2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 3:2261 — Dipping infected sheep at expense of person failing to dip

PART V.  SHEEP SCAB INFECTION

§2261.  Dipping infected sheep at expense of person failing to dip

If any person, firm, or corporation owning, controlling, or caring for any sheep which are infected with sheep scabies, or that have been exposed to sheep scab infection, refuses or fails to dip all of the sheep at the time, place and manner directed by the Louisiana State Livestock Sanitary Board, then range riders and inspectors, appointed and provided in this Part, shall gather up the sheep and dip them at the expense of the owner.  Before the owner or caretaker can obtain the return of the sheep, a delinquent or seizure fee of twenty-five cents per head shall be imposed and collected from the owner or caretaker.