(510 ILCS 35/4) (from Ch. 8, par. 90)
Sec. 4.
Destruction of infected animals; depopulation.
If, upon making
any tests, as provided in this Act, it shall appear
that any such cattle, bison, sheep, goats, antelope, or cervids are
affected with
tuberculosis, it shall be the duty
of the Department of Agriculture to cause the destruction thereof, in such
manner as may be deemed most expedient.
The entire herd or flock may be depopulated when Mycobacterium bovis
infection
is confirmed in a cattle, bison, sheep, goat, antelope, or cervid herd or
flock through examination of tissues at the United
States Department of Agriculture Veterinary Services Diagnostic Laboratory
at Ames, Iowa, or a comparable accredited laboratory, or with the consent
of the owner when lesions indicative of tuberculosis are disclosed at slaughter
and the tuberculin test results, herd history and epidemiological studies
provide a basis for such depopulation.
(Source: P.A. 90-192, eff. 7-24-97.)
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