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Chapter 129

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129

Livestock Disease Control

1Definitions 2Powers and duties of director; orders 3Records of inspectors; forms 4Certification of documents by clerk 5Entry of orders, rules and regulations on records; publication 6Aid to director and inspectors by sheriffs, constables and police officers 7Entry on premises 8Hospitals and quarantine stations 9Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Animal Rescue League of Boston; agents; powers and duties 10Examination of persons under oath; mandatory attendance and testimony of witnesses 11Isolation or destruction of diseased animals; post mortem examination 13ADestruction of animals affected with scrapie; partial compensation 14Destruction of animals affected with foot and mouth disease; disinfection or destruction of buildings 14AQuarantine or destruction of animals affected with vesicular stomatitis or vesicular exanthema 14BFeeding garbage to swine 14CHog cholera; slaughtering of hogs; payment to owners 14DHogs affected with brucellosis; quarantine and testing 14EBreeding, feeder or slaughter swine imported into commonwealth 15Inspector of animals; appointment 16Refusal or neglect of town to appoint inspector; appointment by director 17Oath of inspectors; compensation; reimbursement of towns 18Duties of inspectors; training; enforcement 19Inspections of domestic animals 20Certificate of healthy condition 21Quarantine of diseased animals; notice or order; records 22Service of notice or order of quarantine; return; evidence 22ADogs owned by police departments or agencies 23Examination of buildings; report 24Notice of quarantine 25Records of inspectors of animals; returns 26Application of chapter to inspectors in Boston 26AShipping cattle into commonwealth without inspection; certificate of health 26BHatching eggs; baby chicks or live poultry; restriction on sale, transportation or importation 27Seizure, quarantine and destruction of imported diseased animals 28Notice of contagious disease to director 29Expense of quarantine 30Effect of quarantine; release; violation of quarantine; penalty 31Damages; arbitration; petition for assessment of damages 31AShipping or delivering tuberculin within commonwealth; statement as to use; application to common carriers 32Use of tuberculin as diagnostic agent; tests 33Compensation for animals reacting to tuberculin test; appraisals 33AIdentification of reacting bovine animals; removal of tag; disposition of tagged animals 33BDeclaration of quarantine areas; tuberculin tests of bovine animals; modified accredited areas; violation of terms of quarantine 33CDeclaration of quarantine area; tests for brucellosis of bovine animals; modified certified brucellosis free area; violation of terms of quarantine 33DTests for detection of brucellosis; identification of animals; destruction 34Compensation to violators of regulations 35Driving certain cattle on public ways or roads 36Notice of contagious diseases 36BVaccination of female calves; identification of positive reactors; transportation of unvaccinated bovine animals 36DImportation of vaccinated animals; conditions 36EImportation of unvaccinated female cattle over five months of age 36FBrucellosis, imported cattle, blood testing 36GReimbursement of owners for slaughter of animals reacting positively to blood test for brucellosis; appraisal 36HWaiver of compliance with Secs. 36B, 36D to 36F 37Enforcement actions; jurisdiction of commissioner of agriculture, district and superior courts 38Annual report 39Licensing of persons dealing in bovine and porcine animals; fee 39APet shops; licensing operation; animal health inspections 39BGuard dog businesses; licenses 39CHearing dog business; licenses 39DHearing dog business; access to public facilities 39ELivestock auction business; licenses 39FService dogs; trainer rights 39GOfficial health certificate requirement for dog or cat brought or shipped into commonwealth; purchase of animal for resale; vaccination record; devocalization prohibited 40License plates for vehicles used for transportation of bovine or porcine animals; fee; revocation 40AHog cholera vaccine; prohibited use 41Bill of sale or memorandum signed by owner of persons transporting bovine animals; exhibition on demand 42Tagging bovine animal with identification tag 43Penalties for violation of Secs. 39 to 42 44Testing of imported equine animals for infectious anemia; certification 44ADestruction or quarantine of infected equine animals 45License to deal in or auction equine animals 46License plates for vehicles transporting equine animals 47Bill of sale or memorandum 48Violations, penalties