32.3.203    IMPORTATION OF DISEASED ANIMALS

(1) Livestock infected with or exposed to brucellosis, tuberculosis, or any other infectious, contagious, or communicable animal disease may not enter the state unless destined directly for slaughter at a slaughterhouse under USDA supervision. In addition, all conditions for the movement of animals from a quarantined area established by the quarantining authority or U.S. Department of Agriculture must be met.

(2) If any animal in a lot presented for shipment or movement into Montana shows a suspicious or positive reaction to any test required for admission to Montana, no animal from that lot or from the herd in which the animal reacting to the test originates may enter the state of Montana without special permission from the state veterinarian or his agent.

History: 81-2-102, 81-20-101, MCA; IMP, 81-2-102, 81-20-101, MCA; Eff. 12/31/72; AMD, Eff. 11/4/75; AMD, Eff. 6/5/76; AMD, Eff. 5/5/77; AMD, 1977 MAR p. 962, Eff. 11/26/77; EMERG, AMD, 1/20/78; AMD, 1978 MAR p. 579, Eff. 4/25/78; AMD, 1978 MAR p. 1179, Eff. 8/11/78; AMD, 1979 MAR p. 844, Eff. 8/17/79; AMD, 1980 MAR p. 1713, Eff. 6/27/80; AMD, 1984 MAR p. 267, Eff. 1/27/84; AMD, 2019 MAR p. 2125, Eff. 11/23/19.