Utah Admin. Code 58-18-6

Current through Bulletin 2024-17, September 1, 2024

Section R58-18-6 - Records and Inventory

(1) A licensed elk farm shall maintain accurate and legible records for each elk on the facility for the life of the elk plus at least two years.

(2) The inventory record of each elk shall include:

(a) name and address of the agent that sold the elk;

(b) Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag number;

(c) visual tag number, also known as the "ranch" or "visible dangle tag" number;

(d) date of birth;

(e) sex;

(f) date of purchase and a copy of the brand inspection, if purchased;

(g) date and cause of death or change of ownership, with the name of the new owner and address recorded and retained;

(h) Certificate of Veterinary Inspection, if imported from out of state; and

(i) CWD laboratory results.

(3) A licensed elk farm shall submit the death record of any elk 12 months of age or older that dies, is slaughtered, killed, or destroyed to the department within seven days of the discovery of the death of the animal.

(4) A department employee shall perform a physical inventory of each elk on the premises of each licensed elk farm at least every three years and reconcile that inventory with departmental records. The physical inventory shall consist of:

(a) recording the RFID tag, visual tag, and sex of each elk;

(b) the elk owner restraining each elk in a manner to record the information;

(c) at the department's discretion, using a manual count of the elk; and

(d) any elk not present shall be calculated as missing during reconciliation.

(5)

(a) The department shall use the following calculation method to determine compliance with inventory requirements.

(b) Inventory compliance = (current inventory + Moved out + Dead + Slaughtered)/(Missing + current inventory + Moved out + Dead + Slaughtered).

(6) Inventory compliance shall be calculated using data from May 1 to April 30.

(7) The department will not renew the license of an elk farm that is less than 95% inventory compliant for two consecutive years.

Utah Admin. Code R58-18-6

Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2016-20, effective 9/19/2016

Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2019-16, effective 7/22/2019

Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2022-21, effective 10/24/2022

Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-13, effective 6/13/2023

Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-17, effective 8/23/2024