Alabama Cattle Laws

With respect to the sale of cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and equines or equines, there is no implied warranty that the livestock will be disease-free, provided that all existing or future federal and state government legal and regulatory requirements for inspection, disease prevention, and livestock control have been met. The provisions of this Article shall not apply to the purchase, transport or resale of bovine, porcine, ovine or caprine animals where the purchase, transport or resale of such animals is carried out for grazing, feeding or milking purposes by the person buying, transporting or reselling those animals. Any person who, at large, through his residence or premises or the residence or premises whose owner he has ordered, finds a horse or equidae, a bovine, a pig, a sheep or a goat whose owner is unknown, may accept the animal as an estray to be disposed of in accordance with sections 3-2-2 to 3-2-4 inclusively. (b) If a county is re-infested with ticks, that county shall bear the costs of disinfecting all infested premises, premises, distribution areas and cattle or equidae under the direction of the State veterinarian or a State inspector in accordance with the law and regulations of the State Council of Agriculture and Industries. The purpose of this article is to empower and empower the State Council of Agriculture and Industries to establish a program that includes methods and procedures for the prevention, control and eradication of brucellosis or bang disease in cattle and prescribes the powers, powers and duties of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industry and the State veterinarian with respect to such a control program. epidemics. what powers, duties and powers apply in addition to or in addition to all other powers, duties and powers currently permitted by law for the control and eradication of animal diseases. A five-foot rail fence where the rails are no more than 18 inches above the ground, up to the height of three feet each, must be a legal fence with respect to cattle and equines or equines. (c) traders in animal skins shall keep records of the bovine skins they receive in order to facilitate the search for lost or stolen animals; Traders of animal skins shall keep records of all such skins, which shall include the name and address of the person from whom the skins are purchased, a description of the skins, marks and any other identifying information contained therein. Traders in animal skins shall keep these records for public scrutiny for a period of two years after receipt of these skins. (d) the authorisation granted under this Division shall be revoked or not granted or renewed if the Commissioner finds that the animal market does not comply with the provisions of that Division or with the rules and regulations duly adopted within that Division, or that such an animal market complies with a legal requirement for the control and eradication of animal diseases or with a law requiring the keeping of animal diseases; or has not complied. Records of the identity of farm animals for this purpose or to find lost, stolen or stray animals or a rule or regulation adopted under the authority of these laws.

The State veterinarian, his staff and assistants or other authorized employees of the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry are allowed to enter any place or site or barns or other buildings, including livestock farms, where livestock is held for any purpose, or to stop trucks, vehicles or other transporters that transport livestock for inspection. any tests, examinations or other tasks which may be necessary in the context of a brucellosis control and eradication programme established under the authority of this Article. The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is authorized, in accordance with all rules and regulations that authorize or prescribe a calf vaccination program, to exempt certain animals from vaccination requirements if it is not necessary to require vaccination of those animals for an effective calf vaccination program. A fence consisting of three or more wires securely attached to trees or poles not exceeding eight feet apart, with the wires spaced less than 15 inches apart and the wire greater than at least four feet above the ground, must be a legal fence with respect to horses or equines and cattle. Any professional within the meaning of section 2-15-40 who acquires a distributor`s licence in accordance with the requirements of section 6 of this chapter and who otherwise complies with the provisions of section 6 of this chapter is not required to obtain the annual authorization or pay the fee required by this section; However, each of those distributors must comply with the other provisions and requirements of this section; provided that any dealer who is required to obtain a licence under section 6 of this Chapter and who also transports or transports cattle, sheep, goats or pigs along a public road or highway in Alabama is also required to obtain a permit and pay the fee provided for in that section. any person who, under false pretenses, obtains from an association, association, company or undertaking for the improvement of the breed of bovine, equidae or equidae, sheep, pigs or other domestic animals, a certificate of registration of an animal in the registered herd or from another register of a club, association, association or company, or a transfer of registration; and any person who knowingly declares a false pedigree of an animal commits a crime. (a) each animal market operating in that department shall have adequate and appropriate facilities for the handling of farmed animals, including stables suitable for the keeping and separation of animals which are adequately protected from the elements; adequate supply of sanitary water; satisfactory scales, such as scales that must be approved by the Department of Weights and Measures, the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry or its successor in tasks; bays with concrete floor for breeding cattle to be tested, treated or sprayed; and quarantine pens appropriately designed and designated to separate and test farm animals that may be affected or exposed to a contagious or contagious disease. The slides necessary for the handling of cattle must be present.

Where breeding feed or pigs are handled, concrete or other impermeable soils must be provided to keep this type of pig completely separate from pigs intended for slaughter at all times. ยง 3-4-3 Requirements for the construction of legal fences – fences consisting of three or more threads for livestock and equidae or equidae. All stray cattle and equidae or equidae exposed to quarantined or tick-infested distribution areas, commons, pastures or fields must be welcomed, quarantined and regularly submerged every two weeks by the sheriff, a livestock officer or inspector and fed and cared for at the expense and risk of the owner of the animals.