Chapter 129: LIVESTOCK DISEASE CONTROL
- Section 1 Definitions
- Section 2 Powers and duties of director; orders
- Section 3 Records of inspectors; forms
- Section 4 Certification of documents by clerk
- Section 5 Entry of orders, rules and regulations on records; publication
- Section 6 Aid to director and inspectors by sheriffs, constables and police officers
- Section 7 Entry on premises
- Section 8 Hospitals and quarantine stations
- Section 8A Repealed, 1966, 397
- Section 9 Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Animal Rescue League of Boston; agents; powers and duties
- Section 10 Examination of persons under oath; mandatory attendance and testimony of witnesses
- Section 11 Isolation or destruction of diseased animals; post mortem examination
- Section 12 Repealed, 1922, 353, Sec. 4
- Section 12A Repealed, 1966, 398
- Section 13 Repealed, 1966, 399
- Section 13A Destruction of animals affected with scrapie; partial compensation
- Section 14 Destruction of animals affected with foot and mouth disease; disinfection or destruction of buildings
- Section 14A Quarantine or destruction of animals affected with vesicular stomatitis or vesicular exanthema
- Section 14B Feeding garbage to swine
- Section 14C Hog cholera; slaughtering of hogs; payment to owners
- Section 14D Hogs affected with brucellosis; quarantine and testing
- Section 14E Breeding, feeder or slaughter swine imported into commonwealth
- Section 15 Inspector of animals; appointment
- Section 16 Refusal or neglect of town to appoint inspector; appointment by director
- Section 17 Oath of inspectors; compensation; reimbursement of towns
- Section 18 Duties of inspectors; training; enforcement
- Section 19 Inspections of domestic animals
- Section 20 Certificate of healthy condition
- Section 21 Quarantine of diseased animals; notice or order; records
- Section 22 Service of notice or order of quarantine; return; evidence
- Section 22A Dogs owned by police departments or agencies
- Section 23 Examination of buildings; report
- Section 24 Notice of quarantine
- Section 25 Records of inspectors of animals; returns
- Section 26 Application of chapter to inspectors in Boston
- Section 26A Shipping cattle into commonwealth without inspection; certificate of health
- Section 26B Hatching eggs; baby chicks or live poultry; restriction on sale, transportation or importation
- Section 27 Seizure, quarantine and destruction of imported diseased animals
- Section 28 Notice of contagious disease to director
- Section 29 Expense of quarantine
- Section 30 Effect of quarantine; release; violation of quarantine; penalty
- Section 31 Damages; arbitration; petition for assessment of damages
- Section 31A Shipping or delivering tuberculin within commonwealth; statement as to use; application to common carriers
- Section 32 Use of tuberculin as diagnostic agent; tests
- Section 33 Compensation for animals reacting to tuberculin test; appraisals
- Section 33A Identification of reacting bovine animals; removal of tag; disposition of tagged animals
- Section 33B Declaration of quarantine areas; tuberculin tests of bovine animals; modified accredited areas; violation of terms of quarantine
- Section 33C Declaration of quarantine area; tests for brucellosis of bovine animals; modified certified brucellosis free area; violation of terms of quarantine
- Section 33D Tests for detection of brucellosis; identification of animals; destruction
- Section 34 Compensation to violators of regulations
- Section 35 Driving certain cattle on public ways or roads
- Section 36 Notice of contagious diseases
- Section 36A Repealed, 1941, 607, Sec. 2
- Section 36B Vaccination of female calves; identification of positive reactors; transportation of unvaccinated bovine animals
- Section 36C Repealed, 1941, 607, Sec. 2
- Section 36D Importation of vaccinated animals; conditions
- Section 36E Importation of unvaccinated female cattle over five months of age
- Section 36F Brucellosis, imported cattle, blood testing
- Section 36G Reimbursement of owners for slaughter of animals reacting positively to blood test for brucellosis; appraisal
- Section 36H Waiver of compliance with Secs. 36B, 36D to 36F
- Section 37 Enforcement actions; jurisdiction of commissioner of agriculture, district and superior courts
- Section 38 Annual report
- Section 39 Licensing of persons dealing in bovine and porcine animals; fee
- Section 39A Pet shops; licensing operation; animal health inspections
- Section 39B Guard dog businesses; licenses
- Section 39C Hearing dog business; licenses
- Section 39D Hearing dog business; access to public facilities
- Section 39E Livestock auction business; licenses
- Section 39F Service dogs; trainer rights
- Section 39G Official health certificate requirement for dog or cat brought or shipped into commonwealth; purchase of animal for resale; vaccination record; devocalization prohibited
- Section 40 License plates for vehicles used for transportation of bovine or porcine animals; fee; revocation
- Section 40A Hog cholera vaccine; prohibited use
- Section 41 Bill of sale or memorandum signed by owner of persons transporting bovine animals; exhibition on demand
- Section 42 Tagging bovine animal with identification tag
- Section 43 Penalties for violation of Secs. 39 to 42
- Section 44 Testing of imported equine animals for infectious anemia; certification
- Section 44A Destruction or quarantine of infected equine animals
- Section 45 License to deal in or auction equine animals
- Section 46 License plates for vehicles transporting equine animals
- Section 47 Bill of sale or memorandum
- Section 48 Violations, penalties