Missouri Statute | Act | Code |Agriculture And Animals| US Code - US Statute | Chapter 267 State Veterinarian--diseased Animals

Whenever in sections 267.010 to 267.460, the following words or
terms are used, they shall be deemed and taken as the meaning ascribed as
follows:

(1) "Cattle" shall mean neat cattle;

(2) "Condemned" shall refer to cattle which have reacted to the test;

(3) "Department" or "department of agriculture" shall mean the Missouri
state department of agriculture;

(4) "Director" shall mean the director of the department of agriculture
of Missouri;

(5) "Owner" shall refer to any owner of cattle cooperating under the
state-federal plan for Bang's testing;

(6) The term "person" means a natural person, partnership, association or
corporation created or organized by or under the laws of this state or
under the laws of any other state or country; whenever a word or words
importing the plural number are used in describing or referring to any
matter, parties or persons, any single matter, party or person shall be
deemed to be included, although distributive words may not be used;

(7) "State" shall mean the state of Missouri;

(8) "State veterinarian" shall mean the state veterinarian of Missouri;

(9) "Test" shall refer to the agglutination blood test for Bang's disease;

(10) "United States" shall refer to the United States Department of
Agriculture. (RSMo 1939 § 14208)

The director of agriculture of the state of Missouri shall
appoint a veterinary surgeon, to aid and assist in developing and
protecting the livestock interests of the state of Missouri. Said
veterinary surgeon shall be a graduate of some reputable and recognized
veterinary college or school, and shall give to the said director of
agriculture, before his appointment, good evidence of a recognized,
practical and scientific knowledge of contagious and infectious diseases
of livestock, and shall hold his office for a term of four years, or
until removed by said director of agriculture for cause, as provided in
section 267.040. (RSMo 1939 § 14190)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12519; 1919 § 12078; 1909 § 707

Said veterinary surgeon shall, before entering upon the
discharge of his duty, file with said director of agriculture his oath of
office with a satisfactory and sufficient bond for the faithful
performance of his official duties. He shall have his office with or near
the office of the director of agriculture; shall act only as an expert,
and shall, when practicable, devote all time possible to the
investigation of the nature of, causes of and remedies for the diseases
of domestic animals. The director of agriculture shall have charge of all
clerical work pertaining to the veterinary service. (RSMo 1939 § 14191)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12520; 1919 § 12079; 1909 § 708

CROSS REFERENCES: Missouri livestock marketing law, enforcement, Chap.
277, RSMo State veterinarian to issue license for disposal plants for
bodies of dead animals, inspection, RSMo 269.050, 269.190

Said veterinary surgeon shall be under the control of the
director of the department of agriculture, who may remove him, whenever
in his judgment the good of the veterinary service of the state may
demand it. (RSMo 1939 § 14192)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12521; 1919 § 12080; 1909 § 709

CROSS REFERENCE: State director of agriculture to have charge of
veterinary service, RSMo 261.020

Whenever the state veterinary surgeon shall find it impossible
to perform alone in an effective manner the duties imposed by sections
267.010 to 267.460, the director of agriculture, with the advice of the
veterinarian, may appoint, as may be needed, one or more deputy state
veterinary surgeons, who shall be competent veterinarians, graduated from
some reputable veterinary school or college. Such deputy veterinary
surgeon shall have, when on duty, the same power and same protection as
now provided in sections 267.010 to 267.460 for the said state veterinary
surgeon, and shall work under his direction and instructions. The state
director of agriculture may also employ nonprofessional men and special
experts as agents or inspectors whenever such a means shall become
absolutely necessary to carry out this law properly or enforce the
regulations of quarantine as possible in cases of emergency provided
against by sections 267.240 and 267.250. (RSMo 1939 § 14222)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12542; 1919 § 12101; 1909 § 725

The state veterinarian, deputy state veterinarians and livestock
inspectors, shall receive salaries fixed by the state director of
agriculture and necessary traveling expenses in the discharge of official
duties, payable out of the funds provided for the maintenance of the
veterinary service. The state veterinarian, deputies and livestock
inspectors shall each render an itemized account to the said director of
agriculture of all the traveling and incidental expenses incurred in
working under this law. Said account or accounts shall be audited, and if
found correct, shall be allowed as is now or may hereafter be provided by
law. (RSMo 1939 § 14228)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12548; 1919 § 12102; 1909 § 726

The said director of agriculture and state veterinary surgeon
shall cooperate with any commissioner or other officer appointed by the
United States for the suppression of contagious diseases among domestic
animals, so far as the provisions of sections 267.010 to 267.460 and the
appropriation made in accordance therewith will allow in suppressing and
preventing the spread of contagious and infectious diseases among
domestic animals in this state. (RSMo 1939 § 14218)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12538; 1919 § 12097; 1909 § 721

Said veterinary surgeon shall report to the director of
agriculture in writing at least once every three months, setting forth
the locality or localities visited as provided in sections 267.010 to
267.070, the kind of stock treated, the type and character of the
diseases, the remedies prescribed and the results, so far as known, of
such treatment. The director of agriculture shall, from time to time, as
often as may be required, select from said reports and publish in a
concise form such information as he may think valuable to the people of
Missouri. This information may be published in connection with the
reports relating to agriculture or in separate bulletins. (RSMo 1939 §
14219)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12539; 1919 § 12098; 1909 § 722

It shall be the duty of the director of agriculture to collate
and compile, briefly and concisely, the useful and interesting
information derived from the veterinary sanitary service as provided for
in sections 267.010 to 267.460, and report to the general assembly,
within ten days of the date of the meeting thereof, together with such
suggestions as may be beneficial to the agricultural interests of the
state. (RSMo 1939 § 14220)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12540; 1919 § 12099; 1909 § 723

1. It shall be lawful for any ten residents of this state to go
before any clerk of a court of record or associate circuit judge and
demand the presence and services of the veterinary surgeon in the
following manner:

State of Missouri, )

) ss

County of ....... . )

To the director of agriculture,

Jefferson City, Missouri.

We, the undersigned citizens, residents of the county of ........,
believe that there exists in this locality a dangerous, infectious
disease among (here name the kind of stock, the name in full of the party
owning the same or in charge thereof, the part of the county in which it
is situated, together with the nearest railroad station and post-office
address, and full directions as to the best and most expeditious way for
the veterinary surgeon to reach said stock); therefore, we request the
presence of the state veterinary surgeon.

............(seal)

............(seal)

2. Which petition may be certified to in the following manner:

State of Missouri, )

) ss

County of ....... . )

I hereby certify that the above named petitioners are known to me to be
reputable citizens of this county.

(Signed by the clerk of the court or associate circuit judge and attested
by his official signature, giving day of the month and the year.)

3. The department of health and senior services may demand of the
director of agriculture, through the director of the department of health
and senior services, the services of the state veterinary surgeon to aid
it in the inspection of such infectious or contagious diseases as are
transmissible to the human family, and in examination of meats, milk and
foods, when, in the judgment of the department of health and senior
services, the assistance of this officer is necessary. (RSMo 1939 §
14193, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12522; 1919 § 12081; 1909 § 710

Such petition may be forwarded by mail or otherwise, as the
petitioners may elect, to the director of agriculture, who shall cause a
thorough investigation to be made by or under the direction of the state
veterinary surgeon or his deputies. Such investigation may be ordered
without application by petition if upon satisfactory information it is
thought the presence of the veterinarian is necessary to the protection
of the livestock interests of the state from contagious or infectious
diseases. (RSMo 1939 § 14194)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12523; 1919 § 12082; 1909 § 711

Whenever the state veterinary surgeon shall have sufficient
evidence to satisfy him that any private or public or corporate barn, or
shed, or stock car, or any pen, yard or field, is infected and so
injudiciously used as to be liable to convey contagious or infectious
disease to livestock, he shall prescribe in writing, to the owner or
owners or person or persons in charge thereof, the most rapid of the
effective modes of disinfecting and cleansing deemed necessary, and shall
prohibit, also in writing, to the owner or owners or persons in charge,
the occupation by susceptible livestock or the removal of such infected
property as may be movable, until such disinfection has been thoroughly
carried out, and that the danger of conveying contagious or infectious
disease is removed. Such cleansing and disinfection shall be at the cost
of the owner or owners. The state veterinary surgeon may call for help on
the county commission or legally substituted court, if necessary, and the
commission or court shall thereupon order the sheriff or other officer to
give the assistance necessary to enforce the law. (RSMo 1939 § 14205)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12534; 1919 § 12093; 1909 § 716

1. "Official laboratories" are hereby established. The
laboratories are to be known as the "Animal Health Diagnostic
Laboratories", operated by and under the direction of the state
veterinarian, for the purpose of diagnosing animal disease. The state
veterinarian shall have the authority to assess laboratory fees to assist
in defraying operating laboratory expense. A schedule of laboratory fees
shall be fixed by rule or regulation promulgated by the director of the
department of agriculture. No fees will be charged for diagnostic tests
for diseases which are included in a state and federal cooperative
eradication program.

2. All laboratory fees collected pursuant to this section shall be paid
to the department of revenue to be deposited in the state treasury, to
the credit of the "Animal Health Laboratory Fee Fund", which is hereby
created. All money in the fund shall be for the use and benefit of the
animal health diagnostic laboratories and not as a substitute for general
revenue bonds already appropriated for the operation of the animal health
diagnostic laboratories.

3. Notwithstanding section 33.080, RSMo, to the contrary, the balance in
the fund at the end of each biennium shall not lapse and shall not be
transferred to the general revenue fund of the state. If the balance at
the end of any biennium exceeds two hundred thousand dollars, the
director of the department of agriculture shall adjust the schedule of
laboratory fees so as to cause the fund to not be in excess of two
hundred twenty-five thousand dollars. Any balance in the fund at the end
of any fiscal year which is in excess of two hundred twenty-five thousand
dollars shall be transferred to the general revenue fund of the state.

4. The state treasurer shall invest all sums in the animal health
laboratory fee fund not needed for current operating expenses in interest
bearing banking accounts or United States government obligations in the
manner provided by law. All yield increment, gain or income derived from
the investment of these sums shall accrue to the benefit of, and be
deposited within, the state treasury to the credit of the animal health
laboratory fee fund.

5. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this
chapter shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to
the provisions of section 536.024, RSMo. (L. 1992 H.B. 878 §§ 66, 67,
A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3, A.L. 1996 S.B. 766)

1. The department of agriculture may pay, within the limit of
its appropriation, an indemnity in the manner and in the amounts herein
set forth to the owner of cattle who carries on an approved tuberculosis
control program in his herd. The indemnity shall reimburse the owner for
a part of the loss suffered by him in disposing of the cattle exposed to,
infected with, or reacting to, a test for tuberculosis.

2. The value of any cattle on which an indemnity is sought by the owner
shall not exceed an amount recognized by the state veterinarian and the
owner as just compensation in relation to current market conditions,
breeding value and other criteria of valuation for the animal destroyed.
Each animal destroyed shall be identified separately on the appraisement
form. Proper appraisement forms shall be completed and one copy each
shall be sent to the department, retained by the duly authorized agent,
and retained by the owner.

3. Any cattle on which an indemnity is sought shall be kept in isolation
and within fifteen days of identification or branding shall be sold for
slaughter. A report of the net proceeds, being the total amount received
less expense of transportation, commissions, and other expenses of the
sale, derived from the sale of the infected or reactor cattle shall be
delivered by the owner to the department. The department shall determine
the owner's loss by deducting the amount of the net proceeds so derived
by the sale of the cattle for slaughter from the appraised value.

4. The indemnity to be paid by the department shall be an amount
determined by the state veterinarian but shall not exceed the breeding
value of the animal. The department shall certify to the state
commissioner of administration the amount to be paid by the department.
This amount constitutes a legal claim against the state within the limits
of available appropriations, and the commissioner of administration shall
approve the same and cause the same to be paid by issuing his warrant on
the state treasurer therefor in payment to the owner.

5. Indemnity for animals slaughtered as reactors or as infected cattle
shall only be paid to the owner, provided he cooperates with the
department as requested by the state veterinarian or his agent in
carrying out recommended practices in eradicating the disease from his
animals. No indemnity shall be paid if the state veterinarian determines
the animal does not qualify for indemnity or the owner is ineligible for
payments. (RSMo 1939 § 14200, A. 1949 S.B. 1094, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1816)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12529; 1919 § 12088

Effective 5-10-78

After cattle, in quarantine on account of tuberculosis, under
sections 267.010 to 267.460, have been duly appraised, said condemned
cattle may, at the discretion of the state veterinarian, be shipped by
their owner, under the supervision of the state veterinarian, by legal
permit, to any slaughtering plant which is provided with state or federal
meat inspection service, to be slaughtered and disposed of under the
rules of meat inspection. Before shipment, however, each animal shall be
branded, tagged or marked in such way as to make its identity certain.
Such animals must be kept separate from all healthy animals and be sold
as tuberculous* cattle for immediate slaughter. (RSMo 1939 § 14204, A.L.
1978 H.B. 1816)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12533; 1919 § 12092; 1909 § 715

Effective 5-10-78

*Word "tuberculosis" appears in original rolls.

Notwithstanding any provision in sections 267.170 to 267.410,
the department shall allow and permit the owner of any animal found to be
a reactor to retain the animal in quarantine and use the animal for
breeding purposes in his own herd if necessary or desirable in order to
preserve valuable breeding cattle; but, the permission shall not be
granted if the state veterinarian determines that the eradication program
would be adversely affected and permission shall not be granted unless
the United States Department of Agriculture agrees that tuberculous*
status will not be affected. The reactor animal may not be sold,
transferred or moved except on a special permit issued by the department.
(RSMo 1939 § 14199, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1816)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12528; 1919 § 12087

Effective 5-10-78

*Word "tuberculosis" appears in original rolls.

1. Any person or persons who shall in any way interfere with or
obstruct the state veterinarian in the discharge of his duties, or any
owner or owners, person or persons who shall be notified to quarantine
animals as provided in sections 267.010 to 267.730 and who shall violate
any of the provisions of those sections or official orders of quarantine,
or any person or persons who shall violate any of the provisions of the
chapter regarding district or municipality quarantine, shall be guilty of
a class A misdemeanor.

2. The director of the department shall have the power to authorize
certain employees of the department or employees of the United States
Department of Agriculture to assist in the enforcement of sections
267.010 to 267.730.

3. In connection with such enforcement, such authorized employees may
intercept, stop and detain for official inspection or inquiry any vehicle
carrying livestock in this state. Such authorized employees may use a red
flashing light to aid them in stopping such vehicles.

4. If in the opinion of any authorized employee the animals are being
transported in violation of sections 267.010 to 267.730 or the
regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, the employee shall have the
authority to seize and impound the animals for a period of forty-eight
hours or until it is shown that the animals are being transported in
compliance with sections 267.010 to 267.730 and the rules and regulations
promulgated pursuant thereto. If within forty-eight hours of initial
seizure and impoundment the state veterinarian or his duly appointed
deputy makes a determination that the animals were in fact being held,
moved or transported in violation of sections 267.010 to 267.730, he
shall order the seizure and impoundment of the animals following the
notice requirements set forth in section 267.531. Upon such order and
notice being issued, the department shall follow the procedures set forth
in section 267.531 regarding redemption, payment of expenses, opportunity
for hearing, and application for an order of sale. Such officers may also
issue citations for violations of the provisions of sections 267.010 to
267.730, and summonses to appear before the director. The director may,
after a hearing as provided in section 276.631, assess a civil penalty
not to exceed ten thousand dollars for each such violation. Any person
aggrieved by such penalty may appeal to the circuit court of the county
of residence of the person or the circuit court of Cole County as
provided in chapter 621, RSMo.

5. All county and municipal law enforcement officials may assist such
designated employees upon request and all state law enforcement officials
shall assist such designated employees upon request to the extent that is
consistent with the powers that such law enforcement officials derive
from their respective jurisdictions. (RSMo 1939 § 14217, A.L. 1978 H.B.
1816, A.L. 1983 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 11, A.L. 1987 H.B. 368)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12537; 1919 § 12096; 1909 § 719

1. The governor of Missouri may, in his discretion, order said
state veterinarian to visit any state or territory and investigate any
dangerous or infectious disease said to exist in any designated locality
in the state named and report to the governor the result of said
investigation, together with such suggestions that he may deem proper and
right.

2. On receipt of such report, or any official report of the state
veterinarian, the governor may call the director of agriculture and the
state veterinarian together, and said director and said state
veterinarian may, if deemed wise, arrange and adjust such rules and
regulations as safety may demand for the transportation of livestock
through or into this state from any state or territory, or any foreign
country or parts thereof, where dangerous, contagious or infectious
diseases may exist.

3. The governor, on the approval of such rules and regulations, shall
issue his proclamation, scheduling and quarantining against such
localities in which domestic animals may be considered as capable of
conveying infectious, contagious or communicable diseases and prohibit
the importation and the unloading in this state of any livestock of the
kind capable of causing such disease, except under the aforesaid rules
and regulations.

4. Such rules and regulations, after approval by the governor, shall be
sent to all corporations or other agencies doing the business of
transportation or conveying livestock through or into the state of
Missouri; and any corporation or agency or individuals who shall violate
such rules and regulations by transporting prohibited animals shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
fined not less than a thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars
for each and every offense, and shall be liable for any and all damages
or loss that may be sustained by any party or parties by reason of such
importation or transportation; provided, that in no case shall such
corporations or agencies or individual be liable for any damages
resulting from the shipping of stock into this state which has been
inspected by the proper authorities and a certificate of health as to
same having been given by said authorities. Such penalty shall be
recovered in any county in this state into or through which such stock is
brought upon information filed in the circuit court of any such county.
(RSMo 1939 § 14206, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1816)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12535; 1919 § 12094; 1909 § 717

Effective 5-10-78

1. The governor, when informed by the state veterinarian that
contagious or infectious livestock disease has become largely
disseminated or epidemic among domestic animals throughout any
municipality or geographical district in this state, or is found to exist
in any herd or herds in this state, may call the director of agriculture
and the state veterinarian together, and said director and said
veterinarian shall, if deemed necessary to eradicate or prevent the
spread of such disease, formulate for the state veterinarian and the
county commissions rules and regulations under which stock capable of
carrying said diseases, or any of them, shall be permitted to move to
other parts of the state; such rules and regulations shall be subject to
the approval of the governor, who thereupon shall issue his proclamation
scheduling and quarantining such localities, and forbidding the carrying
or transportation or moving of all domestic animals of the kind diseased
from such municipalities or district or county to another, or from one
premises to another, or over any public highway or any lot or ground not
sufficiently fenced to prevent animals from going through or from being
brought into such infected districts, municipalities or counties except
in accordance with the aforesaid rules and regulations.

2. The county commission or other legally substituted court of the county
in which such infected locality or district shall have been quarantined
by the governor, shall be notified by the state veterinarian, and
furnished with copies of said regulations. Said county commission shall
thereupon comply with said rules and regulations, and issue order to the
sheriff to assist said state veterinarian in carrying out the provisions
of the same. (RSMo 1939 § 14207, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1816)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12536; 1919 § 12095; 1909 § 718

Effective 5-10-78

1. The state veterinarian and any inspector or person authorized
by said state veterinarian, or by him appointed, to assist in the work of
applying the tubercular test provided for under sections 267.010 to
267.460, may enter any barn or barns, yard, pasture or other building or
enclosure where cattle may be kept or found, for the purpose of making
inspection and applying said tuberculin test in conformance with uniform
methods and rules of the United States Department of Agriculture.

2. Any owner or custodian of any domestic animal or animals by said state
veterinarian required or found necessary to be inspected, examined or
tested, by his order, for the purpose of determining the presence or
absence of disease in or upon said animal or animals shall have the right
and authority to confine and otherwise restrain, as far as possible, said
animals in such manner and at such times as may be prescribed and
directed by the state veterinarian.

3. In the event of the failure of such owner or custodian for any reason
to confine or otherwise restrain such animal or animals, it shall be the
duty of the state veterinarian or his deputy or assistants to certify
such refusal to the acting sheriff of the county wherein such animal or
animals are found, and following such notice to the sheriff of said
county it shall be his duty to forthwith cause such animal or animals to
be so confined or otherwise restrained in order that the state
veterinarian or his assistants may apply the necessary tests or make such
examination as may be necessary to determine the presence or absence of
the disease for which the animal or animals are to be inspected. (RSMo
1939 § 14225, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1816)

Prior revision: 1929 § 12545

Effective 5-10-78

The state veterinarian shall have power and authority to make
and enforce such regulations as may be necessary to control and prevent
the spread of tuberculosis among animals in such county and for the
creation and maintenance of such county as a modified accredited area to
the extent and so that the same shall conform with the rules and
regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture
of the United States to the end that such county may be recognized and
adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture as a modified
accredited area; provided, further, that the state veterinarian shall
have authority in his discretion to quarantine or cause to be quarantined
the animal or animals in custody of or owned by any person who refuses to
cooperate with the state veterinarian in the eradication and control of
tuberculosis or any other contagious or infectious disease which is being
attempted to be controlled or eradicated in such county, and that no
offspring or product of such animal or animals under quarantine shall be
disposed of by said custodian or owner without written permission of the
state veterinarian. (RSMo 1939 § 14227, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1816)

Prior revision: 1929 § 12547

Effective 5-10-78

A person shall not sell or offer for sale, or run at large on
any common or unfenced lands in this state, any livestock affected with a
serious external parasitic infestation or any infectious or contagious
disease whatsoever; provided, that this section shall not be so construed
as to prohibit the movement of such infected animals under conditions
prescribed by the state veterinarian for the purpose of segregation or
quarantine, or for immediate slaughter under state or federal inspection.
(RSMo 1939 § 14494, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1816)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12820; 1919 § 3658; 1909 § 4863

Effective 5-10-78

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, company, or
corporation, owning or operating any stock pens or stockyards in this
state, to permit any livestock, cattle, hogs, sheep or goats, not under
or subject to quarantine, to be unloaded into any pens, enclosures, or
yards, wherein any quarantined livestock is, or has been kept, or into
such pens, enclosures, or yards, under such conditions and circumstances
as will render such livestock subject to quarantine, and thereby prevent
immediate removal thereof from such pens, enclosures, or yards, if the
owner or shipper shall so desire. (RSMo 1939 § 4832)

Prior revision: 1929 § 4439

Sections 267.560 to 267.660 shall be cited as the "Missouri
Livestock Disease Control and Eradication Law". (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 1)

Unless the context requires otherwise, as used in sections
267.560 to 267.660, the following terms mean:

(1) "Accredited approved veterinarian", a veterinarian who has been
accredited by the United States Department of Agriculture and approved by
the state department of agriculture and who is duly licensed under the
laws of Missouri to engage in the practice of veterinary medicine, or a
veterinarian domiciled and practicing veterinary medicine in a state
other than Missouri, duly licensed under laws of the state in which he
resides, accredited by the United States Department of Agriculture, and
approved by the chief livestock sanitary official of that state;

(2) "Animal", an animal of the equine, bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine,
or species domesticated or semidomesticated;

(3) "Approved laboratory", a laboratory approved by the department;

(4) "Approved vaccine" or "bacterin", a vaccine or bacterin produced
under the license of the United States Department of Agriculture and
approved by the department for the immunization of animals against
infectious and contagious disease;

(5) "Bird", a bird of the avian species;

(6) "Certified free herd", a herd of cattle, swine, goats or a flock of
sheep or birds which has met the requirements and the conditions set
forth in sections 267.560 to 267.660 and as required by the department
and as recommended by the United States Department of Agriculture, and
for such status for a specific disease and for a herd of cattle, swine,
goats or flock of sheep or birds in another state which has met those
minimum requirements and conditions under the supervision of the
livestock sanitary authority of the state in which said animals or birds
are domiciled, and as recommended by the United States Department of
Agriculture for such status for a specific disease;

(7) "Department" or "department of agriculture", the department of
agriculture of the state of Missouri, and when by this law the said
department of agriculture is charged to perform a duty, it shall be
understood to authorize the performance of such duty by the director of
agriculture of the state of Missouri, or by the state veterinarian of the
state of Missouri or his duly authorized deputies acting under the
supervision of the director of agriculture;

(8) "Infected animal" or "infected bird", an animal or bird which shows a
positive reaction to any recognized serological test or growth on culture
or any other recognized test for the detection of any disease of
livestock or poultry as approved by the department or when clinical
symptoms and history justifies designating such animal or bird as being
infected with a contagious or infectious disease;

(9) "Isolated" or "isolation", a condition in which animals or birds are
quarantined to a certain designated premises and quarantined separately
and apart from any other animals or birds on adjacent premises;

(10) "Licensed market", a market as defined and licensed under chapter
277, RSMo;

(11) "Livestock", horses, cattle, swine, sheep, goats, ratite birds
including but not limited to ostrich and emu, aquatic products as defined
in section 277.024, RSMo, llamas, alpaca, buffalo, elk documented as
obtained from a legal source and not from the wild and raised in
confinement for human consumption or animal husbandry, poultry and other
domesticated animals or birds;

(12) "Official health certificate" is a legal record covering the
requirements of the state of Missouri executed on an official form of the
standard size from the state of origin and approved by the proper
livestock sanitary official of the state of origin or an equivalent form
provided by the United States Department of Agriculture and issued by an
approved, accredited, licensed, graduate veterinarian;

(13) "Public stockyards", any public stockyards located within the state
of Missouri and subject to regulations of the United States Department of
Agriculture or the Missouri department of agriculture;

(14) "Quarantine", a condition in which an animal or bird of any species
is restricted in movement to a particular premises under such terms and
conditions as may be designated by order of the state veterinarian or his
duly authorized deputies;

(15) "Traders" or "dealers", any person, firm or corporation engaged in
the business of buying, selling or exchange of livestock on any basis
other than on a commission basis at any sale pen, concentration point,
farm, truck or other conveyance including persons, firms or corporations
employed as an agent of the vendor or purchaser excluding public
stockyards under federal supervision or markets licensed under sections
267.560 to 267.660 and under the supervision of the department, breed
association sales or any private farm sale. (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 2, A.L.
1993 H.B. 566 merged with S.B. 84, A.L. 1995 S.B. 109, A.L. 2005 S.B. 355)

1. No livestock or animals that are affected with or that have
recently been exposed to any infectious, contagious or communicable
disease or which originate from a quarantined area, shall be shipped or
in any manner transported or moved into or through the state until
written permission for such entry, transportation or movement is first
obtained from the state veterinarian of Missouri except those diseased
animals which are approved for interstate shipment under specified
restrictions by the Animal Disease Eradication Division, Agriculture
Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.

2. All livestock shipped or in any manner transported into this state
shall be accompanied by an official health certificate or permit or both
which must be attached to a waybill or shall be in the possession of the
driver of the vehicle or person in charge of the livestock except as
otherwise provided in sections 267.560 to 267.660 or regulations adopted
by the department; provided, however, that an official health certificate
shall not be required for any livestock consigned to public stockyards or
licensed markets under federal or state supervision if a waybill, bill of
lading or certificate of ownership accompanies the shipment showing the
consignor and the point of origin of the shipment and the public
stockyards or licensed market to which the shipment is consigned, unless
otherwise required by the state veterinarian.

3. A copy of the official health certificate shall be forwarded
immediately by the most rapid means available to the livestock sanitary
official of the state of origin for his approval and transmittal to the
state veterinarian. All such health certificates shall contain the
approval of the state veterinarian or other livestock sanitary official
or agency in the state of origin.

4. Livestock or herds entering the state without an official health
certificate or permit or both when required shall be held in quarantine
at the owner's risk and expense for observation, tests, vaccination,
dipping, treatment and reinspection and until released by the department.

5. Requirements for the exhibition of livestock or herds shall be secured
by contacting the state veterinarian of Missouri.

6. All animals covered in sections 267.560 to 267.660 originating from
public stockyards or licensed markets located in this state or which may
be assembled at such public stockyards, licensed markets, or any
concentration point in this state from sources of unknown origin shall be
required to meet regulations of the department or the laws and
regulations of the state of destination before being released. (L. 1959
H.B. 501 § 3)

1. The official health certificate required by sections 267.560
to 267.660 shall contain the names and addresses of the consignor and
consignee, the origin of the animals, livestock or birds, the final
destination and the accurate description or identification of such
animals, livestock or birds; said health certificate shall indicate the
health status of the animals, livestock or birds involved, including
dates and results of required tests and dates of vaccination, if any.
Health certificates shall be void thirty days after date of inspection
and issuance and no official health certificate shall be valid unless it
complies in all respects with the requirements of sections 267.560 to
267.660 and the rules and regulations of the department; except that an
official health certificate which does not comply fully with the
requirements of sections 267.560 to 267.660 or any rules and regulations
of the department adopted hereunder may be validated by the written
approval of the department.

2. Accredited, licensed, graduate veterinarians who are approved by or in
the employ of the livestock sanitary official of the state of origin and
veterinarians in the employ of the Animal Disease Eradication Division,
Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture
are authorized to inspect livestock entering the state.

3. All diagnostic tests of animals which are intended for entry into
Missouri shall be made in state or federal laboratories, laboratories
approved by the proper livestock sanitary official of the state of
origin, or commercial laboratories operated under the supervision of the
United States Department of Agriculture and approved by the state of
origin. (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 4)

1. Requests for permits shall be directed to the state
veterinarian and shall set forth the following information: The names and
addresses of the consignor and consignee, number and kind of animals,
origin of shipment, proposed date of shipment, proposed destination,
approximate date of arrival, intended purpose of shipment, and method of
transportation.

2. All animals entering the state under permit shall be consigned to an
individual who is a resident of the state or to a legal entity authorized
by law to do business within the state.

3. All permits shall be void fifteen days after date of issuance or a
lesser period of time when so designated by the state veterinarian. (L.
1959 H.B. 501 § 5)

1. Owners and operators of railroads, trucks, airplanes and
other conveyances are forbidden to move any livestock, animals or birds
through, into or within the state except in compliance with the
provisions set forth in sections 267.560 to 267.660 and such rules and
regulations of the department as may be adopted hereunder.

2. All railway cars, trucks, airplanes and other conveyances used in the
transportation of livestock and birds of any kind shall be maintained in
a clean sanitary condition.

3. Owners and operators of railway cars, trucks, airplanes and other
conveyances that have been used for the movement of any livestock,
animals or birds infected with or exposed to any infectious, contagious
or communicable disease shall be required to have such cars, trucks,
airplanes and other conveyances thoroughly cleaned and disinfected under
official supervision before further use is permissible for the
transportation of livestock.

4. Owners and operators of railroads, trucks, airplanes and other
conveyances used for the transportation of livestock, animals and birds
into, within and through Missouri shall assure themselves that each
consignment is prepared for shipment in keeping with the requirements of
sections 267.560 to 267.660, and that it is accompanied by official
health certificate or permit. Such health certificate or permit should be
attached to the waybill accompanying the shipment or be in the possession
of the attendant in charge of the animals. (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 6)

If, upon investigation, the state veterinarian is satisfied that
an animal, livestock or bird or a herd or flock of animals or birds is
suffering from any highly contagious, communicable or infectious disease
or exposure thereto, against which he may think best to quarantine, he
shall immediately quarantine the same to pens, farms, sheds or barns
completely separated from other susceptible animals or birds not so
diseased or infected until

(1) Such diseased animals or birds are recovered and no longer capable of
transmitting the disease or diseases to other susceptible animals or
birds; or

(2) Shall have been isolated; or

(3) Killed or disposed of as provided for in sections 267.560 to 267.660
and the rules of the department; or

(4) Tested, vaccinated or otherwise treated; or

(5) As otherwise released by the state veterinarian. (L. 1959 H.B. 501 §
7)

1. When in the opinion of the state veterinarian the quarantine
of an area is essential to

(1) Confine an outbreak of a highly contagious and communicable disease
affecting livestock, animals or birds as defined in sections 267.560 to
267.660; or

(2) When necessary for the initiation and enforcement of control measures
for testing or vaccination of livestock, animals or birds within the
area; or

(3) For the slaughter of exposed and infected animals; or

(4) When necessary to conform with federal regulations in effect for the
cooperative control and eradication of the disease; or

(5) When necessary in order to avoid embargo against the movement of
livestock out of the free areas within the state into other states; and
the state veterinarian so notifies the director of agriculture of such
fact, the director of agriculture or the state veterinarian acting for
the director of agriculture with the approval of the governor, may order
the area quarantined. Such order shall set forth the terms and conditions
that are to be met by the owner of livestock within areas affected by the
order.

2. The notice of an order of quarantine against the movement of animals
or birds from the area shall be publicized in the newspapers and radios
serving the area.

3. The department shall have the authority to designate the type and kind
of immunizing agent or tests that are to be applied for the control and
eradication of the disease and to prohibit the use, by anyone, of those
immunizing agents which in the judgment of the state veterinarian may not
effectively and expeditiously bring about the control of the disease.

4. When in the judgment of the state veterinarian the movement of
livestock as defined in sections 267.560 to 267.660 from an area or
section within another state favors the introduction of disease into
Missouri and it is known that the livestock sanitary officials of the
state have not quarantined the area or are not controlling the movement
of the livestock out of such areas, the director of agriculture, upon
notice of such fact from the state veterinarian of Missouri, may impose
restrictions or full embargo against the movement of any and all
livestock from such areas within another state until the movement of
livestock therefrom and into Missouri no longer favors the introduction
of the disease.

5. An order setting forth the restrictions or complete embargo against
the movement of livestock from an area within another state or from the
entire state shall be effective upon notice in writing or by telegram to
the livestock sanitary official of the state affected.

6. All public stockyards and other markets including traders and dealers,
licensed to operate in Missouri, shall cooperate with the department when
a quarantine is imposed upon an area within Missouri or restrictions are
invoked against the entry of livestock from specified areas in other
states. (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 8)

Animals, livestock or birds under test for a contagious and
infectious disease may not be removed from the premises until the results
of the tests are known and the owner of such animals, livestock or birds
receives a record of the test from the veterinarian certifying that the
animals or birds are free of the disease and until any infected animals
or birds are sold for slaughter on permit and as may be required by the
state veterinarian, or until such animals or birds are recovered and
incapable of spreading the disease or until the animals or birds in the
herd or flock have been released by the state veterinarian or his
representative. The method of eradicating the disease shall be at the
discretion of the state veterinarian and in accordance with such
procedures as may be outlined by the state veterinarian or his
representative. (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 9)

1. Any owner or custodian of livestock placed under quarantine
may be required by the state veterinarian to test or retest such
livestock for disease, in accordance with the terms and conditions and
upon such schedule as the state veterinarian shall designate in his order
of quarantine. In the event that disease is discovered in any such
livestock the owner thereof shall comply with the order of the state
veterinarian in effecting the removal, disposition, or cure of any such
diseased livestock, or animals or birds exposed thereto, in the manner
and in the time period designated in such orders.

2. Any person who violates an order of the state veterinarian issued
under this section may be summoned by the director to a hearing to be
held in the county where the livestock are quarantined to be set not
later than twenty days from the date of summons. At the hearing, such
person and the state shall have the opportunity to present in person or
by counsel such statements, testimony, evidence and argument as may be
pertinent to the charges or to any defense. The director may subpoena any
persons or documents incident to the hearing, the director or his
designated representative may take testimony orally, by deposition or by
exhibit, in the same manner and with the same fees and mileage as
prescribed in judicial proceedings in civil cases. The director or his
designated representative may also administer oaths to those giving
evidence. Following the hearing the director may:

(1) Assess a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed one thousand
dollars for each violation and a penalty not to exceed five hundred
dollars for each day such person fails to implement tests for disease or
effect the removal, disposal or cure of livestock subject to prior order
of quarantine; or

(2) Dismiss the case.

3. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the director after a hearing
pursuant to this section may appeal to the circuit court for a trial de
novo in the county where the livestock are quarantined. All penalties
assessed under this section shall be credited to the livestock dealer law
enforcement and administration fund. (L. 1989 S.B. 300)

Effective 5-4-89

When, in the judgment of the director, any person has been
repeatedly in violation of the animal health laws so as to pose a
substantial ongoing risk to the livelihood of other livestock owners in
this state by the dissemination of disease, the director may apply to the
circuit court of the county in which such person resides, and such court
shall have the authority to grant an order enjoining temporarily or
permanently that person from engaging in the business directly or
indirectly of possessing, owning, raising or otherwise maintaining
custody of any livestock of the type constituting such risk. (L. 1989
S.B. 300)

Effective 5-4-89

1. All laboratories, whether privately operated or otherwise,
shall be required to report the results of their findings of contagious,
communicable or infectious disease in specimens submitted to them and as
may be required by the department.

2. All persons operating such laboratories shall make application and
shall obtain a permit from the department in order to conduct diagnostic
tests on any kind of animals or birds or tissues therefrom, as may be
submitted by such laboratories.

3. Before issuing a permit, the department shall determine that the
laboratory does qualify for such permit. The department shall also at any
time suspend or revoke the laboratory's permit for failure to comply with
the provisions of sections 267.560 to 267.660 and the rules of the
department.

4. Effective on and after January 1, 1960, the use of live or virulent
hog cholera virus is prohibited, except as provided for in the rules of
the department.

5. It shall be unlawful for any owner of livestock or animals as defined
in sections 267.560 to 267.660, or for any veterinarian to withhold
knowledge of or fail to report the existence of any contagious or
communicable disease of livestock or animals owned or examined by him or
in his possession. (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 10)

1. When in the judgment of the state veterinarian, the slaughter
method is the only means of controlling and eradicating a highly
contagious or communicable or infectious disease of livestock, animals or
birds, or when under cooperative agreements with the United States
Department of Agriculture the slaughter method is required, notice shall
be given to the owner or owners of the livestock exposed to or infected
with the disease. Such livestock or birds or animals shall then be
indemnified within the limits of appropriation, at a rate fixed by the
director of the department of agriculture, except that such rate for
ostriches and emu shall not exceed eight hundred dollars, and then
destroyed under the supervision of a representative of the department or
by the United States Department of Agriculture as the state veterinarian
may elect, except that when exposed or infected or recovered livestock,
animals and birds in such herds or flocks can be utilized for food
purposes, the state veterinarian in his discretion may permit such
animals, livestock or birds to be transported on permit and under
supervision of a representative of the department to a slaughter
establishment operating under the federal meat inspection service or
under an approved municipal meat inspection service.

2. A careful account of the cost of the killing, burying and also the
cleaning and disinfection of premises shall be kept by the representative
of the department or a representative of the United States Department of
Agriculture and the cost thereof shall be paid by the state when such
cost is approved by the director. (L. 1999 S.B. 310)

1. No person, firm, partnership, corporation or association
shall engage in the business of leasing, loaning or renting for a
specified fee or other compensation male animals of the bovine or suis
species for breeding purposes either on an individual or herd service
basis until such person, firm, partnership, corporation or association
shall have first applied for and received from the department a license
to conduct such business.

2. The applicant shall state the nature of the business, the city,
village, township, and county and complete post-office address at which
the business is conducted, together with any additional information that
the department may require.

3. The department shall issue to the applicant a license upon payment of
an annual fee of fifteen dollars for each and every male animal of the
bovine species used in such business and five dollars for each of every
male animal of the suis species used in such business. Said license shall
be annually renewed on the first calendar day of each year. All fees
collected hereunder shall be deposited to the credit of the veterinary
fees fund. (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 12)

1. No person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association
shall engage in the business of producing semen for the artificial
insemination of female animals of the bovine or suis species until such
person, firm, partnership, corporation or association shall have first
applied for and received from the department a license to conduct such
business.

2. The department shall issue to the applicant a license upon payment of
an annual fee of fifteen dollars for each and every male animal of the
bovine species used in such business and five dollars for each and every
male animal of the suis species used in such business. Said license shall
be annually renewed on the first calendar day of each year.

3. All male animals of the bovine or suis species used in the production
of semen for the artificial insemination of female animals of the same
species shall meet such health standards as may be required by the rules
and regulations of the department. (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 13)

All male animals of the bovine or suis species used by a
licensee in such breeding service shall be given such examinations, tests
and vaccinations at such intervals of time as may be required by the
rules and regulations of the department. (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 14)

Nothing contained in sections 267.560 to 267.660 shall apply to
the loan of a male animal by a breeder to another breeder. (L. 1959 H.B.
501 § 15)

The department may suspend or revoke the license of any person,
firm, partnership, corporation or association for violation of any of the
provisions of sections 267.560 to 267.660 or the rules and regulations
adopted by the department hereunder. (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 16)

1. When an owner of livestock or animals or a flock of birds
makes application to the state veterinarian and agrees to follow one of
the several plans for the control and eradication of a specific disease
from his herd or flock, the state veterinarian may certify the herd as
being free from said disease when all livestock or animals or birds in
the flock have passed all necessary tests and have met all of the
requirements and conditions as may be adopted from time to time by the
department and the United States Department of Agriculture for the
specific disease for which the herd or flock is being certified.

2. When the owner of any livestock or animals or flock of birds has fully
complied with the requirements for the certification of his livestock
herd or flock, animals or birds, the department shall issue a certificate
approved by the department and the United States Department of
Agriculture certifying to such fact and for such period of time as may be
set forth in the rules and regulations for such certification.

3. The certification of any livestock, animals or flock may be removed or
canceled by the state veterinarian when the owner of a herd or a flock
has violated any of the rules and regulations for the maintenance of such
status. (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 17)

1. The department of agriculture is authorized and directed to
cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture in performing
the duties and exercising the powers vested in it under sections 267.560
to 267.660 and is empowered to enter at any time any premises, barns,
stables, sheds, vehicles or other places where livestock or birds are
kept for the purpose of administering and enforcing the provisions of
sections 267.560 to 267.660.

2. The department may make such rules and regulations pursuant to the
provisions of section 267.122 and chapter 536, RSMo, as may be deemed
necessary for the enforcement of sections 267.560 to 267.660 including
all necessary rules and regulations for the entry and movement of
livestock, animals or birds into, within and through the state. (L. 1959
H.B. 501 § 18, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52)

Livestock, animals or birds which are held, moved or transported
in violation of the provisions of sections 267.560 to 267.660, or the
rules and regulations adopted hereunder, shall be seized and taken into
custody by an authorized agent of the department of agriculture or by any
state or county law enforcement officer at the request of the department.
The department shall impound and hold all animals or birds seized and
taken into custody at the owner's expense and without liability to the
department. Animals or birds so seized and impounded may be redeemed by
the owner and released to him by the department only after all such
animals or birds have been tested, vaccinated and properly identified, if
infected, by the state veterinarian or his agent. In order to redeem the
animals or birds, the owner shall pay all expenses including the care and
feeding of such animals or birds and the expense of testing, vaccinating
or identifying. All infected animals or birds shall be consigned by the
owner to slaughter upon redemption. If the animals or birds are not
redeemed by the owner within five days after seizure, the department may
apply to the circuit court of any county in which the animals or birds
are impounded and the department under court order shall sell such
animals or birds for slaughter and deduct from the net proceeds thereof
all expenses of the department in connection with the seizure and
impoundment of such animals or birds and remit the balance to the owner.
(L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 19, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)

Effective 1-2-79

In addition to the remedies provided for in sections 267.560 to
267.660 by law, the prosecuting attorney of any county in which a
violation of any provisions of sections 267.560 to 267.660 occurs or the
attorney general of the state, is hereby authorized to apply to any court
of competent jurisdiction for, and such court shall have jurisdiction
upon hearing and for cause shown to grant a temporary or permanent
injunction to restrain any person from violating any provisions of
sections 267.560 to 267.660. (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 20)

Any person violating any provision of sections 267.560 to
267.660 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be punished as provided by law. (L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 21)

As used in sections 267.670 to 267.730, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise, the following words shall mean:

(1) "Accredited approved veterinarian", a veterinarian who has been
accredited by the United States Department of Agriculture and approved by
the state department of agriculture and who is duly licensed under the
laws of Missouri to engage in the practice of veterinary medicine, or a
veterinarian domiciled and practicing veterinary medicine in a state
other than Missouri, duly licensed under laws of the state in which he
resides, accredited by the United States Department of Agriculture, and
approved by the chief livestock sanitary official of that state;

(2) "Area", one or more counties or portions thereof;

(3) "Certified scabies free area", an area in which all sheep or goats
have been inspected by a representative of the Missouri department of
agriculture or of the animal disease eradication division of the United
States Department of Agriculture and are found to be free of any evidence
of scabies and such fact is certified to by both agencies;

(4) "Department", the department of agriculture of the state of Missouri.
When the department of agriculture is charged to perform a duty, the duty
may be performed by the director of agriculture of the state of Missouri
or by the state veterinarian of the state of Missouri or his duly
authorized deputies;

(5) "Division", the animal disease eradication division of the
agricultural research service of the United States Department of
Agriculture;

(6) "Infected animal", an animal of the ovine, caprine, or bovine species
which shows clinical evidence of scabies or in which the presence of the
scabies mite is demonstrated;

(7) "Licensed market", a market as defined and licensed under chapter
277, RSMo;

(8) "Official health certificate", a legal record covering the
requirements of the state of Missouri executed on an official form of the
standard size from the state of origin and approved by the proper
livestock sanitary official of the state of origin or an equivalent form
provided by the United States Department of Agriculture and issued by an
approved, accredited, licensed, graduate veterinarian;

(9) "Public stockyards market", any public stockyards located within the
state of Missouri and subject to regulations of the United States
Department of Agriculture or the Missouri department of agriculture;

(10) "Scabies", a communicable skin disease caused by infestation with
mites of the species psroptes, sarcoptes, chorioptes or psorergates;

(11) "Trader" or "dealer", any person engaged in the business of buying,
selling or exchange of livestock on any basis other than on a commission
basis at any sale pen, concentration point, farm, truck or other
conveyance including persons employed as an agent of the vendor or
purchaser excluding public stockyards under federal supervision or
markets licensed under sections 267.670 to 267.730 and under the
supervision of the department, breed association sales or any private
farm sale. (L. 1961 p. 26 § 1)

All breeding and feeding sheep and goats offered for sale,
barter or exchange at any market or at any dealer's premises, or
otherwise moved or released from any market or dealer's premises, vehicle
or conveyance, shall, within ten days of such sale, barter, exchange,
release or movement, be dipped in an approved dip under the supervision
of an approved licensed veterinarian or an employee of the Missouri
department of agriculture or of the animal disease eradication division
of the United States Department of Agriculture. (L. 1961 p. 26 § 2)

All sheep and goats so dipped shall be identified or marked in a
manner approved by the department and shall be accompanied by a
certificate showing that the sheep or goats were dipped under
supervision. (L. 1961 p. 26 § 3)

1. Market operators and dealers in sheep and goats shall provide
satisfactory dipping facilities approved by the department and shall
maintain records which show the true origin of the sheep and goats
including name and address of the seller or consignor, number, date of
receipt, date of dipping, and including all certificates, permits,
conductors' manifests, waybills, bills of lading for each consignment of
sheep or goats consigned to and leaving the market or dealer's premises.

2. All incoming waybills, permits, and health or inspection certificates
are to be retained for a period of one year and made available upon
demand by a representative of the department or the division. (L. 1961 p.
26 § 4)

Sheep and goats, when inspected at the market or dealer's
premises and found free of scabies or known exposure thereto, may be sold
for slaughter purposes without dipping if consigned directly and
immediately to:

(1) A slaughtering establishment operating under federal or approved
municipal meat inspection service; or

(2) A slaughtering establishment as otherwise approved by the department
of agriculture; or

(3) A stockyards market operating under federal stockyards inspection
service, and are not diverted enroute, and are accompanied by a waybill,
weight bill or bill of lading or permit showing the name of the market or
dealer from which released, the name of purchaser and consignor, the name
of the slaughtering establishment or stockyards market to which
consigned, the name of the commission firm when consigned to a federal
stockyards market, the name of the transportation agency, the number and
general description of sheep or goats in the consignment. A legible copy
of the waybill, bill of lading or permit shall be promptly furnished the
department. In lieu of a waybill, the sheep or goats may be released
under a slaughter permit issued by the veterinarian approved for the
market. (L. 1961 p. 26 § 5)

Sheep, goats or cattle found to be infected* with scabies at a
market or on dealer's premises, or elsewhere, shall be immediately
dipped, or otherwise treated as directed by and under the supervision of
a representative of the department or of the division, or an accredited
approved veterinarian, at the owner's expense. Said sheep, goats or
cattle shall remain under quarantine until released by the department, or
its representative, and shall be redipped if necessary, or otherwise
treated as directed by and under the supervision of the department or its
representative, at the owner's expense. Except that the sheep, goats or
cattle with scabies may be moved, without dipping, directly to a
federally inspected or state approved slaughtering establishment within
this state under permit from the state veterinarian or his
representative. A copy of the quarantine order or slaughter permit shall
be immediately forwarded to the department. (L. 1961 p. 26 § 6)

*Word "affected" in original rolls.

Sheep, goats or cattle at a market or dealer's premises that are
known to have been exposed to scabies may be released for consignment to
slaughter under permit without dipping, when an inspection indicates
freedom from any clinical evidence of the disease. Consignment may only
be to a federal or state approved slaughtering establishment within the
state of Missouri under a slaughter permit issued by the state
veterinarian or his representative or the veterinarian approved for the
market. (L. 1961 p. 26 § 7)

Sheep, goats or cattle exposed to scabies shall be immediately
quarantined to the premises and either dipped under supervision or in
lieu of dipping the exposed sheep or goats, if an inspection indicates
freedom from clinical evidence of scabies, may be consigned under permit
directly to an approved slaughtering establishment within Missouri, or to
a federally inspected stockyards market within Missouri, provided notice
of such shipment is given to the veterinarian in charge in advance of the
shipment. (L. 1961 p. 26 § 8)

Sheep or goats that are maintained on any premises that are
adjacent to sheep or goats that are found to be infected* with scabies
shall be considered as having been exposed to scabies. (L. 1961 p. 26 § 9)

*Word "affected" in original rolls.

All the sheep, goats or cattle in a group in which the disease
of scabies is present, or from a group known or considered to be exposed
to scabies, shall be classed as infected or exposed and none of them
shall be moved or released until dipped as provided for in sections
267.670 to 267.730 and the regulations of the department. (L. 1961 p. 26
§ 10)

No sheep or goats which, just prior to movement, were infected
with or exposed to scabies shall be moved into or within the state of
Missouri for any purposes except as provided in sections 267.670 to
267.730 and the regulations of the department and the regulations of the
United States Department of Agriculture. (L. 1961 p. 26 § 11)

When all flocks of sheep and goats within a county have been
inspected by a representative of the department or of the division and
are found to be free of scabies, the department may certify the county as
a "scabies free area". (L. 1961 p. 26 § 12)

1. Sheep or goats from counties or areas within Missouri that
have not been certified by the department as being scabies free shall not
enter scabies free areas for breeding or feeding purposes unless dipped
in an approved dip under supervision within ten days preceding shipment
or movement, and satisfactory evidence of the dipping accompanies the
shipment and is given to the purchaser or consignee.

2. Undipped sheep and goats from counties or areas that have not been
certified by the department and are not known to be infected* with
scabies or exposure thereto may enter certified scabies free counties or
areas, only when consigned directly to a stockyards market or licensed
auction market, provided the sheep or goats are accompanied by a waybill,
bill of lading, certificate of inspection or permit. (L. 1961 p. 26 § 13)

*Word "affected" in original rolls.

1. All sheep or goats entering the state for breeding and
feeding purposes shall be accompanied by a health certificate issued by
an approved veterinarian at point of origin showing that the sheep or
goats are free of all contagious and infectious diseases or known
exposure thereto and that the sheep or goats are from a state or area
certified as being free of scabies by the division, except that a health
certificate may not be required when consigned to a market operating
under full-time federal stockyards inspection service; provided, that the
shipment is accompanied by a waybill showing the identifying ear tag
number, tattoo number, or registration name and number on all registered
breeding animals. In the case of sheep and goats for feeding purposes, a
permit must be obtained from the state veterinarian of Missouri.

2. If not from a scabies free state or area, all sheep or goats entering
the state for feeding or breeding purposes shall be accompanied by a
certificate showing that the sheep or goats were dipped under supervision
within ten days prior to entry into the state, except that undipped sheep
or goats may be moved under a special permit issued by the state
veterinarian of Missouri, when circumstances warrant and the movement of
undipped sheep is not prohibited by federal interstate regulations. Sheep
and goats entering the state for slaughtering purposes, when originating
from an area or a state not designated as being scabies free, shall be
accompanied by a certificate of inspection certifying that the sheep or
goats are free of clinical evidence of scabies; provided, further, that
such sheep or goats are slaughtered within seventy-two hours following
their entry.

3. All markets and dealers shall retain all incoming waybills, permits,
and health or inspection certificates, for a period of one year and same
to be made available at all times and upon demand by a representative of
the department or the division. (L. 1961 p. 26 § 16)

1. All persons engaged in the shearing of sheep or goats shall,
within thirty days, register with the department on forms provided by the
department and shall further register on the first day of January of each
calendar year thereafter. Any person not so registered shall not engage
in the shearing of sheep or goats other than his own.

2. All persons engaged in the shearing of sheep and goats in counties
having scabies as determined by the department shall clean and disinfect
all equipment immediately following the completion of each shearing
operation and before leaving the premises. The cleaning and disinfecting
shall be in accordance with procedures as outlined by the department.

3. All persons engaged in the shearing of sheep or goats shall, within
five days, promptly report any suspicion or evidence of scabies to the
state, district or area veterinarian or area livestock inspector, giving
name and address of the owner and exact location of premises.

4. All persons engaged in the shearing of sheep or goats shall maintain
records of all sheep or goats sheared by them, which shall show the
number of sheep or goats, the name and address of owner, the date of
shearing. These records shall be made available to a representative of
the department or division upon demand and shall be retained for a period
of one year. (L. 1961 p. 26 § 14)

1. All dealers shall, within thirty days, register with the
department on forms provided by the department and shall further register
on the first day of January of each calendar year thereafter.

2. Dealers' premises shall be inspected at regular intervals by a
representative of the department or the division. (L. 1961 p. 26 § 15)

The department is empowered to make and promulgate all
reasonable rules and regulations necessary for the eradication of scabies
in sheep, goats and cattle and to effectively carry out the provisions of
sections 267.670 to 267.730, pursuant to the provisions of section
267.122 and chapter 536, RSMo. (L. 1961 p. 26 § 17, A.L. 1965 p. 95, A.L.
1993 S.B. 52)

In addition to the remedies provided for in sections 267.670 to
267.730, the prosecuting attorney of any county in which a violation of
any provision of sections 267.670 to 267.730 occurs, or the attorney
general of the state, is hereby authorized to apply to any court of
competent jurisdiction for and such court shall have jurisdiction upon
hearing and for cause shown to grant a temporary or permanent injunction
to restrain any person from violating any provision of sections 267.670
to 267.730. (L. 1961 p. 26 § 18)

Any person violating any provision of sections 267.670 to
267.730 is guilty of a misdemeanor. (L. 1961 p. 26 § 19)

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