Wyo. Code R. 051-0001-13
General Agency, Board or Commission Rules
Chapter 13: Scrapie Prevention and Management
Effective Date: 05/20/2016 to Current
Rule Type: Current Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 051.0001.13.05202016
Scrapie Prevention and Management Rules
Section 1. Authority to Create Rules. Pursuant to the authority vested in the Wyoming Livestock Board by virtue of W. S. 11-18-103(a)(v), the following rules are hereby promulgated.
Section 2. Purpose of Rules. These rules are adopted to establish Scrapie prevention and management protocol for the State of Wyoming.
Section 3. Severability. If any portion of these rules is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of the rules shall continue in effect.
Section 4. Definitions Used in Rules. The following definitions apply to these rules:
(a) “Board” means the Wyoming Livestock Board, State Board, whose current address is 1934 Wyott Drive, Cheyenne, WY 82002-0051, (307) 777-7515.
“Caprine” means a ruminant mammal of the genus Capra.
(c) “Category II Accredited Veterinarian” means an individual who is licensed to practice veterinary medicine and is approved by the USDA/APHIS to perform Category II accredited duties on all livestock species and poultry in the specific state(s) where he or she practices.
(d) “Contemporary Birthing Group” means all Caprine or Ovine born during the same birthing season and in the same facility.
(e) “Commingling” means animals from different owners, distinct Herds, or Flocks that are grouped together and have physical contact.
(f) “DSE” means the designated Scrapie epidemiologist who is a state or federal veterinarian designated by USDA/APHIS to make decisions about the use and interpretation of diagnostic tests and field investigation data and the management of Scrapie-affected Flocks.
(g) “Epidemiology” means the investigation of the patterns, causes, and effects of health and disease conditions in and between defined populations.
(h) “Exposed” means any Caprine or Ovine that has been in the same Flock and on the same Premise at the same time or within the previous sixty (60) months as a Scrapie Positive Caprine or Ovine.
(i) “Flock” means all Caprine and/or Ovine maintained together on a single Premise or maintained together under common ownership on two or more Premises with interchange between the Premises. Caprine or Ovine maintained temporarily on a Premise for activities such as shows and sales or while in marketing channels are not a Flock. More than one Flock may be maintained on a single Premise providing Commingling, as defined in the UMR, does not occur.
(j) “High Risk” means any Caprine or Ovine determined by epidemiologic investigation to face an increased probability of developing Scrapie because the Caprine or Ovine was genetically susceptible to Scrapie, and is either:
(A) A progeny of a Scrapie-positive dam; born in the same Contemporary Birthing Group as a Scrapie Positive Caprine or Ovine; or
(B) Born in the same Contemporary Birthing Group as progeny of a Scrapie Positive Caprine or Ovine dam.
(k) “Infected Flock” means any Flock in which a female Scrapie Positive Caprine or Ovine may have lambed, kidded or aborted as determined by a state or USDA/APHIS representative.
(l) “NVSL” means the USDA/APHIS National Veterinary Services Laboratory at Ames, Iowa.
(m) “Official Individual Identification” means any form of identification approved by USDA/APHIS in the UMR and that identifies the Caprine or Ovine to the Flock of birth or to the Flock in which the Caprine or Ovine most recently resided for breeding when the Flock of birth cannot be determined.
(n) “Ovine” means a ruminant mammal of the genus Ovis.
(o) “Owners Statement” means a written statement by the owner that includes the:
(i) Owner’s name;
(ii) Owner’s signature;
(iii) Owner’s address;
(iv) Owner’s telephone number;
(v) Date the Caprine and/or Ovine left the Flock of origin;
(vi) The identification number assigned to the Premise;
(vii) The number of animals; and
(viii) A statement that the animals were either born or used for breeding on the Premise.
(p) “PEMMP” means a post exposure management and monitoring plan which is a written agreement signed by the owner of a Flock, any Accredited Veterinarian employed by the owner, and a State or USDA/APHIS representative in which each participant agrees to undertake specified actions to reduce the risk of the occurrence of Scrapie and to monitor for the occurrence of Scrapie in the Flock for at least sixty (60) months after the last High Risk or Scrapie Positive Caprine or Ovine is removed from the Flock or after the last exposure of the Flock to a Scrapie Positive Caprine or Ovine unless the monitoring time is otherwise specified by a State or USDA/APHIS representative. The Flock owner must provide the facilities and personnel needed to carry out the required elements listed in the plan.
(q) “Premise” means the ground, area, building and equipment occupied by one or more Caprine or Ovine.
(r) “Quarantine” means a document issued by the Board which restricts movement of Caprine or Ovine.
(s) “Scrapie” means a nonfebrile, transmissible, insidious, degenerative disease affecting the central nervous system of an Ovine or Caprine that cause a spongiform encephalopathy.
(t) “Scrapie Positive Caprine or Ovine” means any Caprine or Ovine, that has tested positive on an official test for Scrapie at the WSVL or the NVSL.
(u) “Suspect” means a Caprine or Ovine:
(i) Determined to be suspicious for Scrapie by an Accredited Veterinarian or a State or USDA/APHIS representative and exhibiting any of the following clinical signs of Scrapie:
(I) Chronic wasting; or
(ii) Testing positive for Scrapie or for the protease-resistant protein associated with Scrapie on an unofficial test or a screening test.
(v) “UMR” means the Scrapie Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules as issued and amended as of June 2013, which are cooperative procedures and standards adopted by USDA/APHIS/VS and participating states for controlling and eradicating Scrapie. These Rules do not include any later amendments of the UMR past June, 2013.
(w) “USDA/APHIS/VS” means the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services.
(x) “USDA/APHIS/VS/AD” means the USDA/APHIS/VS Assistant District Director who is the veterinary official of USDA/APHIS/VS assigned to supervise and perform the official animal health work of USDA/APHIS/VS in Wyoming.
(y) “WSVL” means the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory.
(z) “Wyoming State Veterinarian” means a Wyoming Accredited Veterinarian, employed by the Board, who serves as the State Veterinarian for the State of Wyoming as outlined in W.S. 11-19-101.
(a) The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The following Code of Federal Regulations provisions, being too long and cumbersome to incorporate the full text, shall be incorporated by reference in these rules: 9 CFR 54.8 (1-1-14 Edition) Pages 187-189; 54.10, pages 189-190; 54.20; 54.21; and 54.22, pages 190-191; and 9 CFR 79.1, 79.2, 79.3, 79.4, 79.5, 79.6 and 79.7 (1-1-14 Edition), pages 317-340 shall be adopted by the Board in so far as those procedures are not inconsistent with the rules, regulations and laws of the State of Wyoming. These rules do not include any later amendments of the adopted CFRs past January 1, 2016. This document is available to the public at the office of the Board and online at: http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title09/9cfr2_main_02.tpl.
(b) The United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Scrapie Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules as issued and amended June 2013, being too long and cumbersome to incorporate the full text, shall be incorporated by reference in these rules. These rules do not include any later amendments of the UMR past June 2013. Copies of the UMR are available to the public at the office of the Board and online at: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/animal_diseases/scrapie/downloads/umr_scrapie.pdf
(a) The owner of Caprine or Ovine required to be individually identified (listed in subsection b below) shall apply Official Individual Identification to each Caprine or Ovine not already officially identified prior to change of ownership and prior to Commingling with another producer's Caprine or Ovine.
(b) Caprine and Ovine required to have Official Individual Identification:
(c) Animals not required to be individually identified include:
(d) Premise identification may be used as Official Individual Identification as provided in the UMR.
(e) No person shall apply a Premise identification number or a brand or earnotch pattern to any Caprine or Ovine that is not from the Flock of origin to which the identification number, brand or earnotch pattern was assigned or recorded.
(f) If a Caprine or Ovine is already identified with Official Individual Identification, do not apply additional Official Individual Identification.
Section 7. The Removal of Official Individual Identification is Prohibited. No unauthorized person shall remove or tamper with any Official Individual Identification.
(a) For all Caprine or Ovine, records of applied tags must be kept for at least 5 years and made available to the Wyoming State Veterinarian.
(b) Applied tag records shall include the tag number, date applied, Flock owner and contact information to include physical address and phone number.
(a) The following persons shall maintain records sufficient to enable State or USDA/APHIS authorities to trace Caprine or Ovine to all Flocks in which they have resided and to determine their final disposition:
(b) The persons listed above shall maintain records that include the following minimum information:
(c) Records must be kept for a minimum of sixty (60) months following the transaction.
(d) Records must be made available to the Wyoming State Veterinarian.
(a) Records of all Caprine or Ovine entering and leaving a terminal feedlot must include the person from whom the Caprine or Ovine were acquired and the slaughtering facility in which they were slaughtered.
(b) Records must be kept for a minimum of twelve (12) months after the Caprine or Ovine leaves the feedlot.
(c) Records must be made available to the Wyoming State Veterinarian upon request.
(a) If Caprine or Ovine, that are within thirty (30) days of parturition (or that are postpartum, have aborted, or are pregnant and have a vaginal discharge), are allowed at a show, special arrangements shall be made to keep them separate from Caprine or Ovine from different Flocks such that direct contact does not occur and they shall be kept in an area that can and shall be properly cleaned and disinfected. (b) Should a kidding or lambing occur at the show: (i) The placenta, placental fluids, and bedding must be removed immediately and disposed of in a sanitary landfill or by another method approved by the State. (ii) The dam and her offspring shall: (A) Be removed from the show grounds; or (B) Separated from Caprine or Ovine from different Flocks using: (I) Double fencing with twelve (12) inch spacing between fences; or (II) Solid partitions such that direct contact does not occur. (iii) The pen must be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected before use by another Caprine or Ovine.
Section 12. Reporting of Suspect and Scrapie Positive Caprine or Ovine. Suspect and Scrapie Positive Caprine or Ovine must be reported by the Category II Accredited veterinarian and the livestock owner to the Wyoming State Veterinarian pursuant to W. S. §11-19-101 and the USDA/APHIS/VS/AD within forty-eight (48) hours.
(a) The following protocol will be used for Suspect and Scrapie Positive Caprine or Ovine:
(i) The Wyoming State Veterinarian shall immediately Quarantine the Flock where the Caprine or Ovine resides; (ii) The Wyoming State Veterinarian shall cooperate with the DSE in implementing an investigation and Epidemiology of the case; and (iii) Procedures outlined in the UMR for managing infected, trace and source Flocks shall be used by the Wyoming State Veterinarian and his or her designee and the USDA/APHIS/VS/AD and his or her designee.
(b) Suspect or Scrapie Positive Caprine or Ovine shall not be moved from the Premise where identified, except under permit issued by the Wyoming State Veterinarian to:
(i) A research facility designated by USDA/APHIS; (ii) To a site for destruction; or (iii) To the Flock of origin for Quarantine when appropriate.
(c) Such Caprine or Ovine shall remain Quarantined until an investigation is completed.
(d) At the conclusion of the investigation, all Suspect or Scrapie Positive Caprine or Ovine:
(i) Shall either be purchased for diagnostic purposes and necropsied; or (ii) Shall be maintained under Quarantine until:
(A) Found to be free of Scrapie and released from Quarantine; (B) Released pursuant to the PEMMP; or (C) Dies and is necropsied.
(e) Suspect or Scrapie Positive Caprine or Ovine at slaughter facilities must be condemned in accordance with regulations of the USDA/APHIS/VS and reported to the USDA/APHIS/VS/AD so that samples can be collected for diagnosis or Epidemiology and the carcass removed from the food chain.
Section 14. Movement of Caprine or Ovine Held Pursuant to Quarantine. No Suspect or Scrapie Positive Caprine or Ovine shall be removed from the Premise unless accompanied by a written permit issued by the Wyoming State Veterinarian or until the Quarantine is released.
Section 15. Release of Caprine or Ovine Held Pursuant to Quarantine. Quarantine shall be released pursuant to compliance with all requirements of the UMR and by concurrence of the Wyoming State Veterinarian, DSE and the USDA/APHIS/VS/AD.
Section 16. Depopulation and Carcass Disposition of Suspect or Scrapie Positive Caprine or Ovine. Caprine or Ovine depopulation and carcass disposition shall be done in accordance with the UMR.