Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection › ATCP 10-19 - Animal Health › Chapter ATCP 10 - Animal Diseases And Movement › Subchapter VII - Farm-Raised Deer › Section ATCP 10.46 - Farm-raised deer herds; registration

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) REGISTRATION
				  CERTIFICATE REQUIRED.
(a) Except as provided
				  in par. (e), (g) or (h), no person may keep farm-raised deer at any location in
				  this state unless the department has issued a current annual farm-raised deer
				  herd registration certificate authorizing that person to keep farm-raised deer
				  at that location or a location at which a person holds a valid farm-raised deer
				  herd registration certificate under this subsection. A herd registration
				  certificate is not transferable between persons or locations, except as
				  authorized under s. 95.55 (3c) (b),
				  Stats.
(b) A herd registration
				  certificate under par. (a) may authorize the registrant to keep a herd of
				  farm-raised deer at 2 or more locations identified in the registration
				  certificate, subject to sub. (4).
(c) Farm-raised deer from 2 or more herds
				  covered by separate herd registration certificates may be kept at the same
				  location, subject to sub. (5).
(d)
				  A herd registration certificate under par. (a) shall bear one or more current
				  livestock premises codes that, together, cover all of the herd locations
				  identified in the registration certificate.
(e) Paragraph (a) does not apply to the
				  operator of an establishment, licensed under s.
				  97.42, Stats., at which that
				  operator keeps live farm-raised deer for not more than 72 hours before
				  slaughtering them.
(f) Except as
				  provided under sub. (11) (d), before registering any herd to be kept at the
				  same location as bovine animals, the department shall inspect the location to
				  determine whether the herds are medically separated. For each inspection under
				  this paragraph, the registrant shall pay the fee required under s.
				  ATCP
				  10.025.
(g) Paragraph (a) does not apply to an animal
				  dealer licensed under s.
				  ATCP
				  12.03, who has purchased farm-raised deer from a
				  farm-raised deer keeper whose herd is registered under this section, and who
				  moves those deer directly to slaughter, if all of the following requirements
				  are met:
1. The animal dealer adheres to
				  farm-raised deer slaughter identification requirements under s.
				  ATCP
				  12.05 (5) (a) and (b).
2. The animal dealer adheres to farm-raised
				  deer slaughter movement requirements under s.
				  ATCP
				  10.56 (1).
3. The animal dealer tests the farm-raised
				  deer for chronic wasting disease as required under s.
				  ATCP
				  10.52, according to the testing requirements of the
				  herd from which the deer were purchased.
4. The animal dealer keeps records of chronic
				  wasting disease test results and movement requirements under sub. (10) (b) for
				  those deer, for 5 years.
5. The
				  animal dealer provides a copy of movement documents and chronic wasting disease
				  test results, if applicable, to the owner of the herd from which the
				  farm-raised deer were purchased.
6.
				  The animal dealer removes the farm-raised deer from the premises from which the
				  farm-raised deer were purchased prior to the expiration date of the herd's
				  registration under this section.
(h) Paragraph (a) does not apply to temporary
				  farm-raised deer exhibits, if all of the following requirements are met:
1. The deer owner adheres to farm-raised deer
				  identification requirements under s.
				  ATCP
				  10.54 (3).
2. If the farm-raised deer are imported to an
				  exhibit in Wisconsin, the deer owner meets the requirements under s.
				  ATCP
				  10.55.
3.
				  If the farm-raised deer are moved from a premises in Wisconsin to an exhibit in
				  Wisconsin, the deer owner adheres to farm-raised deer movement requirements
				  under s.
				  ATCP
				  10.56.
4.
				  The farm-raised deer are not moved from the exhibit and are not commingled with
				  any other animals at the exhibit.
5. The farm-raised deer leave Wisconsin or
				  return to their place of origin before the certificate of veterinary inspection
				  issued for the animals under subd. 2. or 3. expires.
6. The exhibit lasts no longer than 30 days
				  from the date of arrival at the exhibit.