§19-9-35. Tests for Bovine Tuberculosis; Disposition of Infected Bovine Animals
The commissioner or the commissioner's agent is authorized to test with tuberculin any bovine animal kept within the state, subject to rules prescribed by the commissioner. The tuberculin test shall be applied to bovine animals at times designated by the commissioner for the control and eradication of bovine tuberculosis, and all cows whose milk is […]
§19-9-36. Rules for Determining Amount of Indemnity
The owners of animals euthanized as having tuberculosis shall be indemnified in an amount determined by the results of post-mortem inspection by the officer supervising the euthanasia, and the certificate of appraisal shall be credited according to the following rules: (a) If an animal is found upon post-mortem inspection not to show lesions of tuberculosis, […]
§19-9-37. Payment of Indemnity for Animals Slaughtered as Tuberculous
After an animal shall have been slaughtered as tuberculous, the veterinarian shall forthwith forward to the commissioner the certificates of appraisal and slaughter, together with the owner's claim for indemnity, and his affidavit that he has, in all respects, complied with the agreement provided for in section twenty-eight of this article and with the requirements […]
§19-9-38. Transportation of Diseased Animals
§19-9-38. Transportation of diseased animals. It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to drive, move or transport on, across or along any public highway, or in wagons or railroad cars or other vehicles, any animal infected with any communicable disease, except upon express permission in writing from the commissioner or his agents.
§19-9-39. Selling or Giving Away Diseased Animal; Permitting It to Stray
Without express permission in writing from the commissioner, or his agent, it shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale, or give away, or allow to stray, any animal infected with any communicable disease or any animal that has reacted to any tuberculin or mallein test, or with such permission to […]
§19-9-40. Penalties
§19-9-40. Penalties. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article, or who shall obstruct or hinder the commissioner, or any officer or employee, in the performance of his duties under this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall, for the first offense, be fined not more […]
§19-9-34. Disposal of Carcass of Diseased Animal
(a) Whenever it is necessary to destroy or dispose of the carcass of any animal to prevent the spread of disease, the destruction or disposal shall be made by one of the following methods designed to be protective of human health and the environment: (1) Complete cremation of the entire carcass with all its parts […]
§19-9-34a. Authority of Commissioner to Promulgate Rules Regulating Disposal of Dead Animals
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to promulgate rules to regulate the disposal of dead animals.
§19-9-24. Importation of Dairy or Breeding Animal Unaccompanied by Health Certificate and Test Chart
Any bovine animal, not accompanied by the health certificate and tuberculin test chart required by section twenty-three of this article, may be brought into this state only under the direct supervision of an officer, or agent of the commissioner, subject to the provisions of section twenty-one of this article and to the following regulations: Each […]
§19-9-25. Commissioner May Decline to Accept Health Certificate or Test Chart
If the commissioner shall suspect the genuineness of any health certificate or tuberculin test chart relating to imported animals or shall question the competency of the person of the state of export who shall have issued such chart or certificate, he may decline to accept the same, and refuse to permit the importation of the […]