Louisiana § RS 3:2221 - Establishment of brucellosis eradication procedures
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 3:2221 — Establishment of brucellosis eradication procedures, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 3:2221. Establishment of brucellosis eradication procedures
A. Any person owning or having charge of any male or female cattle over eight months of age in a herd which has shown evidence of brucellosis infection, or has intermingled with or otherwise been exposed to brucellosis infected animals, upon at least thirty days prior written notification by an employee or authorized agent of the Louisiana Board of Animal Health shall present and restrain the cattle for identification and testing, and such infected herds shall be retested until these herds have become classified brucellosis negative as defined in rules and regulations of the Louisiana Board of Animal Health. Cattle in open range country shall be worked at a time to correspond to the normal procedure for handling such cattle.
B. Evidence of infection includes finding one or more reactors to an official brucellosis agglutination test on animals bred on the farm, at livestock auction market, at a slaughter establishment or concentration point, or upon official report of a positive brucellosis milk ring test of a dairy herd.
C. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 204, §2.
Amended by Acts 1956, No. 118, §1; Acts 1966, No. 291, §1; Acts 2008, No. 920, §1, eff. July 14, 2008; Acts 2012, No. 204, §2.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 3:2221 ("Establishment of brucellosis eradication procedures") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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