The department is authorized to cooperate with the United States department of agriculture for the purpose of eradicating tuberculosis from the dairy and beef breeds of cattle in the state. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2665; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §165.1 ] 2012 Acts, ch 1095, §26