§ 78 — Examination of domestic animals

New York § 78

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law AGM: Agriculture & Markets
• Art. 5: Diseases of Domestic Animals; Calves and Veal; Pure Bred Stock; Certificates of Registry

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§ 78. Examination of domestic animals. 1. The commissioner shall\ncause a physical examination and a tuberculin test to be made by\ncompetent and authorized veterinarians of all bovine animals,\nirrespective of age or sex, and cause all such bovine animals to be\nsubjected to periodic retests when deemed necessary by the commissioner.\nThe commissioner may also cause a physical examination and a tuberculin\ntest to be made by competent and authorized veterinarians of any\ndomestic animal or herds of domestic animals, irrespective of age or\nsex, when deemed necessary in his or her judgment to prevent or suppress\ndisease. If, from such examination or test, any animal be deemed by the\ncommissioner to be infected with tuberculosis or any other communicable\ndisease or its condition be such as to render it undesirable for the\nproduction of milk or meat, or a menace to the health of other animals\nor persons, such animal shall be immediately removed from the herd,\nslaughtered or otherwise disposed of as the commissioner may prescribe.\n 2. No person shall possess, maintain, transport, or otherwise handle\nfarmed deer except under conditions by which such animals are\nbiologically segregated from bovine animals in a manner prescribed by\nthe commissioner, provided however that such separation shall not be\nrequired with respect to any farmed deer maintained under circumstances\nwhere contact with bovine animals would not pose a threat to the state's\ncattle population as determined by the commissioner pursuant to\nregulation. For purposes of this subdivision: (a) "farmed deer" shall\nmean members of family Cervidae which are raised or bred in confinement;\nand (b) "bovine animals" shall mean cattle and bison. This subdivision\nshall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have\nbecome a law.\n