The department may quarantine or destroy any animal exposed to or afflicted with an infectious or contagious disease.

Section amended

[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §2652; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §163.10] 2004 Acts, ch 1163, §3; 2011 Acts, ch 131, §28, 158; 2025 Acts, ch 156, §28