Wyoming § 11-19-407 Brucellosis testing program

Wyoming Statutes

§ 11-19-407 — Brucellosis testing program

Wyoming·Title 11 Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals·Ch. 19 CONTAGIOUS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES AMONG LIVESTOCK·Art. 4 BRUCELLOSIS TEST OF CATTLE

(a)The livestock board shall develop a brucellosis surveillance program in any designated surveillance area as defined by the livestock board and any temporary surveillance area designated by the board and approved by the governor as an area where risk of exposure to documented infected wildlife is of concern. The program may be conducted with the help of veterinary practitioners and livestock auction markets. This program shall provide for the testing of livestock for brucellosis, for spaying heifers and for adult vaccinations only to the extent that may be reasonably necessary to maintain or to regain the brucellosis-free status of the state of Wyoming. Compensation under this program for all purposes except mandatory testing or testing within a temporary surveillance area as designated

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(a) The livestock board shall develop a brucellosis
surveillance program in any designated surveillance area as
defined by the livestock board and any temporary surveillance
area designated by the board and approved by the governor as an
area where risk of exposure to documented infected wildlife is
of concern. The program may be conducted with the help of
veterinary practitioners and livestock auction markets. This
program shall provide for the testing of livestock for
brucellosis, for spaying heifers and for adult vaccinations only
to the extent that may be reasonably necessary to maintain or to
regain the brucellosis-free status of the state of Wyoming.
Compensation under this program for all purposes except
mandatory testing or testing within a temporary surveillance
area as designated by the board and approved by the governor
shall be pursuant to the terms of a brucellosis mitigation plan
that has been entered into between the livestock producer and
the Wyoming state veterinarian.
(b) The compensation for brucellosis surveillance testing,
spaying heifers and adult vaccinations shall be paid at not less
than one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per head and not more
than eight dollars ($8.00) per head of cattle actually tested,
spayed or adult vaccinated. Compensation for brucellosis
testing, spaying or adult vaccinating may include the purchase
of brucellosis testing, spaying or adult vaccinating equipment,
supplies and postage.
(c) Payments under subsection (b) of this section shall be
made monthly directly to accredited veterinarians who perform
brucellosis testing, spaying, adult vaccinating and surveillance
planning or to livestock auction markets that use their
facilities and veterinarians to conduct brucellosis testing,
spaying or adult vaccinating as mandated by rule of the Wyoming
livestock board or the United States department of agriculture
animal and plant health inspection service. The payment shall be
made upon receipt by the Wyoming livestock board of
documentation in the format and manner specified by board rule.