- (1) All public livestock markets operating under these regulations shall have proper facilities for handling livestock, which shall include proper pens for holding and segregating animals, properly protected from the weather; and adequate water supply; satisfactory scales, such scales to be approved by the Division of Weights and Measures, Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries. Equipment must include a standard cattle dipping vat, or an approved power spraying outfit, and concrete-floored pens for holding cattle to be sprayed, and quarantine pens for segregating animals that might be affected with a contagious or infectious disease. Necessary chutes for bleeding and handling cattle must be provided. If feeder or stocker hogs are handled, concrete or other impervious floored pens are required.
Author: Charles H. Barnes
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §2-15-170.
History: Filed April 19, 1982. Amended: Filed November 30, 1990.