West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 61 - Agriculture › Title 61 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Series 61-34 - Captive Cervid Farming › Section 61-34-11 - CWD, TB and Brucellosis standards and testing

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
11.1. The Department shall develop an
				accreditation program for captive cervids for diseases including TB,
				Brucellosis and CWD.
11.2. A
				licensed captive cervid facility shall enroll its herds in the West Virginia
				CWD herd certification program following the USDA CWD herd certification
				program guidelines.
11.3. A
				licensee shall submit appropriate samples for testing and enroll in the USDA
				programs such as, but not limited to, TB and Brucellosis herd accreditation
				status and CWD programs as defined by the USDA as a term and condition of the
				captive cervid license.
11.4. A
				captive cervid facility shall only accept cervids from TB and Brucellosis
				accredited herds that meet the CWD monitoring and surveillance program
				requirements. All tests for TB and Brucellosis shall be performed by a licensed
				and accredited veterinarian certified by the USDA to perform the
				testing.
11.5. A captive cervid
				facility may receive animals coming from a herd within the state, only if the
				proposed transfer is from a herd that has an ongoing and appropriate CWD
				surveillance record for at least sixty (60) months.
If a licensee has a monitoring program which has been in
				  effect for at least thirty-six (36) months, the Department may approve
				  intrastate movement of cervids from the facility's herd on a case by case
				  basis, only after reviewing a facility's monitoring records.
11.6. A captive cervid facility in the state
				shall not receive live captive cervids or any byproduct thereof, or captive
				cervid genetic materials from a captive cervid facility that has had a
				confirmed CWD or TB positive cervid in the last sixty (60) months, or from an
				out-of-state captive cervid facility which is located within a fifteen (15)
				mile radius of a confirmed CWD or TB positive cervid in the last sixty (60)
				months.
11.7. All cervids sold or
				transferred from a licensed captive cervid facility in this state shall be
				tested by a West Virginia licensed and accredited veterinarian for any future
				approved live animal test for CWD prior to movement.
11.8. An authorized representative of the
				Department shall periodically inspect the captive cervid facility, records and
				animals to assure compliance with all requirements mandated for this
				license.
11.9. The licensee shall
				report any captive cervids that die of unknown causes or are slaughtered to the
				Department within twenty-four (24) hours. Unless otherwise instructed by the
				state veterinarian, the licensee shall submit the animal to a West Virginia
				licensed and accredited veterinarian to determine cause of death or condition
				along with CWD testing.
11.10. The
				licensee shall submit appropriate samples as determined and directed by the
				Department from all captive cervids over twelve (12) months of age that die or
				are slaughtered for CWD testing to a USDA approved laboratory within one week
				of sample collection. Testing for other transmissible diseases is also
				required. Any captive cervid that is fourteen (14) months of age or older that
				dies or is slaughtered must be tested for TB and Brucellosis by a West Virginia
				licensed and accredited veterinarian or inspector if a visual inspection of the
				animal indicates a reasonable likelihood of either disease. Test results shall
				be made available to the Department. The Department may share test results with
				the DNR upon request. All costs for this disease testing and surveillance is
				the responsibility of the licensee, unless federal funds become
				available.
11.11. The licensee
				shall notify the Department with the CWD test report results within five (5)
				days of receiving test results.
11.11.a. A
				licensee shall immediately report by the most expedient means possible any
				sample test that has a positive result for CWD, to the state
				veterinarian.
11.11.b. If any
				animal test positive for CWD within the captive cervid facility, the state
				veterinarian shall immediately quarantine the captive herd, and may also be
				immediately depopulated in accordance with guidelines established
				collaboratively by the USDA and the Department.