New York Agriculture & Markets Law Article 5 - DISEASES OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS; CALVES AND VEAL; PURE BRED STOCK; CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRY.

• 72 - Control and Suppression of Disease.
  1. The commissioner may cause investigations to be made as to the best method for the control, suppression or eradication of infectious or communicable disease...
• 72-a - Feeding of Garbage, Offal or Carcasses to Cattle, Swine or Poultry Prohibited.
  1. Garbage fed to cattle, swine or poultry contributes to the spread of vesicular exanthema, cholera, erysipelas, foot and mouth disease, trichinosis and other infectious...
• 73 - Report of Disease.
  Every person shall immediately report to the commissioner the existence among animals of any infectious or communicable disease coming to his knowledge. Every report shall...
• 73-a - Unlawful Sale of Tuberculous Cattle.
  A person who knowingly sells, except under the supervision of the commissioner of agriculture and markets, any bovine animal in which tuberculosis shall have been...
• 73-b - The New York State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.
  1. The commissioner is authorized to establish and maintain, by contract or otherwise, a New York state veterinary diagnostic laboratory and to contract for other...
• 74 - Regulations Relating to Importation.
  The following regulations shall apply to the importation of domestic or feral animals: 1. No person shall knowingly bring into this state any domestic or...
• 75 - Sanitary Regulations.
  The commissioner may adopt and enforce rules regulating the sanitation and physical requirements of stables, livestock auction buildings or other buildings used for the housing...
• 76 - Quarantine on Animals or Premises.
  1. The commissioner, any department employed veterinarian authorized by the commissioner, any veterinarian in the employ of the United States department of agriculture who is...
• 77 - Examination by Veterinarian Prerequisite to Destruction of Animal.
  No animal shall be destroyed by the commissioner or by his order unless first examined by a veterinarian in the employ of the department, or...
• 78 - Examination of Domestic Animals.
  1. The commissioner shall cause a physical examination and a tuberculin test to be made by competent and authorized veterinarians of all bovine animals, irrespective...
• 79 - Examination At Request of Owner; Segregation; Grading of Herds.
  The owner of a herd of cattle kept for dairy or breeding purposes within the state may apply to the commissioner for examination of his...
• 80 - Certificate to Healthy Herds.
  For the purpose of giving recognition to other than segregated herds which are certified to him, after competent examination satisfactory to him, to be in...
• 81 - Sale, Removal or Slaughter of Animals Affected With Tuberculosis.
  No animal showing physical evidence of tuberculosis or in which such disease shall have been indicated as a result of the tuberculin test shall be...
• 82 - Appraisers.
  The commissioner may employ from time to time appraisers of condemned animals. The chief or any assistant veterinarian shall have all the powers of any...
• 83 - Appraisal of Diseased Animals.
  Each animal directed to be slaughtered shall be appraised at its market value. The appraiser shall make and transmit to the commissioner a certificate of...
• 85 - Destruction of Animals; Disposition of Carcasses.
  The commissioner may prescribe rules for the destruction of animals affected with infectious or communicable disease, and for the proper disposal of their hides and...
• 86 - Post-Mortem Examination of Animals.
  The carcass of every animal duly condemned and killed under the provisions of this article shall be examined by a veterinarian designated by the commissioner...
• 87 - Payments for Animals Killed.
  The commissioner shall determine all claims which may be presented to him for indemnity to owners of animals killed by the state under the provisions...
• 87-a - Domestic Fowl and Fertile Eggs Thereof.
  Domestic fowl and fertile eggs of domestic fowl are included within the meaning of the words "animal" and "domestic animal" as used in sections seventy-two,...
• 88 - Indemnity.
  The following provisions shall govern the payment of indemnity to owners of animals killed pursuant to the provisions of this article: 1. In the case...
• 89 - Control of Vaccines, Serums and Other Preparations.
  For the purpose of detection, prevention, control or eradication of infectious or contagious diseases of domestic animals and fowls, the commissioner may make such exemptions...
• 90 - Examination of Cattle for Bang's Disease.
  1. The commissioner, within the amounts appropriated for such purpose, may cause an appropriate test for ascertaining the presence or absence of bovine infectious abortion,...
• 90-a - Declaration of Policy and Purposes.
  Infectious and communicable disease affecting domestic animals continues to exist in this state, and the existence thereof endangers the health and welfare of the people...
• 90-b - Definitions.
  As used in this article unless otherwise expressly stated: 1. The term "wholesale cattle dealer" means any person who buys or sells cattle as a...
• 90-c - Prohibitions.
  1. It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase, or deal in, or sell cattle, swine, horses, deer, camelids, sheep, goats or poultry at...
• 90-d - Application and Permit Fees.
  Application for an animal health permit shall be made to the commissioner. The application shall be on a form prescribed by the commissioner and shall...
• 90-e - Refusing and Revoking Permits.
  The commissioner after due notice and opportunity of hearing to the applicant or permittee may deny an application for or revoke or refuse to renew...
• 90-f - Proceedings to Review.
  The action of the commissioner in denying an application or revoking an animal health permit may be reviewed in the manner provided by article seventy-eight...
• 90-g - Records.
  All records as now required by the commissioner respecting the health of domestic animals shall be continued and the commissioner may require such other and...
• 90-h - Violations; Remedies.
  The commissioner may institute such action at law or in equity as may appear necessary to enforce compliance with any provision of the statutes, rules...
• 91 - Hog Cholera and Pseudorabies Control; Indemnity.
  1. The commissioner, to control, suppress or eradicate hog cholera and pseudorabies, may cause to be made appropriate examinations or tests for ascertaining the presence...
• 95 - Protecting the Breeding of Pure Bred Stock.
  It shall be unlawful for any person or persons owning or in the possession of any bull of the age of more than six months,...
• 95-a - Animal Ear Tags or Other Identification.
  A person who without authorization by the commissioner, (a) cuts out, removes, obliterates or destroys a New York state department of agriculture and markets official...
• 95-b - False Pedigree of Animals.
  Every person who by any false pretense shall obtain from any club, association, society or company for improving the breed of cattle, horses, sheep, swine...
• 95-c - Examination of Horses for Equine Infectious Anemia.
  1. The commissioner or his authorized agent may cause to be administered to any horse within the state any test he finds appropriate for ascertaining...
• 96 - Certificates of Registry of Domestic Animals.
  Certificates of registry, and of transfer of domestic animals when issued by and under seal of a duly organized and recognized corporation or association formed...

Last modified: February 3, 2019