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...d five hundred dollars for violation of each section. The clerk of the court that receives payment of the fine money shall forward half of the money to the board of township trustees of the township and half of the money to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the applicable agricultural security area is located. In the case of an agricultural security area that is located in more than one...

...Dangerously contagious or infectious disease" means any disease, including any foreign animal disease, or vector, that the director of agriculture, in the director's sound discretion, determines to be of harmful effect on the animal or poultry industry or the public health and to be capable of transmission by any means from a carrier animal to a human or to another animal. (B) "Disease of concern" means any disease,...

...A) The chief of the division of animal health, appointed by the director of agriculture under sections 121.04 and 121.05 of the Revised Code, shall be a veterinarian accredited and licensed to practice in this state. (B) The chief shall promote and protect the livestock, poultry, and other animal interests of the state, prevent the spread of dangerously contagious or infectious disease, provide for the contro...

...his chapter, including designating a disease or vector as a dangerously contagious or infectious disease or as a disease of concern. (B) No person shall fail to comply with the rules adopted by the director under division (A) of this section.

... the animal and plant health inspection service-veterinary services in the United States department of agriculture may be an authorized representative of the director for purposes of this chapter.

...cate of veterinary inspection, animal health certificate, waybill, yarding receipt, sale ticket, or other document required by this chapter and rules adopted under it; (C) Fail to present any document identified in division (B) of this section when requested to do so by the director of agriculture or the director's authorized representative; (D) Fail to permit the director or the director's authorized represe...

... court of competent jurisdiction for a search warrant allowing the access or admission.

...If the owner of the animal or the operator of the vehicle or conveyance is unable or refuses to comply with the permit issued under division (C) of section 941.04 of the Revised Code, or if necessary during a detention or impoundment in accordance with that division, the director of agriculture or the director's authorized representative may order the immediate slaughter of the animal in accordance with division (D)(...

... No owner or bailee of the premises or means of conveyance on which an animal is contained, shall fail to provide all reasonable assistance to a person authorized under section 941.04 of the Revised Code, if that person requests to make an inspection of such premises or means of conveyance. (B) During any inspection by an authorized person, no person shall conceal or attempt to conceal any animal on the premises or ...

...(A) If any person has reason to suspect the existence of a dangerously contagious or infectious disease, a disease of concern, or a residue, the person immediately shall give notice of that fact to the director of agriculture or to a licensed veterinarian. (B) If a veterinarian receives notice of the existence or suspected existence of a dangerously contagious or infectious disease, a disease of concern, or a residu...

...dangerously contagious or infectious disease, a disease of concern, or a residue, the director immediately shall order an investigation to be made. In order to conduct an investigation, the director or the director's designee may quarantine the animal and, if the director or the director's designee considers it necessary, the geographic area in which the animal was located immediately, so that the director or the dir...

...ed by the department shall furnish all reasonable assistance in the handling, restraint, and care of the animal. (C) In the event the owner or bailee of an animal refuses to stable the animal or assist in its handling, restraint, and care, the department shall cease testing and shall quarantine the animal. Any person adversely affected by the termination of testing may request a hearing in accordance with division (...

...dangerously contagious or infectious disease or a disease of concern or adulterated with a residue and the importation, use, dispensation, and reporting of the use of vaccines for mitigating dangerously contagious or infectious diseases or diseases of concern or other treatments for residues. (B) No person shall remove, alter, or replace an identification that is required by federal or state law and is placed upon a...

...ector believes that any condition or disease, including a dangerously contagious or infectious disease or a disease of concern present in any other state, territory, or country, may endanger the health of livestock, animals, or persons of this state, the governor may prohibit or regulate by proclamation, the importation from that other state, territory, or country, of animals of a kind that could carry that disease o...

...director of agriculture, without prior hearing, may order the destruction of any domestic or nondomestic animal found to be adulterated with residues, infected with or exposed to a dangerously contagious or infectious disease, infected with or exposed to a disease of concern, or determined to endanger the health or well-being of animal populations or public health in the state. If the director determines that seizure...

...the director shall take an inventory of each animal that is destroyed and record sufficient information in order for an appraisal to be conducted, if necessary. (B)(1) Within thirty days after receiving a destruction order issued under this chapter, the owner of the animal subject to the order that seeks indemnification for the animal shall do both of the following: (a) Request the information recorded under divisi...

...n accordance with section 939.04 or 953.26 of the Revised Code within twenty-four hours after knowledge thereof or after notice in writing from the department of agriculture. (B) The owner of premises that contain a dead animal shall burn the body of the animal, bury it not less than four feet beneath the surface of the ground, dissolve it by alkaline hydrolysis, remove it in a watertight tank to a rendering establi...

...posed of in accordance with section 953.26 of the Revised Code, as appropriate, and the cost thereof shall be added to the tax assessment of the land.

... the animal and plant health inspection service, United States department of agriculture, in 9 C.F.R. 78.1 et seq., as amended, or that are reclassified as negative by a designated epidemiologist in accordance with rules adopted under section 941.22 of the Revised Code; (2) Animals other than cattle, bison, and swine, that are reclassified negative by a designated epidemiologist in accordance with rules adopted unde...

...the animal and plant health inspection service, United States department of agriculture in 9 C.F.R. 78.1 et seq., as amended, and authorize the designated epidemiologist to reclassify animals at his discretion for the purposes of sections 941.21 to 941.41 of the Revised Code based upon epidemiology, herd history, or further tests and examinations. (B) The director may adopt rules that establish requirements ...

...The board of county commissioners of any county may make such appropriations from the general funds of its county as will enable it to cooperate effectively with the animal owners, the Ohio department of agriculture and the United States department of agriculture in the control and eradication of brucellosis. The money so appropriated shall be placed in a fund to be used for the eradication of brucellosis in the coun...

...er 941. of the Revised Code, without a hearing. (B) No person shall administer a brucella vaccine that is not approved by the Ohio department of agriculture and produced under license of the United States department of agriculture. (C) Any person who makes a brucellosis test or employs any other method of detection for brucellosis shall report the results to the Ohio department of agriculture within seven days, unl...

... it shall be identified with a numbered ear tag or in a manner prescribed by rule prior to movement from the infected premises. (B) A suspect animal may be retained on the premises of the owner, provided that it is kept in a manner that does not expose another herd. (C) A positive or suspect animal may be consigned for immediate slaughter through any licensed stockyard or directly to any slaughtering establishment ...

...A suspect or a positive, other than a bovine animal, may be moved in accordance with regulations adopted by the director of agriculture.

...The premises or means of conveyance, from which a positive has been removed, shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected by the owner of such premises or means of conveyance with a disinfectant approved by the department of agriculture, in accordance with regulations which the department may adopt.