54-724.01 Domestic animals; scabies; quarantine; duties of owner. - Nebraska Statutes

54-724.01. Domestic animals; scabies; quarantine; duties of owner.Whenever any inspector or person employed or authorized by the Department of Agriculture to make inspections of domestic animals finds any domestic animal affected with scabies, or which has been or is suspected of having been exposed to scabies, he or she shall at once notify the owner or custodian and such owner or custodian having such affected or exposed animal in charge or in his or her possession shall treat or dip all such animals so affected or exposed as and when ordered by the rules and regulations of the department. Such domestic animals so affected or exposed shall be held in strict quarantine at a place to be prescribed by the department until treated or dipped, and the premises shall be cleaned and disinfected if cleaning and disinfecting is deemed necessary by the department. SourceLaws 1927, c. 12, art. III, § 1, p. 87; C.S.1929, § 54-921; Laws 1937, c. 128, § 1, p. 449; C.S.Supp.,1941, § 54-921; R.S.1943, § 54-723; R.S.1943, (1988), § 54-723; R.S.1943, (1998), § 54-1412; Laws 2002, LB 858, § 1.