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Livestock Premises Registration
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Livestock premises registration means that any location where livestock congregate - family farm, hobby farm, backyard poultry flocks, veterinary clinics, markets, livestock feedlots, livestock dealers and haulers - provides to a central database an address, contact person and list of species. The location gets a unique number. Our goal is to be able to trace livestock movements within 48 hours in case of an animal disease outbreak, so we can find where an infection originated and what animals have been exposed.
Wisconsin is the first state in the nation to mandate livestock premises registration. We have a public-private partnership with the Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium, that developed the necessary computer software over about five years. WLIC was already registering premises voluntarily when a BSE-infected Washington State dairy cow was discovered in December 2003, prompting the U.S. Department of Agriculture to put premises and livestock identification on a fast track. In early 2004, the Wisconsin Legislature passed a law mandating premises legislation.
What is premises registration?
- Premises registration is a way to locate where livestock or dead animals are kept or congregated. Premises are listed in a computerized database with information about what species of animals are kept at any location. Each premises is assigned a number that remains with the location.
- Premises registration allows for much faster traces when there is an outbreak of an animal disease or an animal-borne human disease. If we know where susceptible animals are located, we can control the disease more quickly.
- Premises registration is not individual animal identification.
Voluntary vs. Mandatory
- The USDA is promoting voluntary premises registration.
- WLIC is currently promoting registration and registering livestock premises in Wisconsin and other states on a voluntary basis, at no cost.
- DATCP supports these voluntary efforts.
- Premises registration in now mandatory in Wisconsin (see "When to register" below). Wisconsin requires premises identification, regardless of whether the USDA or any other state requires it.
What must be registered
- Any location in Wisconsin where livestock are kept or congregated must be registered.
- “Livestock” includes cattle and other bovine animals, swine, poultry, sheep, goats, horses and other equine animals, farm-raised deer and other cervids, gamebirds including pheasants, quail, wild turkeys, migrating waterfowl, pigeons, and exotic birds raised in captivity, bison, llamas and other camelids, ratites such as emus and ostriches, and fish.
- “Premises” includes farms and hobby farms; veterinary clinics with large animal hospital facilities; stables; animal markets; livestock feedlots, animal trucker and dealer premises where animals are kept; slaughter, rendering and dead animal plants; livestock exhibitions; and any other location where livestock is kept or congregated.
- The premises registration number stays with the location; that is, a change in property ownership will not change the premises identification number.
Who must register
- The property owner, livestock owner, livestock caretaker, or other person involved in the livestock operation must register facilities not licensed by DATCP. If two or more people keep livestock on the same premises, one registration covers all.
- Current DATCP licensees must register their licensed livestock premises (dairy, deer and fish farms; animal markets, dealers and truckers; slaughter and rendering plants; and equine quarantine facilities).
When to register
- Legislation required registration by January 2, 2006.
- Registration must be renewed annually.
- Changes in livestock at a premises location will require an update to the account.
How to register
- Register online at www.wiid.org, phone WLIC at 888-808-1910, or use paper forms available from DATCP or WLIC.
- DATCP will send annual renewals.
- Information required:
- Legal name, trade name, mailing address, phone.
- Primary premises and up to three secondary locations.
- Name and phone for contact person who has knowledge of livestock movements to and from premises.
- Type of operation.
- Type of livestock.
- Registrants will receive a unique premises registration number printed on a convenient plastic card, which can be carried in a wallet or placed in a file.
Confidentiality
- Information provided by the registrant is confidential unless other laws require it to be open.
- The premises registration number by itself is not confidential.
- DATCP may disclose confidential information if necessary to prevent or control disease or protect public health.
Fees
- There is no charge for registering premises.
Premises registration and current licensees
- Premises registration is required for all locations where livestock are kept or congregated.
- Premises registration does not replace licenses currently required for dairy, deer, and fish farms; animal markets, dealers and truckers; slaughter and rendering plants; feedlot / veal lot, and equine quarantine facilities.
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