54-1370 Department; conduct brucellosis eradication program.

54-1370. Department; conduct brucellosis eradication program.The department shall continually conduct a brucellosis eradication program. Under the program, the department shall quarantine and require the brucellosis testing of eligible animals that are known to have been exposed to animals infected with or exposed to brucellosis, and animals reasonably suspected of having been so exposed. Under the brucellosis eradication program, the department shall also quarantine and require the brucellosis testing of eligible animals imported into Nebraska in violation of brucellosis-related importation requirements. In addition, the department may prohibit the addition of animals into known infected or exposed herds. The provisions of the brucellosis eradication program shall be set out in duly adopted and promulgated rules and regulations. SourceLaws 1983, LB 573, § 4.