The State Veterinarian, with the approval and consent of the Board of Animal Health is directed to employ one or more qualified veterinarians to be paid from the funds at the disposal of said board, who shall cooperate with the veterinarians of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, in testing cattle for tuberculosis in this state.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals
Chapter 15 - Board of Animal Health; Livestock and Animal Diseases
Article 5 - Cattle Tuberculosis
§ 69-15-201. Employment of veterinarians to co-operate in tests
§ 69-15-203. Veterinarians to be detailed to aid counties
§ 69-15-205. Elections on tuberculosis control
§ 69-15-207. Submission of cattle for tuberculin tests
§ 69-15-209. Condemnation, branding and disposition of cattle reacting to tuberculin tests
§ 69-15-213. Payment for condemned cattle in counties not operating on area plan