585.01 – Definitions.
585.01 Definitions.—In construing this part, where the context permits, the word, phrase, or term: (1) “Approved brucella vaccine” means a Brucella abortus immunization product approved and licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture for injection into cattle and bison to enhance their resistance to brucellosis infection. (2) “Beef cattle” means animals of the genus Bos of various […]
585.08 – General powers of the department; rules.
585.08 General powers of the department; rules.—The Division of Animal Industry is authorized to: (1) Establish, maintain, and enforce quarantine areas within the state, or the entire state. The department may restrict, regulate, or prohibit the movement or transportation of animals found, determined, or suspected by it to be carriers of any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, […]
585.09 – Procedure for condemnation of animals and property by department.
585.09 Procedure for condemnation of animals and property by department.—Condemnation and destruction of animals, barns, yards, sheds, corrals, and pens, as provided in s. 585.08, shall take place only after a fair appraisal of the value of the property. The value shall be determined by the department and the owner; provided, however, should the department and […]
585.11 – Cooperation with United States authorities and United States Department of Agriculture accredited private veterinarians.
585.11 Cooperation with United States authorities and United States Department of Agriculture accredited private veterinarians.—The department may cooperate with: (1) The authorities of the United States in the enforcement of all acts of Congress for the control, prevention, suppression, and eradication of contagious, infectious, and communicable diseases affecting animals, or animal diseases which may affect humans, and […]
585.14 – Information concerning animal diseases.
585.14 Information concerning animal diseases.—The department shall collect, preserve, and disseminate information concerning infectious, contagious, communicable, and other diseases of animals, their origin, locality, nature, appearance, manner of dissemination or contagion, and method of treatment required for the successful eradication and control thereof. History.—s. 4, ch. 7345, 1917; RGS 2104; s. 4, ch. 9201, 1923; CGL […]
585.145 – Control of animal diseases.
585.145 Control of animal diseases.— (1) The department shall take such measures as may be necessary and proper for the control, suppression, eradication, and prevention of the spread of contagious, infectious, and communicable disease and to protect animals in the state. The department shall also quarantine such animals as it shall find, or have reason to believe, […]
585.147 – Permit for transporting or hauling certain animals or animal products; vehicle and container requirements.
585.147 Permit for transporting or hauling certain animals or animal products; vehicle and container requirements.— (1) No person shall engage in the business of transporting or hauling any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animal; any product of an animal that died other than by slaughter; or any inedible animal product not meant for human consumption without having […]
585.15 – Dangerous transmissible disease or pest a public nuisance.
585.15 Dangerous transmissible disease or pest a public nuisance.—The department may declare by rule that a certain pest or disease of animals is a public nuisance. When a pest or disease is thus determined to be dangerous, transmissible, or threatening to an agricultural interest of the state, it shall be known as a “reportable disease.” Each […]
585.001 – Definitions.
585.001 Definitions.—In construing this chapter, where the context permits, the term “department” means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. History.—s. 2, ch. 90-321; s. 48, ch. 92-291.
585.16 – Powers of division in connection with certain diseases.
585.16 Powers of division in connection with certain diseases.—Whenever the department determines, pursuant to s. 585.15, that a pest or disease is dangerous and transmissible, or whenever the department determines it necessary or advisable to dip, examine, test, identify, treat, or destroy an animal or other property defined in s. 585.08(4), the division or its representatives […]