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. (1) a suitable specimen from the animal;
2. (2) the name and address of the owner or caretaker of the animal; and
3. (3) the location of the premises on which the animal died.

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