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Tex. Agriculture Code § 168.001 Definitions
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Sec. 168.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Texas Animal Health Commission. (2) "Laboratory" means the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory. (3) "Flock" means poultry and eggs produced by poultry. (4) "Hatchery" means an enterprise that operat…
Tex. Agriculture Code § 168.002 Control and Eradication Program
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Sec. 168.002. CONTROL AND ERADICATION PROGRAM. The laboratory shall promulgate and administer a program to control and eradicate pullorum disease and fowl typhoid, with standards at least as stringent as those specified in the National Poultry Improvement Plan (7 U.S.C. Section 4…
Tex. Agriculture Code § 168.003 Administration of Program; Search Warrant
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Sec. 168.003. ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAM; SEARCH WARRANT. (a) In administering the program, the laboratory may: (1) require the registration of hatcheries and hatchery supply flocks; (2) examine, test, monitor, and collect samples from any flock, whether a hatchery supply flock or…
Tex. Agriculture Code § 168.004 Quarantine and Disposal
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Sec. 168.004. QUARANTINE AND DISPOSAL. (a) If the laboratory determines that any part of a flock is infected, it shall certify that information to the commission, and the commission shall verify the infection and immediately quarantine part or all of the flock. The commission may…