Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 267

State Veterinarian--Diseased Animals

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Section 267.570.1

267.575→

August 28, 2015

Transportation of livestock into or through state, exhibitions, public stockyards, regulations.

267.570. 1. No livestock or animals that are affected with or that have

recently been exposed to any infectious, contagious or communicable disease

or which originate from a quarantined area, shall be shipped or in any manner

transported or moved into or through the state until written permission for

such entry, transportation or movement is first obtained from the state

veterinarian of Missouri except those diseased animals which are approved for

interstate shipment under specified restrictions by the Animal Disease

Eradication Division, Agriculture Research Service, United States Department

of Agriculture.



2. All livestock shipped or in any manner transported into this state

shall be accompanied by an official health certificate or permit or both

which must be attached to a waybill or shall be in the possession of the

driver of the vehicle or person in charge of the livestock except as

otherwise provided in sections 267.560 to 267.660 or regulations adopted by

the department; provided, however, that an official health certificate shall

not be required for any livestock consigned to public stockyards or licensed

markets under federal or state supervision if a waybill, bill of lading or

certificate of ownership accompanies the shipment showing the consignor and

the point of origin of the shipment and the public stockyards or licensed

market to which the shipment is consigned, unless otherwise required by the

state veterinarian.



3. A copy of the official health certificate shall be forwarded

immediately by the most rapid means available to the livestock sanitary

official of the state of origin for his approval and transmittal to the state

veterinarian. All such health certificates shall contain the approval of the

state veterinarian or other livestock sanitary official or agency in the state

of origin.



4. Livestock or herds entering the state without an official health

certificate or permit or both when required shall be held in quarantine at

the owner's risk and expense for observation, tests, vaccination, dipping,

treatment and reinspection and until released by the department.



5. Requirements for the exhibition of livestock or herds shall be

secured by contacting the state veterinarian of Missouri.



6. All animals covered in sections 267.560 to 267.660 originating from

public stockyards or licensed markets located in this state or which may be

assembled at such public stockyards, licensed markets, or any concentration

point in this state from sources of unknown origin shall be required to meet

regulations of the department or the laws and regulations of the state of

destination before being released.



(L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 3)







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