Title 25 — ANIMALS

25-601. Duties of department of agriculture. The department of agriculture (hereinafter referred to as department) is hereby authorized to cooperate with veterinary services of the United States department of agriculture (hereinafter referred to as veterinary services), for the p…

25-602. Duties of county commissioners. The department is hereby authorized to cooperate with veterinary services and with the boards of county commissioners of this state (hereinafter referred to as commissioners), and it is hereby made the duty of the commissioners to cooperate…

25-603. Brucellosis eradication area. The state of Idaho and its counties are engaged in the eradication of brucellosis from the cattle and other animals within this state and the movement of cattle and other animals is prohibited except in conformity with the rules and regulatio…

25-604. Extent of eradication area — Supervision and quarantine of premises. The area designated for the control of brucellosis may consist of the entire state, a portion of the state, entire county or part of the county, but if less than the entire county the boundary of the are…

25-605. Brucellosis tests. The entire state of Idaho is in the process of eradicating brucellosis in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and it shall be the duty of each owner of cattle or other animals to allow the brucellosis test to be made upon any and all cattle o…

25-606. Sale of reactors for slaughter — Payments to owners. The owner of cattle or other animals which have shown a positive reaction to the brucellosis test shall sell such reactors under the direction of the department at a public auction market for immediate slaughter at a pu…

25-607. Disposal of positive reactors restricted. It shall be unlawful for any positive reactor to the brucellosis test, in said cooperative eradication work, to be slaughtered or to be otherwise disposed of except under the direction of the department, and any person who kills o…

25-608. Identification of tested animals. It shall be the duty of all veterinarians in the state of Idaho, at the time of taking a blood sample from any animal for the purpose of having such blood sample tested for brucellosis, to record the number of the official eartag or other…

25-609. Official brucellosis test charts — Transmission of copies to laboratories. It shall be the duty of all veterinarians to transmit to the laboratory conducting the brucellosis test on blood samples of cattle or other animals, three (3) copies of the official brucellosis tes…

25-610. Branding of positive reactors — Revoking accreditation of veterinarians for noncompliance. It shall further be the duty of each veterinarian in the state of Idaho, upon the receipt of such brucellosis test chart from the laboratory, to brand clearly or have branded in his…

25-611. Laboratory tests — Where and by whom taken. All laboratory tests of blood samples taken from cattle or other animals in certified brucellosis-free herds, cattle or other animals in cooperative herds in process of certification, additions to certified free and process herd…

25-612. Duty of owner to have reactors slaughtered. It shall be the duty of the owner of any cattle or other animals which have been officially classified as reactors to the brucellosis disease test in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, after receiving a written orde…

25-613. Vaccination method of control. (1) The owner of any cattle who has such cattle vaccinated for protection against brucellosis shall have such cattle vaccinated by a veterinarian who is licensed and accredited in the state of Idaho or vaccinated by state or federal regulato…

25-613A. Official vaccination against brucellosis required — Penalty. (1) All female cattle in the state of Idaho shall be officially vaccinated for protection against brucellosis except as provided in subsection (2) of this section. "Officially vaccinated" shall mean a bovine fe…

25-614. Indemnity payments restricted. No indemnity shall be paid to any owner of cattle or other animals for any positive reacting cattle or other animals unless such cattle or other animals are native Idaho cattle or other animals or have been imported in compliance with existi…

25-614A. Herd depopulation. In order to facilitate the advancement of the state of Idaho to brucellosis class free and to maintain the state in this category, the division of animal industries is granted authority to condemn brucellosis infected herds and to require the destructi…

25-615. Branding and isolation of positive reactors. All cattle or other animals showing a positive reaction to the brucellosis test in the cooperative work, whether in individual herds or in cooperative areas, shall immediately after being branded in accordance with the provisio…

25-616. Penalty for violations. (1) Any person, firm, or corporation who shall fail to do or perform, or who shall not permit another to do or perform, any act which he or it is required to do or perform under the provisions of this chapter, or who shall in any manner interfere w…

25-617. Separability. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and t…

25-618. Bison — Management of diseased animals. (1) The legislature finds that significant potential exists for the spread of contagious disease to persons, livestock and other animals in Idaho, and in particular, the spread of brucellosis to livestock, elk, moose and other susce…