as the department prescribes. The department may make such rules governing the conditions of manufacture, sale, distribution or use of biological products for the treatment, diagnosis or prevention of animal diseases as are necessary for the protection of animal health, including permit requirements or other restrictions on the importation, sale or experimental use of such products.
History:  1995 a. 225.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 95 - Animal health. › 95.40 - Neutralizing tuberculosis test.

95.40
Neutralizing tuberculosis test.
(1)
No person shall use or cause to be used tuberculin or any other agent upon cattle or farm-raised deer, by injection or otherwise, for the purpose of preventing a proper reaction when a tuberculin test is made.
(2)
No person shall at any time or in any manner apply tuberculin to any animal except for the purpose of applying a tuberculin test. The result of every such test shall be reported to the department.
History:  1995 a. 79.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 95 - Animal health. › 95.41 - Tuberculin; ear tags.

95.41
Tuberculin; ear tags.
(1)
The department shall furnish and distribute tuberculin and circulars containing the rules and regulations for applying the tuberculin test upon application to all persons authorized to make such test.
(2)
The department shall provide ear tags to be used for identifying cattle and farm-raised deer tested for purposes of disease control, and shall distribute the tags to persons authorized by the department to identify cattle and farm-raised deer.
History:  1977 c. 216; 1979 c. 129; 1995 a. 79.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 95 - Animal health. › 95.42 - Revocation of permit to test.

95.42
Revocation of permit to test.
Only veterinarians approved by the department may apply the tuberculin test to cattle and farm-raised deer, and no veterinarian applying the test may tag or brand reactors except as specifically authorized or directed by the department. Any veterinarian who fails to comply with this section and the rules and instructions furnished by the department shall forfeit all right to apply the tuberculin test.
History:  1977 c. 216; 1979 c. 129; 1995 a. 79.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 95 - Animal health. › 95.43 - Application of brucellosis test.

95.43
Application of brucellosis test.
(1)
The brucellosis test shall be applied only by approved veterinarians. Any veterinarian who fails to comply with the laws or regulations of the department relating to disease control may be denied such approval.
(2)
Every veterinarian who applies the brucellosis test shall promptly reactor tag and permanently mark all reactors in conformity with the law and the regulations of the department, and shall promptly report the result of each test to the department. No person shall interfere in any way with the identification of reactors as required herein.
History:  1981 c. 20; 1995 a. 155.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 95 - Animal health. › 95.45 - Certificates of veterinary inspection; tests for interstate shipment.

95.45
Certificates of veterinary inspection; tests for interstate shipment.
(1)
Tests to determine the health status of animals for the purpose of interstate shipment shall be made only by licensed graduate veterinarians approved by the department. Such veterinarians shall report the results of every such test to the department in triplicate.
(4)
(a)
If the department requires that a certificate of veterinary inspection accompany an animal imported into this state, the veterinarian who issues the certificate shall file a copy of the certificate with the department.
(b)
If a certificate of veterinary inspection is required for a wild animal under s. 169.04 (2) (d) and (3) (a) or 169.06 (1) (d) 1., the veterinarian who issues the certificate shall file a copy of the certificate with the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection. The department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall provide a copy of the certificate to the department of natural resources.
(c)
The department may promulgate rules to impose requirements on the form, issuance, and filing of certificates of veterinary inspection.
(5)
Any certificate of veterinary inspection prepared under this chapter or ch. 169 shall comply with any rules that are promulgated by the department.
History:  2001 a. 56.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 95 - Animal health. › 95.46 - Brucellosis vaccination; official vaccinates.

95.46
Brucellosis vaccination; official vaccinates.
(1)
It is unlawful for any person other than an approved veterinarian to treat any bovine animal with any biological product containing Brucella organisms.
(2)
No bovine animals may be vaccinated against brucellosis except calves within age ranges prescribed by department rules. Such calves may be vaccinated by approved veterinarians if officially reported to the department and permanently identified as official vaccinates as required under this section and rules of the department.
(3)
All animals vaccinated by approved veterinarians shall be identified by a tattoo on the inner surface of the right ear of each such animal, using such symbols as the department by rule prescribes.
(4)
All veterinarians shall use only vaccine provided under federal regulations or produced by or under the direction or supervision of the department. They shall identify the vaccinates as required in sub. (3) and record in triplicate on forms prepared by the department the information it requires. The veterinarian shall transmit one copy of the vaccination record to the department within 15 days after the date of vaccination, furnish one copy to the owner of the animals, and retain one copy for the veterinarian's own file.
(6)
Official vaccinates need not be identified as reactors until they are past 20 months of age unless there is other evidence of infection in the herd.
History:  1973 c. 123; 1979 c. 129.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 95 - Animal health. › 95.48 - Brucellosis indemnity restrictions.

95.48
Brucellosis indemnity restrictions.
(1)
No indemnity for brucellosis shall be paid:
(a)
On steers.
(b)
On any animal unless reactor tagged and permanently marked as required by department regulation and unless the claim is accompanied by such proof, as the department may require, of (1) slaughter within the time limited, (2) actual salvage and (3) cleaning and disinfection of the premises.
(c)
On any animal vaccinated against brucellosis, other than official vaccinates, unless it can be established that such animal, subsequent to vaccination, returned to a negative status as established by a negative test conducted not less than 30 days prior to the test on which the claim is based but more than 30 days after vaccination.
(d)
Except as provided in sub. (2), on any animal which was a member of a herd into which was introduced any animal which failed to first pass a completely negative brucellosis test prior to movement as required by s. 95.49.
(e)
Except as provided in sub. (2), on any animal other than an official vaccinate which was a part of a herd any member of which, when above the maximum qualifying age for official vaccination, was treated with any biological product containing Brucella organisms.
(2)
Notwithstanding the provisions of sub. (1) (d) and (e), indemnity shall be paid on such animals if the reaction is disclosed on any test conducted subsequent to the elimination without claim of all reactors disclosed on a complete herd test conducted after the time of making any addition or treating any animal as therein described.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 95 - Animal health. › 95.49 - Movement; sale.

95.49
Movement; sale.
(1m)
If this state is not designated Class Free under 9 CFR 78.41 or if this state is so designated but the department has promulgated rules under sub. (2m), no person may sell or move from one place to another any cattle born on or after June 1, 1984, unless it is accompanied by a report of complete negative brucellosis test conducted within 30 days before movement. This subsection does not apply to any of the following:
(a)
Official vaccinates.
(b)
Steers and spayed heifers.
(c)
Animals consigned directly to slaughter establishments if the animals are moved and held in conformity with department rules.
(d)
Male animals under 6 months of age and female animals under the maximum age allowable for vaccination as defined by rule.
(e)
Animals not known to be reactors moved to the premises of an animal market operator licensed under s. 95.68 or an animal dealer licensed under s. 95.69, for sale and removal as provided in sub. (2).
(f)
Animals which are moved for exhibition purposes if accompanied by a report of a negative brucellosis test conducted within 90 days.
(g)
Animals moved by the owner between farm premises owned or operated by him or her.
(h)
Feeder cattle sold or moved to an approved feedlot if the cattle are moved and held in conformity with department rules.
(i)
Female beef breed cattle under one year of age if sold or moved for feeding purposes.
(2)
Animals moved to the premises of an animal market or animal dealer pursuant to the exemption from brucellosis test in sub. (1m) (e) may be removed only in compliance with the brucellosis test requirements in sub. (1m).
(2m)
The department may promulgate emergency rules upon the outbreak in this state of brucellosis to prevent the movement and sale of cattle unaccompanied by reports of complete negative brucellosis tests.
(3)
This section shall not be construed to authorize the movement of any animals in violation of any other provision of this chapter or of any quarantine or animal health regulation issued by the department as authorized by law.
History:  1973 c. 123; 1981 c. 390 s. 252; 1983 a. 127; 1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 155; 2001 a. 56; 2011 a. 281.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 95 - Animal health. › 95.50 - Transportation and disposal of animal carcasses.

95.50
Transportation and disposal of animal carcasses.
(1)
Definitions. In this section:
(a)
“Carcass" means the dead body, or any part of the dead body, of a livestock animal or other domestic animal.
(b)
Notwithstanding s. 95.001 (2), “contagious or infectious disease" means a disease that is spread by contact, bodily secretions, or fomites or that is caused by a pathogenic agent.
(c)
“Diseased carcass" means the carcass of a livestock animal or other domestic animal if the animal was any of the following at the time of death:
1.
Infected with a contagious or infectious disease.
2.
Potentially infected with a contagious or infectious disease, based on known exposure to a contagious or infectious disease.
3.
Reasonably suspected of being infected with a contagious or infectious disease, based on symptoms or testing.
(d)
“Fomite" means an inanimate object or a substance that transfers infectious organisms from one animal to another.
(2)
Carcass transportation and disposal prohibitions. No person may do any of the following, either directly or through an employee or agent:
(a)
Transport or dispose of a carcass that the person knows or reasonably should know to be a diseased carcass in a manner that creates a significant and foreseeable risk of transmitting disease to humans or animals.
(b)
Dispose of a carcass in the waters of the state. This paragraph does not prohibit the use of farm-raised fish as bait.
(3)
Timely disposition of carcasses. No person who owns or controls a carcass, or who owns or controls the land on which a carcass is located, may leave the carcass exposed to access by dogs or wild animals for more than 24 hours during the months of April to November or for more than 48 hours during the months of December to March if the person knows or reasonably should know that the carcass is exposed.
(4)
Regulation of carcass transportation and disposal. The department may, by rule or order, regulate the transportation and disposal of carcasses to prevent and control contagious and infectious diseases.
History:  2009 a. 42.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 95 - Animal health. › 95.57 - Poultry and farm-raised game birds; national poultry improvement program.

95.57
Poultry and farm-raised game birds; national poultry improvement program.
(1)
Participation in program. The department may promulgate rules to require that any of the following originate from a flock of a person participating in the national poultry improvement plan under 9 CFR part 145:
(a)
Poultry, including their eggs, that are used for breeding purposes.
(b)
Farm-raised game birds, including their eggs, that are used for breeding purposes.
(2)
Fees. The department shall promulgate a rule to set any fee that it imposes on a person for participation in the national poultry improvement plan.
History:  2001 a. 56.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 95 - Animal health. › 95.65 - Intrastate transportation of white-tailed deer.

95.65
Intrastate transportation of white-tailed deer.
(1)
In this section, “cervid" means a member of the family of animals that includes deer and moose.
(2)
The department shall impose the same requirements on the intrastate transportation of white-tailed deer that it imposes on the intrastate transportation of other cervids.
History:  2001 a. 109.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 95 - Animal health. › 95.67 - Proper use of animal care and disease control products.

95.67
Proper use of animal care and disease control products.
No person may use chemical, biological or disease control products in the treatment or care of food producing animals without substantially complying with instructions, warnings and directions for use on the product label. No animal or food product including milk of the animal shall be marketed for processing or use as food prior to the time specified on the label of a product used in the treatment or care of the animal. This section applies neither to licensed veterinarians who prescribe or administer drugs in conformity with federal restrictions nor to persons using drugs in a manner prescribed by a licensed veterinarian. This section shall not prevent a farmer from administering animal disease control products to livestock in compliance with instructions on the product label.
History:  1971 c. 240.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 95 - Animal health. › 95.715 - Feed lots and veal lots.

95.715
Feed lots and veal lots.
(1)
Definitions. In this section:
(a)
“Feeder cattle" means bovine animals that are kept for the sole purpose of feeding prior to slaughter, that are not more than 18 months old as evidenced by the absence of permanent teeth and that are one of the following:
1.
Nonspayed females that are not parturient or postparturient.
2.
Spayed heifers.
3.
Steers.
(b)
“Feed lot" means a facility at which feeder cattle are assembled for feeding prior to slaughter.
(c)
“Veal calf" means a bovine animal of either sex that is not more than 120 days old and that is kept for the sole purpose of feeding prior to slaughter for veal.
(d)
“Veal lot" means a facility at which veal calves are assembled for feeding prior to slaughter.
(2)
Approved feed lot.
(a)
The department may issue an annual permit designating a feed lot as an approved feed lot. A feed lot operator is not required to hold an approved feed lot permit.
(b)
If a person imports feeder cattle directly to an approved feed lot in this state, the department may by rule exempt that person from import rules and preimport testing rules promulgated by the department that apply to persons who import feeder cattle into this state.
(c)
Unless specifically authorized by the department, no person may remove feeder cattle or cattle commingled with feeder cattle from an approved feed lot except to a slaughtering establishment for slaughter.
(d)
The department may promulgate rules to specify permit fees under par. (a) and to regulate feed lots. The rules may include requirements related to the construction and maintenance of approved feed lots, the segregation of imported feeder cattle and record-keeping requirements related to feeder cattle.
(3)
Approved veal lot.
(a)
The department may issue an annual permit designating a veal lot as an approved veal lot. A veal lot operator is not required to hold an approved veal lot permit.
(b)
If a person imports veal calves directly to an approved veal lot in this state, the department may by rule exempt that person from import rules and preimport testing rules promulgated by the department that apply to persons who import veal calves into this state.
(c)
Unless specifically authorized by the department, no person may remove veal calves or cattle commingled with veal calves from an approved veal lot except to a slaughtering establishment for slaughter.
(d)
The department may promulgate rules to regulate approved veal lots. The rules may include requirements related to the construction and maintenance of approved veal lots, the segregation of imported veal calves and record-keeping requirements related to veal calves.
History:  1993 a. 16.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 95 - Animal health. › 95.80 - Humane slaughtering.

95.80
Humane slaughtering.
(1)
Definitions. As used in this section:
(a)
“Humane method" means:
1.
Any method of slaughtering livestock which normally causes animals to be rendered insensible to pain by a single blow or shot of a mechanical instrument or by electrical, chemical or other means that is rapid and effective, before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast, or cut; or
2.
The method of slaughtering, including handling and other preparation for slaughtering, required by or used in connection with the ritual of any religious faith, whereby the animal suffers loss of consciousness by anemia of the brain caused by the simultaneous and instantaneous severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument.
(b)
“Livestock" means cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats, farm-raised deer and other species of animals susceptible of use in the production of meat and meat products.
(c)
“Slaughterer" means any person operating a slaughterhouse licensed under s. 97.42, or registered under s. 97.44.
(2)
Prohibition. No slaughterer may slaughter livestock except by a humane method.
History:  1971 c. 40 s. 93; 1973 c. 206; 1983 a. 111, 189; 1995 a. 79.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 95 - Animal health. › 95.99 - Penalties.

95.99
Penalties.
(1)
Any person who violates this chapter, or an order issued or a rule adopted under this chapter, for which a specific penalty is not prescribed shall, for the first offense, be fined not more than $1,000; and for any subsequent offense fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than 6 months or both.
(2)
The department may seek an injunction restraining any person from violating this chapter or any rule promulgated under this chapter.
(3)
A person who violates this chapter or any rule promulgated or order issued under this chapter, for which a specific penalty is not prescribed, may be required to forfeit not less than $200 nor more than $5,000 for the first offense and may be required to forfeit not less than $400 nor more than $5,000 for the 2nd or subsequent offense committed within 5 years of an offense for which a penalty has been assessed under this section. A forfeiture under this subsection is in lieu of a criminal penalty under sub. (1).
History:  1977 c. 216; 1979 c. 129; 1981 c. 66 ss. 4, 6; 1983 a. 111; 1995 a. 450.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 96 - Agricultural marketing act. › 96.01 - Agricultural marketing act; definitions.

96.01
Agricultural marketing act; definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1)
“Affected commodity" means any agricultural commodity for which the production, marketing, processing, handling, sale or distribution of is included under the terms of a marketing order or marketing agreement or a proposed marketing order or marketing agreement.
(2)
“Affected producer or handler" means any producer or handler of an affected commodity, except that it does not include a producer or handler not assenting to a marketing agreement.
(3)
“Agricultural commodity" means any agricultural, horticultural (excepting floricultural), viticultural, vegetable, poultry, and livestock products produced in this state, including for use as a bioenergy feedstock, including milk and milk products, bees and honey, or any class, variety or utilization thereof, either in their natural state or as processed by a producer for the purpose of marketing such product or by a processor, but not including timber and wood products, except timber and wood products used as a bioenergy feedstock.
(4)
“Assent" means a signed statement of affected producers or handlers consenting to the terms of a marketing agreement.
(4m)
“Bioenergy feedstock" means biomass used to produce energy, including transportation fuel, heat, or electricity.
(5)
“Handler" means any person engaged in the business of distributing or placing an agricultural commodity in commercial channels, or any person engaged in the business of processing an agricultural commodity.
(6)
“Marketing agreement" means an agreement entered into by the secretary under this chapter.
(7)
“Marketing order" means an order issued by the secretary under this chapter.
(8)
“Member-patron" means a person who is a member of a cooperative under ch. 185 or 193 and whose products are marketed through that cooperative.
(9)
“Producer" means any person engaged in the business of producing or causing to be produced for market in commercial quantities any agricultural commodity.
(10)
“Referendum" means any voting procedure under which affected producers or handlers may, by secret ballot, vote for or against the issuance, amendment or termination of a marketing order.
(11)
“Vote" means to cast a ballot in a referendum or an election.
History:  1977 c. 29 s. 1650m (2); 1981 c. 283, 314; 2005 a. 441; 2009 a. 401; 2011 a. 32.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 96 - Agricultural marketing act. › 96.02 - Policy.

96.02
Policy.
It is declared to be the policy of this state to promote orderly and efficient marketing of agricultural commodities and to prevent economic waste of the agricultural wealth of this state. Unfair methods of competition, lack of uniform grading and classification of agricultural commodities, and the inability of individual producers to obtain present markets or to develop new or larger markets for Wisconsin agricultural commodities result in disorderly marketing of such commodities. As a result agricultural producers are prevented from receiving a fair return for the products which they market. Such conditions jeopardize the continued production of adequate food and energy supplies for this and other states, and may result in unemployment with its attendant burdens on the citizens of this state. The production, processing and marketing of agricultural commodities within this state is hereby declared to be affected with a public interest and this chapter is enacted for the purpose of protecting the health, peace, safety and general welfare of the people of this state.
History:  2009 a. 401.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 96 - Agricultural marketing act. › 96.03 - Marketing orders.

96.03
Marketing orders.
(1)
Applicability. A marketing order is applicable to all producers and handlers included under the terms of the order.
(2)
Provisions. A marketing order issued under this chapter may contain any of the following:
(a)
Provisions for market research and development programs to maintain present markets or to create new or additional markets for affected agricultural commodities produced in this state. Any such programs must be directed toward increasing the sale of the affected commodity without reference to a particular brand or trade name. No market development program may be funded under a marketing order which makes use of false or unwarranted claims on behalf of an affected commodity or disparages the quality, value, sale or use of any other agricultural commodity.
(b)
Provisions for funding research studies to improve production, processing or distribution of an affected commodity.
(c)
Provisions for educational programs designed to inform producers, handlers or other interested persons about quality improvement and nutritional value of the affected commodity, or about practices, procedures and methods used in the production, processing and marketing of the affected commodity.
(d)
Provisions for the development and funding of programs, jointly or cooperatively with public or private organizations, to carry out the purposes of a marketing order.
(e)
Provisions that establish a minimum volume or other standard for affected producers. The order may define the area of the state to be covered by the order, which may be all or any portion of the state, and it may provide that its provisions apply to all of the affected commodity produced or marketed within that area regardless of where sold or processed.
History:  1981 c. 283, 391.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 96 - Agricultural marketing act. › 96.04 - Marketing agreement.

96.04
Marketing agreement.
(1)
Applicability. A marketing agreement is applicable only to producers and handlers who assent to the agreement.
(2)
Provisions. A marketing agreement entered into under this chapter may contain any of the following:
(a)
Provisions for the adoption of grading and other uniform standards of identity for an affected commodity, which may include condition, size or maturity or any other specified quality.
(b)
Provisions for uniform grading and inspection, or for minimum standards, of an affected commodity that is marketed in regular trade channels, except that any standard established may not be below any other minimum standard prescribed by law.
(c)
Provisions relating to the correction or prohibition of trade practices which are found to be unfair under s. 100.20.
(d)
Provisions that establish a minimum volume or other standard for affected producers. The agreement may define the area of the state to be covered by the agreement, which may be all or any portion of the state, and it may provide that its provisions apply to all of the affected commodity produced or marketed within that area regardless of where sold or processed.
(e)
Provisions establishing minimum prices at which the affected commodity may be purchased from producers in the area. Different minimum prices may be established for various areas in the state. Provision for the automatic adjustment of minimum prices according to predetermined conditions may be included. No marketing agreement containing a provision establishing minimum prices may conflict with, or be more restrictive than, any other marketing order or agreement under state or federal law. In establishing minimum prices for an affected commodity purchased from producers, all of the following economic factors shall be taken into consideration:
1.
The differing methods by which the affected commodity is produced, processed and transported.
2.
Estimated costs of production and transportation, including a reasonable return on management.
3.
Changes in consumption.
4.
Other economic factors which substantially and directly affect supply and demand of the affected commodity.
(f)
Provisions for the collection of fees to fully compensate for services needed to carry out the purposes of the agreement.
History:  1981 c. 283 ss. 8, 41.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 96 - Agricultural marketing act. › 96.06 - Notice; hearing.

96.06
Notice; hearing.
(1)
The notice for a public hearing under s. 96.05 shall be given as provided in s. 227.17 and shall be published as a class 1 notice under ch. 985 within affected areas of the state as prescribed by the secretary. Notice shall be given not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date of hearing.
(2)
The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with s. 227.18.
History:  1981 c. 283 ss. 9, 12; 1981 c. 391; 1985 a. 182 s. 57.