The board shall determine the existence of and employ the most efficient and practical means to prevent, suppress, control and eradicate the disease known as mange or scabies or any other disease among livestock and to direct and regulate the handling or treating of any livestock when infected or that it may have good reason to believe has been exposed to any of the diseases; to make and adopt quarantine and sanitary rules that, so far as practicable, conform to the regulations of the United States department of agriculture as they may be from time to time promulgated; and to create and define districts within which such disease exists. In determining the districts within this state in which such disease from time to time exists, the board shall cooperate with the United States department of agriculture. The costs of treatment of livestock pursuant to this section are the responsibility of the owner of the livestock.

History: Laws 1905, ch. 31, § 1; Code 1915, § 98; Laws 1927, ch. 36, § 1; C.S. 1929, § 4-1001; 1941 Comp., § 49-401; 1953 Comp., § 47-4-1; Laws 1993, ch. 248, § 34; 1999, ch. 282, § 31.

Cross references. — For posting notices on infected pastures and buildings, see 77-3-5 NMSA 1978.

The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, substituted the section heading for "Infectious disease eradication; regulations"; in the first sentence, deleted "has the power and it is its duty to" following "The board" at the beginning, near the middle, substituted "other disease" for "contagious or infectious disease", deleted "dipping" preceding "or treating", and substituted "rules that" for "regulations, provided that all such regulations shall"; and substituted the last sentence for the former last sentence, which read "A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum and the board may exercise any of the powers conferred upon it by Sections 77-4-1 through 77-4-8 NMSA 1978 inclusive through committees of its own members specially empowered by resolution."

The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, added the current catchline; deleted "Cattle Sanitary" preceding "board" and substituted "livestock" for "horses, mules, asses and cattle" in the first paragraph; substituted "Sections 77-4-1 through 77-4-8 NMSA 1978" for "Sections 98 to 105" in the second paragraph; and made minor stylistic changes.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 4 Am. Jur. 2d Animals § 50.

3A C.J.S. Animals §§ 66 to 69.