Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 14, April 7, 2022
(a) Each
participating herd shall be maintained or held only on premises for which a
current domesticated cervid permit has been issued by the commissioner. If a
herd owner wishes to maintain separate herds, the herd owner shall maintain
separate herd inventories, records, working facilities, water sources,
equipment, and land use. There shall be a buffer zone of at least 30 feet
between the perimeter fencing around each separate herd, and no commingling may
occur. Movement between herds shall be recorded as if the herds were separately
owned.
(b) Each application for
enrollment of a herd in the chronic wasting disease program shall be submitted
on a form provided by the commissioner and shall include the following:
(1) Documentation that a current domesticated
cervid permit has been issued to the owner of the premises on which the herd is
held or maintained;
(2) a copy of
an initial herd inventory, including documentation of at least one form of
official identification for each animal and one form of other visible
identification, including eartags, brands, and any other means that are unique
to that animal in the herd; and
(3)
adequate herd records and documentation of the history of the herd since it
originated or over at least the previous 60 months, whichever is less,
including the following:
(A) For each animal
added to the herd, any available records documenting the herd status of the
herd from which the animal was transferred; and
(B) records establishing that no animal has
displayed any clinical signs of CWD and that the herd has not had any
CWD-positive animals.
(c) The date of the initial application into
the CWD monitoring program shall be the anniversary date. On initial
application, a herd inventory, including all official identification and any
other identification, shall be completed and confirmed by means of visual
inspection by an accredited veterinarian or a representative of the
commissioner.
An application accompanied by a herd inventory, including all
official identification and any other identification, shall be completed
annually and confirmed by an accredited veterinarian or by a representative of
the commissioner. Each herd inventory shall be filed at least 11 months and no
more than 13 months after the last anniversary date of the participating herd's
enrollment in the program. A visual inspection of the identification listed on
the herd inventory shall be conducted and confirmed by an accredited
veterinarian or by a representative of the commissioner at least once every
three years.
An approved test for CWD shall be administered to the carcass
of each animal that is 12 months of age or older at the time the animal dies or
is slaughtered, unless an exception is granted by the commissioner.
(d) Failure to comply with this
regulation shall result in a reduction or loss of herd status.
Notes
Kan. Admin. Regs. §
9-3-15
Authorized by and
implementing K.S.A. 2013 Supp.
47-610 and
47-2101; amended by
Kansas
Register Volume 33, No. 36, effective
9/19/2014.
