CHAPTER 3. Bovine Brucellosis [10301. - 10496.]
Chapter 3 enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.
§§ 10301–10496 · 53 sections
ARTICLE 1. Definitions §§ 10301–10311 · 11 sections
- § 10301 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this division.
- § 10302 “Accredited veterinarian” means a veterinarian who is so designated by the United States Department of Agriculture and the department.
- § 10303 “Bovine animals” means neat cattle.
- § 10304 “Brucellosis” means the disease of cattle which is caused by Brucella microorganisms.
- § 10305 “Brucellosis control area,” means any area that has been so established by the department in order to qualify and maintain such area in accordance with…
- § 10306 “Cattle” means neat cattle.
- § 10307 “Official veterinarian” means a veterinarian who is in the employ of the United States Department of Agriculture or the department.
- § 10308 “Premises” means any place where cattle have been or are kept.
- § 10309 “Reactor” or “reacting bovine animal” means any bovine animal that reacts positively to a test for brucellosis which is approved by the director.
- § 10310 “Vaccinate” or “vaccination” means the use of vaccine in cattle.
- § 10311 “Vaccine” means any vaccine which is produced by a laboratory which is licensed by the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of…
ARTICLE 2. General Provisions §§ 10321–10327 · 7 sections
- § 10321 The department may enter into any cooperative arrangement with the United States Department of Agriculture to undertake brucellosis control pursuant to this…
- § 10322 To carry out the provisions of this chapter, any duly authorized representative of the department or of the United States Department of Agriculture, may enter…
- § 10323 The department may use the services of official veterinarians or contract with accredited veterinarians to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
- § 10324 The director may make such regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry this chapter into effect. He may require such reports and records as are necessary.
- § 10325 Every accredited veterinarian who is conducting work pursuant to this chapter shall submit reports to the department on forms that are furnished for that…
- § 10326 In addition to any other authority in this part that is available to the director for the purpose of preventing the spread of any disease of livestock, the…
- § 10327 To accomplish the purpose of this chapter and to prevent outbreaks of brucellosis, the director shall by regulation establish conditions for the movement of…
ARTICLE 3. Vaccines §§ 10341–10342 · 2 sections
- § 10341 Any vaccine which is used pursuant to this chapter shall be procured by the department from a laboratory which is licensed by the Agricultural Research Service…
- § 10342 It is unlawful for any person, except a federal, state, county, or municipal officer or employee, in his official capacity, or an accredited veterinarian, to…
ARTICLE 4. Vaccinations §§ 10351–10359 · 9 sections
- § 10351 All female dairy calves shall be vaccinated by an official veterinarian or an accredited veterinarian, who is authorized by the department, at such ages as are…
- § 10352 Each calf which is vaccinated pursuant to this chapter shall have an official tattoo placed in the right ear by the veterinarian who performs the service that…
- § 10353 The owner of any calf which is to be vaccinated pursuant to this chapter shall, upon request of the department, provide the necessary facilities and assistance…
- § 10354 If the owner or any person that is in charge of any dairy calf, after 10 days’ written notice by the department, refuses properly to confine in a corral or…
- § 10355 Any expense which is incurred by the department pursuant to Section 10354 is a lien upon the calf which is vaccinated and identified. Unless the amount of the…
- § 10356 The vaccination of any bovine animal pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be by either an official veterinarian or an accredited veterinarian, who…
- § 10357 It is unlawful for any person to refuse to submit a dairy calf which is required to be vaccinated and identified pursuant to this chapter to such vaccination.
- § 10358 It is unlawful for any person to remove any official mark which is required by this chapter, or to imitate or simulate such official mark.
- § 10359 It is unlawful for any person, except a federal, state, county, or municipal officer or employee, in his official capacity, or an accredited veterinarian, to…
ARTICLE 5. Brucellosis Control Areas §§ 10381–10387 · 7 sections
- § 10381 The department may, after hearing, establish and maintain brucellosis control areas within this state.
- § 10382 The department shall examine and test such cattle for brucellosis in any brucellosis control area as the director may specify, as often as may be deemed…
- § 10383 All owners of cattle which are subject to examination and testing for brucellosis within a brucellosis control area shall, upon request of the department,…
- § 10384 If any owner or person that is in charge of cattle, after 10 days’ written notice by the department, refuses properly to confine in corrals, stanchions, or…
- § 10385 Any expense which is incurred by the department pursuant to Section 10384 is a lien upon the cattle which are tested and identified. Unless the amount of the…
- § 10386 The director shall, by regulation, designate the conditions under which cattle may be moved into a brucellosis control area.
- § 10387 It is unlawful for any person to refuse to submit any cattle which are required to be tested pursuant to this chapter, for the collection of milk or blood…
ARTICLE 6. Slaughter of Reacting Bovine Animals §§ 10401–10407 · 8 sections
- § 10401 Any bovine animal in a brucellosis control area that reacts positively to a test for brucellosis shall immediately be identified pursuant to the regulations of…
- § 10402 The value of an animal which is slaughtered shall be determined by appraisement by a representative of the department or a representative of the Agricultural…
- § 10403 Within 30 days after the appraisal of the animal, it shall be slaughtered under the supervision of the director.
- § 10404 Where it is necessary to prevent the spread within this state of bovine brucellosis, the director may provide for the slaughter of animals.
- § 10405 If an animal is slaughtered pursuant to this article, and indemnity funds are available, the owner of the animal may receive part or all of the following: (a)…
- § 10406 Indemnity shall not be paid to any person in any of the following cases: (a) For any steer or grade bull that is determined to be a reactor. (b) For any bovine…
- § 10406.5 (a) The owner of a herd that is subject to subdivision (h) or (i) of Section 10406 may appeal to the director in writing, on a form as prescribed by the…
- § 10407 A subsequent payment of indemnity shall not be made to any person in any of the following cases: (a) Unless the provisions of this chapter have been fully…
ARTICLE 7. Slaughter of Exposed Nonreacting Animals §§ 10421–10423 · 4 sections
- § 10421 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the secretary may proceed with the identification of nonreacting animals in a herd in the same manner as…
- § 10422 The value of a nonreacting animal that is slaughtered shall be determined by appraisement by a representative of the department or a representative of the…
- § 10422.5 If a nonreacting animal is slaughtered pursuant to this article, and indemnity funds are available, the owner of the animal may receive part or all of the…
- § 10423 Indemnity provided by this article shall not be paid in any of the following cases: (a) For any bovine animal which reacts to the brucellosis test or shows…
ARTICLE 8. Brucellosis Eradication Compensation Costs §§ 10492–10496 · 5 sections
- § 10492 If an owner of cattle refuses to slaughter exposed, nonreacting bovine animals pursuant to the provisions of Article 7 (commencing with Section 10421) when…
- § 10493 The following procedures shall be followed when brucellosis has been identified in a herd of cattle: (a) An official veterinarian shall conduct an…
- § 10494 If an owner of brucellosis infected or exposed cattle refuses to participate in the development and signing of the memorandum of understanding required by…
- § 10495 If an owner of a brucellosis infected herd violates any law or regulation pertaining to brucellosis eradication, the cattle owner shall immediately become…
- § 10496 (a) An owner who fails to achieve eradication of brucellosis in his or her herd is responsible for the costs of maintaining the required testing schedule after…