Sec. 162.009. TUBERCULOSIS MODIFIED ACCREDITED ADVANCED AND TUBERCULOSIS FREE AREAS. (a) As part of a cooperative program, the commission or its representative may examine, test, and retest any cattle in this state as necessary to maintain an area of this state as a tuberculosis modified accredited advanced area or to establish or maintain each area of this state as a tuberculosis free area under the uniform methods and rules of the United States Department of Agriculture and the rules of the commission.
(b) The commission or its representative may test or retest all or part of a herd of cattle at intervals considered necessary or advisable by the commission to control and eliminate tuberculosis in animals.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1410, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 522, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 6 - Production, Processing, and Sale of Animal Products
Subtitle C - Control of Animal Diseases and Pests
Chapter 162 - Tuberculosis Control
Section 162.002. Cooperative Program
Section 162.004. Certificate of Test or Vaccination of Cattle or Other Animals
Section 162.005. Identification of Cattle
Section 162.009. Tuberculosis Modified Accredited Advanced and Tuberculosis Free Areas
Section 162.010. Duty of Owner or Caretaker to Assist; Notice
Section 162.011. Penalty for Veterinarian's Failure to File Certificate or to Identify Animals
Section 162.012. Penalty for Movement or Sale of Quarantined or Diseased Cattle
Section 162.013. Penalty for Owner's or Caretaker's Failure to Assist
Section 162.014. Review of Current Tuberculosis Programs and Implementation of Improved Program