Section 40-7-9 - Blood testing of livestock in county--Branding, tagging, sale, and slaughter ofreactors--Permit required to remove reactors from premises. - South Dakota Statutes

40-7-9. Blood testing of livestock in county--Branding, tagging, sale, and slaughter of reactors--Permit required to remove reactors from premises. When the brucellosis control and eradication program is put into effect, all eligible livestock in the county shall be subjected to a blood test as approved by the Animal Industry Board. All reactors shall be branded on the left jaw with the letter "B" and tagged in the left ear with a brucellosis reactor identification tag. However, bison need be tagged in the left ear only. All cattle reactors to the blood test shall be sold through an auction, central public market, or authorized slaughterhouse and slaughtered within fifteen days of the date of the blood test that proved them to be a reactor. An additional fifteen days for slaughter of the reactors may be granted at the discretion of the Animal Industry Board. All bison reactors to the blood test shall be slaughtered or sold for slaughter and slaughtered within six months of the date of the blood test. An additional six months for slaughter of bison reactors may be granted at the discretion of the Animal Industry Board. No reactor may be removed from the premises of the owner unless accompanied by a permit issued by the Animal Industry Board.

Source: SDC Supp 1960, § 40.10B09 as enacted by SL 1965, ch 167, § 2; SL 1981, ch 291, § 7; SL 1990, ch 325, § 86.