Tex. Agriculture Code § 164.002
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 164.002, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 164.002. SCABIES INFECTION OR EXPOSURE.
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(a) For purposes of this chapter, cattle or sheep are scabies-infected if:
(1) actually infected with scabies; or
(2) in a herd in which scabies infection is present.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section, cattle or sheep are exposed to scabies for purposes of this chapter if:
(1) the cattle or sheep enter or have access to any place, including a corral, shed, car, road, or pasture, that scabies-infected cattle or sheep have entered or had access to during the preceding 90 days; or
(2) the sheep are shorn by a shearing plant that has shorn scabies-infected sheep within the preceding 90 days.
(c) Cattle or sheep are not exposed to scabies under Subsection (b) of this section if the place or plant has been disinfected since the infected cattle or sheep were removed. This subsection does not exempt the cattle or sheep from treatment required by this chapter.
(d) If an inspector determines that a scabies infection exists among cattle, sheep, or goats or that cattle, sheep, or goats have been exposed to scabies, the infection or exposure is considered to continue until the commission determines that the infection or exposure has been eradicated through methods prescribed by rule of the commission.
(1) actually infected with scabies; or
(2) in a herd in which scabies infection is present.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section, cattle or sheep are exposed to scabies for purposes of this chapter if:
(1) the cattle or sheep enter or have access to any place, including a corral, shed, car, road, or pasture, that scabies-infected cattle or sheep have entered or had access to during the preceding 90 days; or
(2) the sheep are shorn by a shearing plant that has shorn scabies-infected sheep within the preceding 90 days.
(c) Cattle or sheep are not exposed to scabies under Subsection (b) of this section if the place or plant has been disinfected since the infected cattle or sheep were removed. This subsection does not exempt the cattle or sheep from treatment required by this chapter.
(d) If an inspector determines that a scabies infection exists among cattle, sheep, or goats or that cattle, sheep, or goats have been exposed to scabies, the infection or exposure is considered to continue until the commission determines that the infection or exposure has been eradicated through methods prescribed by rule of the commission.
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