2017 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 54 - LIVESTOCK
54-2721 High-risk animal, defined.
54-2721. High-risk animal, defined.
High-risk animal means a sexually intact animal that is:
(1) The progeny of a scrapie-positive dam;
(2) Born in the same flock during the same lambing season as progeny of a scrapie-positive dam, unless the progeny of the scrapie-positive dam are from separate contemporary lambing groups;
(3) Born in the same flock during the same lambing season that a scrapie-positive animal was born or during any subsequent lambing season, if born before that flock completes requirements of a flock plan; or
(4) An exposed female sheep determined to be genetically susceptible or of unknown genotype.
Male sheep that have been tested and classified as resistant using an official genotype test are excluded from the definition of high-risk animal.
Source
- Laws 2003, LB 158, ยง 21.
