Utah Admin. Code R58-20-11 - CWD Surveillance and Investigation
(1) Any person or laboratory who suspects or
diagnoses CWD in a domesticated elk in Utah shall notify the state veterinarian
immediately.
(2) The state
veterinarian shall promptly investigate any domesticated elk reported as
CWD-positive or CWD-suspect by:
(a)
conducting an epidemiologic investigation of CWD-positive, CWD-exposed, and
CWD-suspect herds that includes the designation of suspect domesticated elk and
exposed domesticated elk and that identifies animals to be traced;
(b) performing tracebacks of CWD-positive
animals and trace forwards of CWD-exposed animals; and
(c) reporting any out-of-state traces to the
appropriate state promptly after receipt of notification of a CWD-positive
animal.
(3) Within 30
days of the date that a CWD-suspect or CWD-positive domesticated elk is
reported to the department, the state veterinarian shall provide written notice
to an owner of a domesticated elk facility of:
(a) the status of the animal disease
traceability investigation, including any findings; and
(b) the owner's right to appeal.
(4) With the approval of the
commissioner, the state veterinarian may place an elk facility under quarantine
if a domesticated elk at the elk facility, within the previous 60 months:
(a) has tested positive for CWD;
(b) is a suspect domesticated elk;
or
(c) has commingled with a
CWD-positive elk in a quarantined domesticated elk facility.
(5) The state veterinarian may not
place an elk facility under quarantine for CWD if there is no CWD-positive,
CWD-suspect, or commingled domesticated elk residing at the domesticated elk
facility.
(6) The state
veterinarian shall determine the designation and disposition of CWD-exposed,
positive, or suspect domesticated elk or herds in Utah.
(7)
(a) The
department requires each licensed elk ranch to submit both the obex portion of
the brainstem, and medial retropharyngeal lymph nodes of any elk 12 months of
age or older that is harvested, dies, or is slaughtered for testing for CWD by
an official test at an approved laboratory.
(b) The elk ranch shall:
(i) collect and preserve the brainstem and
lymph node samples in formalin within 48 hours following the animals'
death;
(ii) submit the samples
within 30 days of collection to a laboratory approved by the state
veterinarian; and
(iii) be
responsible for laboratory fees and expenses incurred for the collection and
shipping of samples.
(8) The state veterinarian authorized person
or an approved laboratory shall collect the samples. An authorized person
shall:
(a) have training on collecting,
storing, handling, shipping, and identifying specimens for submission;
and
(b) submit 90% testable
samples.
(c) If a state
veterinarian authorized person does not submit 90% testable samples, they may
lose their approval to collect samples and may require additional
training.
(9) The
department considers samples designated as "location," "unsuitable," or
"insufficient follicles," and missing samples as untestable.
(10) The department may deny, revoke, or
suspend a domestic elk ranch license if a ranch fails to submit at least one
testable sample for 90% of elk that the elk owner slaughters or harvests, or
that dies on the elk ranch.
(11) To
determine compliance with the testing requirement listed in Subsection
4-39-503(1)(a)(ii),
the department shall:
(a) use the following
testing compliance calculation = (Dead Tested + Hunt Killed Tested +
Slaughtered Tested) /(Missing + Dead + Hunt Killed + Slaughtered);
(b) calculate the testing compliance listed
in Subsection R58-20-11(11)(a) from May 1 to April 30: and
(c) provide each facility with its calculated
testing compliance no later than May 30.
(12) An elk ranch that does not have at least
90% testing compliance may conduct additional testing through slaughter or
another protocol approved by the department to meet the testing compliance
requirement before license renewal.
(13) An elk ranch that sends an animal to a
slaughter facility shall ensure:
(a) CWD
samples are collected and submitted in accordance with Section R58-20-11;
and
(b) the slaughter facility
maintains individual elk identification throughout slaughter and processing,
and until the laboratory returns the CWD test results.
(14) A slaughter establishment may collect
and submit the CWD samples on behalf of the elk ranch.
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