No domestic animal that has been, or is to be, used for dairy or breeding purposes shall be imported or brought into this state except under the following regulations: There shall be provided for each bovine animal a health certificate and a tuberculin test chart, each in triplicate, from a veterinary inspector of the United States bureau of animal industry, or from the state veterinarian, or duly authorized and officially certified veterinarian of the state whence the animal has been transported or moved. The originals of the certificate and of the chart shall be attached to the waybill, when the animal shall be transported by common carrier, and the duplicates sent so as to reach the office of the commissioner before the animal reaches the point of destination, and the triplicates shall be retained by the veterinarian issuing the certificate. If the animal be brought into the state other than by common carrier, the office of the commissioner shall be notified before such animal shall be brought in. The original certificate and chart shall be in the possession of the person who shall bring such animal into the state, and shall be surrendered to any officer or agent of the commissioner on demand. The duplicates thereof shall be sent to the commissioner as aforesaid. Such notice to the commissioner shall state when, where and how the animal is to be brought into the state. Such certificates and chart shall show that the animal is free from Texas fever ticks, and all communicable diseases. The chart must show that an approved preparation of tuberculin has been used, and that an examination and tuberculin test have been carried out in a manner approved by the commissioner: Provided, however, That from herds which are recorded and certified as free from tuberculosis, either by the state veterinarian or other accredited authority of such state as the commissioner may see fit to recognize for this purpose, or may be so recorded and certified by the United States bureau of animal industry, animals may be permitted to enter the state upon such herd certificate in lieu of the tuberculin test chart hereinbefore required.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 9. Diseases Among Domestic Animals
§19-9-2. Duties and Powers of Commissioner
§19-9-3. Consulting Veterinarians to Assist Commissioner
§19-9-4. Inspectors of Animals
§19-9-6. Report of Communicable Diseases by Veterinarians and Owners; Failure to Report
§19-9-7. Commissioner May Accept Federal Laws and Regulations
§19-9-7a. Animal Disease Traceability; Rulemaking; Exemption
§19-9-8. Powers of Federal Inspectors
§19-9-9. County Court May Cooperate in Control and Eradication of Communicable Diseases
§19-9-10. Commissioner May Prescribe Tests for Diseases
§19-9-11. Reports of Sales of and Tests With Diagnostic Materials
§19-9-12. Unlawful Sale of Diagnostic Materials
§19-9-12a. Sale, Distribution or Administration of Unattenuated Hog Cholera Virus
§19-9-13. Quarantine of Premises or Animals; General and Special Quarantine Defined
§19-9-14. Establishment of Special Quarantine
§19-9-15. Establishment of General Quarantine
§19-9-16. Unlawful to Remove, Deface or Destroy Quarantine Notice
§19-9-17. Care of Quarantined Animals; Expense
§19-9-18. Removal of Animals, etc., From Quarantined Area; Running at Large of Dogs in Such Area
§19-9-19. Domestic Animal Within Quarantined Area Running at Large
§19-9-20. Bringing Animals Into State; Health Certificate
§19-9-21. Animals Entering State Without Health Certificate
§19-9-22. Unlawful Possession of Animal Brought Into State
§19-9-23. Regulation of Imported Dairy or Breeding Animals
§19-9-24. Importation of Dairy or Breeding Animal Unaccompanied by Health Certificate and Test Chart
§19-9-25. Commissioner May Decline to Accept Health Certificate or Test Chart
§19-9-26. Animals Brought Into State for Slaughter or for Exhibition Purposes
§19-9-27. Unlawful Sale of Animals for Breeding or Dairy Purposes
§19-9-28. Indemnity for Euthanizing Infected or Exposed Animals; Agreement
§19-9-29. When Right of Indemnity Does Not Exist
§19-9-30. Appraisal of Infected or Exposed Animals; Amount; Arbitration; Fees of Arbitrators
§19-9-31. Certificate of Appraisal
§19-9-32. Euthanasia of Diseased Animals; Supervision; Certificate of Euthanasia
§19-9-33. Payment of Indemnity
§19-9-34. Disposal of Carcass of Diseased Animal
§19-9-34a. Authority of Commissioner to Promulgate Rules Regulating Disposal of Dead Animals
§19-9-35. Tests for Bovine Tuberculosis; Disposition of Infected Bovine Animals
§19-9-36. Rules for Determining Amount of Indemnity
§19-9-37. Payment of Indemnity for Animals Slaughtered as Tuberculous
§19-9-38. Transportation of Diseased Animals
§19-9-39. Selling or Giving Away Diseased Animal; Permitting It to Stray