Indiana Administrative Code › Title 345 - INDIANA STATE BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH › Article 2 - CATTLE, GOATS, AND OTHER TUBERCULOSIS OR BRUCELLOSIS CARRYING ANIMALS › Rule 7 - Chronic Wasting Disease › Section 7-4 - Chronic wasting disease certified herd program

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 15-17-3-21
Affected: IC 15-17-11-20; IC 15-17-17
Sec. 4.
(a) An owner
				of a cervid herd located in Indiana may apply to the board to enroll in the
				state CWD herd certification program by sending a written request to the state
				veterinarian.
(b) To obtain and
				maintain a herd status, a herd owner who enrolls in the certification program
				must do the following:
(1) Comply with the
				requirements in this rule, including the requirements for a registered herd in
				section 3 of this rule, and the applicable requirements in 345 IAC
				1-3.
(2) Within one (1) business
				day of discovery, report to the state veterinarian:
(A) all animals that escape or disappear;
				and
(B) the death of any animal
				that is at least twelve (12) months of age that is not sampled and submitted
				for CWD testing. The report must include the identification of the animal
				involved and the estimated date and time of the animal's death, escape, or
				disappearance.
(3)
				Except as provided in subdivision (4), upon the death of an animal in the herd
				that is at least twelve (12) months of age for any reason, the caretaker shall
				initiate action to collect samples from the carcass for CWD testing according
				to one (1) of the following procedures:
(A) By
				procuring the services of a veterinarian to collect appropriate samples for CWD
				testing.
(B) By procuring the
				services of an approved CWD sample collector to collect appropriate samples for
				CWD testing.
(C) By any other
				procedure authorized by the state veterinarian that ensures appropriate sample
				collection, handling, and transportation for testing.
Samples must be submitted to an approved laboratory no later
				  than seven (7) days after the date of death of the animal.
(4) If there is an event that
				results in a mass casualty in the herd over a short period of time from
				apparently the same cause, the herd owner may request that the state
				veterinarian approve a plan to sample a representative number of animals from
				the herd rather than sampling all of the deceased animals. Samples collected
				pursuant to a sampling plan approved by the state veterinarian satisfy the
				requirement in subdivision (3), even if all animals are not sampled.
(5) Comply with the following identification
				requirements:
(A) All animals in the herd must
				be identified before reaching twelve (12) months of age if they are not first
				identified under section 3(b)(2) of this rule. All animals regardless of age
				must be identified before being moved from the herd premises.
(B) All animals in the herd that are
				identified must be identified with at least two (2) forms of identification
				attached to the animal as follows:
(i) One (1)
				animal identification must be official animal identification that is a tamper
				resistant ear tag.
(ii) The second
				animal identification must be:
(AA) unique
				for the individual animal within the herd; and
(BB) linked to that animal and
				herd.
(iii) The second
				identification may be a tamper resistant ear tag or one (1) of the following
				forms of identification:
(AA) An electronic
				implant.
(BB) A flank
				tattoo.
(CC) An ear
				tattoo.
(DD) An identification
				device approved by the state veterinarian.
Official identification of a cervid must be maintained on the
				  animal until the animal is deceased, any samples required by the board are
				  collected from the animal, and, if the identification is not collected as a
				  part of a sample collection, it must remain with the animal until it is
				  disposed of in accordance with this rule and IC
				  15-17-11-20.
(6) Provide
				access to the written herd inventory, premises, and herd, to include
				assembling, handling, and restraining the animals, as follows:
(A) Upon request of the state veterinarian to
				aid in an animal disease investigation or verify compliance with this
				rule.
(B) At least once each year
				for an inventory that consists of a review of herd records and visual
				examination of the herd.
(C) At
				least once every three (3) years for a complete physical herd inventory with
				verification of identification to reconcile all animals and identification with
				records maintained by the herd owner.
The state veterinarian may authorize board employees, federal
				  employees, and licensed and accredited private veterinarians to conduct
				  inventories and complete physical herd inventories for the purposes of this
				  rule.
(7) The
				herd must be enclosed in a perimeter fence that:
(A) is made from materials that will prevent
				cervids from entering or leaving through the structure;
(B) has no openings that will allow ingress
				or egress; and
(C) measures at
				least eight (8) feet from the ground to the top of the fence at all parts of
				the structure.