Effective - 28 Aug 1959
267.575. Health certificates, contents, duration — inspection and testing, authority. — 1. The official health certificate required by sections 267.560 to 267.660 shall contain the names and addresses of the consignor and consignee, the origin of the animals, livestock or birds, the final destination and the accurate description or identification of such animals, livestock or birds; said health certificate shall indicate the health status of the animals, livestock or birds involved, including dates and results of required tests and dates of vaccination, if any. Health certificates shall be void thirty days after date of inspection and issuance and no official health certificate shall be valid unless it complies in all respects with the requirements of sections 267.560 to 267.660 and the rules and regulations of the department; except that an official health certificate which does not comply fully with the requirements of sections 267.560 to 267.660 or any rules and regulations of the department adopted hereunder may be validated by the written approval of the department.
2. Accredited, licensed, graduate veterinarians who are approved by or in the employ of the livestock sanitary official of the state of origin and veterinarians in the employ of the Animal Disease Eradication Division, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture are authorized to inspect livestock entering the state.
3. All diagnostic tests of animals which are intended for entry into Missouri shall be made in state or federal laboratories, laboratories approved by the proper livestock sanitary official of the state of origin, or commercial laboratories operated under the supervision of the United States Department of Agriculture and approved by the state of origin.
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(L. 1959 H.B. 501 § 4)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals
Chapter 267 - State Veterinarian — Diseased Animals
Section 267.010 - Definitions.
Section 267.020 - Appointment of veterinary surgeon — qualifications — tenure.
Section 267.030 - Veterinarian — oath, bond — office — duties.
Section 267.040 - Under control of director.
Section 267.050 - Appointment of deputy veterinary surgeon — qualifications.
Section 267.060 - Compensation of veterinarian and deputies.
Section 267.070 - Cooperate with federal officers.
Section 267.080 - Report to director.
Section 267.090 - Compilation of information and report.
Section 267.100 - Petition for veterinarian's services to control contagious disease.
Section 267.110 - Veterinarian to investigate on petition.
Section 267.120 - Prescribe disinfectants — enforcement.
Section 267.169 - Certain livestock data not subject to disclosure — exceptions.
Section 267.170 - Indemnification — appraisal — payment.
Section 267.210 - Disposition of condemned cattle.
Section 267.220 - Reactor animals may be retained, procedure.
Section 267.240 - Governor — approval and enforcement of quarantine regulations.
Section 267.380 - State veterinarian may enter to conduct tests — owner to cooperate.
Section 267.400 - Veterinarian to make and enforce regulations.
Section 267.430 - Diseased animals — sale or running at large prohibited.
Section 267.450 - Unquarantined stock in quarantined pens prohibited.
Section 267.560 - Title of law.
Section 267.565 - Definitions.
Section 267.575 - Health certificates, contents, duration — inspection and testing, authority.
Section 267.580 - Permits, requests for contents, duration.
Section 267.585 - Carriers of livestock, regulations.
Section 267.590 - Quarantine of animal or herd by state veterinarian — duration.
Section 267.595 - Quarantine of area, notice, effect — procedure.
Section 267.604 - Injunction against owners of diseased livestock, when — venue.
Section 267.611 - Slaughter of animals, indemnification — accounting.
Section 267.615 - License for male breeding animals, application, fee, renewal.
Section 267.620 - Artificial insemination, license for production of semen, fee, renewal.
Section 267.625 - Bovine breeding males to be tested and vaccinated.
Section 267.630 - Law inapplicable to loan between breeders.
Section 267.635 - Revocation of licenses for violations.
Section 267.640 - Certification of disease free herds or flocks, when — cancellation.
Section 267.645 - Department may enter premises — rules and regulations.
Section 267.650 - Animals impounded when, costs paid by owner — redemption.
Section 267.655 - Civil penalties.
Section 267.660 - Violation, a misdemeanor.
Section 267.670 - Definitions.
Section 267.673 - Sheep and goats to be dipped, when.
Section 267.677 - Identification marks on dipped sheep and goats.
Section 267.680 - Markets and dealers to provide dipping facilities — records to be kept.
Section 267.683 - Animals may be sold for slaughter without dipping, when.
Section 267.687 - Infected sheep, goats or cattle, how treated — quarantine — moved, when.
Section 267.690 - Exposed animals released for slaughter, when.
Section 267.693 - Exposed animals quarantined — consignment for slaughter.
Section 267.697 - Sheep or goats deemed exposed, when.
Section 267.700 - All animals in group classed as infected or exposed, when.
Section 267.703 - Infected or exposed animals not to be moved.
Section 267.707 - County certified as "scabies free area", when.
Section 267.710 - Entrance of sheep or goats from noncertified to certified areas.
Section 267.713 - Importation of sheep or goats for breeding or feeding, regulations.
Section 267.717 - Registration of sheep shearers — duties.
Section 267.720 - Dealer registration — inspection of premises.
Section 267.723 - Rules and regulations.