54-770 State Veterinarian; quarantine; duties; prohibited acts.

NE Code § 54-770 (2019) (N/A)
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54-770. State Veterinarian; quarantine; duties; prohibited acts.

The State Veterinarian shall immediately quarantine, at the expense of the owner or custodian, any affected herd and the affected premises. An animal or animals under quarantine may be relocated as directed by the State Veterinarian to avoid or lessen exposure to pathogenic agents. Quarantine restrictions imposed by the State Veterinarian as applied to the movement and disposition of an individual animal or a group of animals within an affected herd may vary as appropriate according to risk of exposure to pathogenic agents. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove an animal which has been placed under quarantine pursuant to the Anthrax Control Act from the place of quarantine until such quarantine is released by the State Veterinarian. An affected premises or any portion thereof which has been placed under quarantine shall remain under quarantine until released by the State Veterinarian.

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