Texas Agriculture Code

§ 161.102 — SUBMISSION OF SPECIMEN OF ANTHRAX VICTIM

AG § 161.102Title 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS · Part C. CONTROL OF ANIMAL DISEASES AND PESTS · Ch. 161. GENERAL DISEASE AND PEST CONTROL · Art. F. VETERINARIAN REPORTS OF DISEASED ANIMALS

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Immediately after pronouncing that an animal has died from anthrax, as evidenced by a clinical or postmortem examination, a veterinarian shall prepare and submit to the commission or a laboratory approved by the commission:

(1)a suitable specimen from the animal;

(2)the name and address of the owner or caretaker of the animal; and

(3)the location of the premises on which the animal died.

Legislative history

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1402, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.