- (1) The kennel owner or trainer shall immediately inform the division veterinarian of any animal in the kennel owner or trainer’s care that expires or is euthanatized. Every animal which suffers a breakdown on the race track in training or in competition and is destroyed and every other animal which expires while on the grounds of a race track under the jurisdiction of the division shall undergo, unless otherwise determined by the division veterinarian, a post-mortem examination at a time and place acceptable to the division veterinarian to determine the injury or sickness which resulted in euthanasia or natural death.
- (2) The post-mortem examination required under this rule shall be conducted by the Wisconsin animal health laboratory, University of Wisconsin – Madison school of veterinary medicine, or another entity designated by the division.
- (3) Test samples must be obtained from the carcass upon which the post-mortem examination is conducted and shall be sent to a laboratory approved by the division for testing for foreign substances and natural substances at abnormal levels. When practical, blood and urine samples should be procured prior to euthanasia.
- (4) A record of every such post-mortem shall be filed with the division veterinarian, or with the division if the race meeting has ended, within 72 hours of the death submitted on a form supplied by the division.
- (5) Each owner and trainer accepts the responsibility, as a prerequisite for maintaining the occupational license issued by the division, for ensuring the post-mortem examination as provided in this section is conducted.
- (6) The trainer of a greyhound required under sub. (1) to have a post-mortem examination conducted shall be required to deliver the greyhound to the division’s veterinarian.
- (7) The division shall be responsible for any transportation costs associated with the delivery of the deceased greyhound from the division veterinarian’s office to the laboratory for post-mortem examination.
History
History: Cr. Register, March, 1990, No. 411, eff. 4-1-90; CR 03-070: am. (1) and (2), cr. (6) and (7) Register November 2003 No 575, eff. 12-1-03.