Title 47, Animals, Livestock, and Poultry

A person violating the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished in accordance with Section 47-4-130.

The commission shall impose a quarantine against the importation of slaughtered meat or poultry from an area of the country affected by a contagious, an infectious, or a communicable disease when the raw meat or poultry poses a serious threat to the animal or poultry industry or …

(A) No pet dealer, pet shop, or pet breeder shall sell a registered companion dog or cat without providing to the purchaser a statement certifying that the dog or cat has received an infectious disease inoculation suitable for the specific animal's age and species within the prev…

The commission and its agents, employees, livestock law enforcement officers, and livestock inspectors may visit all sections of this State where contagious, infectious, or communicable disease among animals including poultry and domesticated fowl is believed to exist and shall d…

A person who violates this chapter or the regulations promulgated pursuant to it is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished in accordance with Section 47-4-130.

The commission may give written notice to a person owning, possessing, or controlling livestock which may be found infested or infected with, or exposed to a carrier of an infectious, a contagious, or a communicable disease, or a barn, shed, yard, or field which is capable of con…

Any person, owning, possessing or controlling any cattle, horse, mule or ass which may be found infested or infected with or exposed to the cattle fever tick (margaropus annulatus) when served with a disinfection notice by the State Veterinarian, his assistant or any livestock in…

A person owning, possessing, or controlling animals, livestock, or poultry which may be found infested or infected with or exposed to a carrier of an infectious, a contagious, or a communicable disease in a county within this State other than the county in which the person reside…

To obtain indemnity payments pursuant to this section, cattle infected with tuberculosis, paratuberculosis or brucellosis, or glandered horses, mules or asses shall not be killed until they have been inspected by the State Veterinarian, or his designee, or another veterinarian li…

The State Veterinarian shall, upon request, furnish to the persons needing them, suitable blank forms to be used in certifying the result of any test made under the provisions of Section 47-13-360.

Whenever the State Veterinarian or an assistant of his shall, pursuant to Section 47-13-360, decide upon the killing of an animal he shall notify the owner of such decision in writing. If satisfactory to the owner three appraisers shall then be chosen in the following manner: One…

If the method of appraisal prescribed by Section 47-13-380 is unsatisfactory to the owner, within twenty-four hours after receipt of notice from the State Veterinarian, the owner may file with the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission a protest stating under oath, to the best…

Appraisements made under Sections 47-13-360 and 47-13-390 shall be in writing and shall be signed by the appraisers and certified by the local board of health and the State Veterinarian, respectively; these appraisements shall be paid from annual appropriations to Clemson Univers…

If any animal be killed by the order of the State Veterinarian or an assistant of his for the sole reason that it has been exposed to contagion or infection, the provisions of Sections 47-13-390 and 47-13-400 as to autopsy, appraisal and payment shall apply except that no protest…

The expert appointed by the commission to assist in appraising animals, in cases of protest, shall receive from the State fifty dollars a day and traveling expenses while on actual duty. An itemized bill of expenses of this veterinarian, certified by the local board of health, mu…

Should an outbreak of any of the diseases which are commonly known as "foot and mouth disease," "vesicular exanthema," or "rinderpest" occur, the value to be placed on animals condemned and destroyed on account of being affected with, or having been exposed to, any of such diseas…

"Brucellosis" (Bang's disease) shall mean the disease wherein an animal is infected with the Brucella organisms, irrespective of the occurrence or absence of an abortion. An animal shall be declared infected with brucellosis if it reacts to a serological test made in an approved …

The words "approved accredited veterinarian" shall be construed to mean a graduate veterinarian approved by the State Veterinarian and the Director of the Animal Disease Eradication Division, United States Department of Agriculture, for the testing of cattle intended for intersta…

The control and eradication of brucellosis in the herds of the State shall be conducted as far as the funds of the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission will permit and in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission.

Animals infected with or exposed to the disease of brucellosis, or suspected of being carriers of that disease, shall be subject to quarantine and the rules and regulations of the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission.

The State Veterinarian may set up a program for the vaccination of calves between the ages of four and twelve months, and older cattle, with Brucella vaccine in accordance with the recommendations of the Animal Disease Eradication Division, United States Department of Agriculture…

Such vaccinated animals shall be permanently identified by tattooing or other methods approved by the State Veterinarian and no indemnity shall be paid on any such vaccinated animal. All such vaccinated animals that show a positive reaction to an official brucellosis test eightee…

It shall be unlawful to sell, offer for sale, distribute or use Brucella vaccine or any other product containing living Brucella organisms, except as provided for in this article.

No female cattle or breeding bulls more than six months of age shall be sold or moved except for slaughter, unless such cattle either (a) have been tested for brucellosis and found negative within thirty days prior to the date of sale, (b) are dairy cattle and breeding cattle und…

No animal infected with brucellosis shall be sold, traded or otherwise disposed of except for immediate slaughter or as designated by the State Veterinarian and the person disposing of such infected animals shall see that they are promptly slaughtered and that a written report th…

It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale in this State any horse, mule, cattle, hog or any other livestock or any poultry or domesticated fowl of any kind that is known to be affected with any contagious disease, the tendency of which is to cause the death of any such lives…

Any person who knowingly sells or otherwise disposes of an animal infected with brucellosis to another, except for immediate slaughter, shall be liable in a civil action to any person injured and for all damages resulting therefrom and shall be equally responsible for violation o…

When the State Veterinarian receives information or has reason to believe that brucellosis exists in any animal he shall promptly notify the owner and require that a test be applied to such animal and that if the animal be found to be diseased it shall be properly disposed of and…

When the director of the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission shall deem it advisable to test all cattle in any specified county within the State, in accordance with the provisions of this article or upon receipt of a petition containing at least seventy-five per cent or mor…

All blood samples for brucellosis tests shall be drawn by an approved accredited veterinarian or other person specifically authorized in writing by the State Veterinarian.

Any animals found infected with brucellosis shall be reported in writing to the State Veterinarian within five days after the test and the infected animal and all other animals exposed to such animal shall be quarantined on the owner's premises. Animals infected with brucellosis …

The State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission may cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture in the control and eradication of brucellosis. The livestock and poultry health department may appoint and commission, without salary from the State, as its inspectors, re…

Reports, made in duplicate, of all activities of all personnel engaged in the testing or vaccination of cattle in connection with brucellosis are compulsory and shall be made promptly to the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission, such reports to be made on forms furnished by …

The State Veterinarian may enforce such rules and regulations promulgated by the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article and for the effective control and eradication of brucellosis.

A person violating this article or regulations promulgated under it by the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished in accordance with Section 47-4-130.

The State shall cooperate with the federal government in paying indemnity for cattle owned in this State known to be infected with brucellosis as a result of a test made by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, or by a graduate v…

Any person who shall knowingly sell or expose for sale the flesh of any animal which (a) was diseased or seriously injured at the time of slaughtering, (b) died a natural death or (c) may be found dead from a cause unknown to such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on c…

The Commissioner of Agriculture and his assistants designated for the purpose shall be charged with the enforcement of Section 47-13-70.

It is hereby declared that the diseases of animals known as tuberculosis and paratuberculosis are of a contagious and infectious character, and animals affected with or exposed to these diseases, or suspected of being carriers of these diseases, shall be subject to quarantine and…

When the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission shall be conducting tuberculosis or paratuberculosis eradication work in any county, in cooperation with the Animal Disease Eradication Division, United States Department of Agriculture, under the area plan or under its general a…

All animals in which tuberculosis or paratuberculosis reactors have been found shall be quarantined and no animal in quarantined herds shall be disposed of until all of the remaining animals in such herds shall have passed at least three negative tuberculin or paratuberculin test…

All animals reacting to the tuberculin or paratuberculin test shall be branded immediately with the letter "T" not less than three inches high on the left jaw by the veterinarian applying the test. All reacting animals shall be identified with suitable ear tags and shall be slaug…

Any person or persons who knowingly sells or otherwise disposes of to another, except for immediate slaughter, an animal affected with tuberculosis or paratuberculosis shall be liable in a civil action to any person injured, and for any and all damages resulting therefrom and sha…

The intradermal and thermal tuberculosis test for tuberculosis and the intradermal test for paratuberculosis will be recognized as official tests when applied by an approved accredited veterinarian, under the direction of the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission and when the…

The State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission is vested with authority to appoint and commission, without salary from the State, as its inspectors, representatives of the Animal Disease Eradication Division, United States Department of Agriculture, and to accept from the United S…

A person violating this article or regulations of the State Livestock-Poultry Health Commission promulgated under it is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished in accordance with Section 47-4-130.