Any person owning or having charge of any cattle affected with brucellosis, as determined by the official brucellosis diagnostic test, shall permit the identification and branding of these animals and shall cause said animals to be immediately separated and kept separated from all other cattle and be slaughtered not more than forty-five days after date of test.
La. R.S. 3:2227
Separation and slaughter of cattle affected with brucellosis
Known as the Louisiana Abandoned Animals Act
The act spans §§ 3-1821 to 3-2511 (189 sections).
Amended by Acts 1956, No. 118, §3; Acts 1966, No. 291, §1; Acts 1970, No. 626, §1.
Official source: Louisiana State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Louisiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.