After the agreement described in section twenty-eight of this article has been executed, the appraisal has been made and the certificate of appraisal issued, the commissioner or the commissioner's agent shall have the animal euthanized and the carcass disposed of in accordance with the meat inspection regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture, or in such manner as the commissioner prescribes. The officer supervising the euthanasia shall immediately include in the certificate of appraisal provided for in section thirty-one of this article a certificate of euthanasia stating that the officer has witnessed the euthanasia of each of the animals; identifying the place and date of the euthanasia; certifying that the number, age, description and brand or mark correspond to those in the certificate of appraisal; stating the result of the post-mortem examination; the disposition made of the carcass; and the amount paid to the veterinarian, which amount shall be paid to the owner and credited on the amount of appraisal: Provided, That in case animals are euthanized as having tuberculosis, the appraisal certificate shall be credited in the manner provided in section thirty-six of this article.
The euthanasia may be supervised and certified by the commissioner; any of the commissioner's agents; or any person with the authority of an agent or officer of the United States Department of Agriculture. The commissioner may prescribe other requirements for the certificates or the affidavits required by this article, and may make and enforce rules governing the handling, shipping and euthanasia of such animals.
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