11-18-111. Deputy state veterinarians; appointment; powers and duties; term.
With the consent of the Wyoming livestock board and approval of either the federal veterinarian in charge of Wyoming or the chief of veterinary services, United States department of agriculture, the state veterinarian may appoint federal veterinary inspectors stationed in this state as deputy state veterinarians, and federal lay inspectors stationed in this state may be appointed agents of the Wyoming livestock board. All federal officers appointed as deputies or agents of the Wyoming livestock board shall possess the powers and duties of deputy state veterinarians or agents of the Wyoming livestock board, but they shall act without compensation and hold office only at the pleasure of the state veterinarian.
11-18-112. Authority of federal authorities and state
inspectors to call sheriffs for assistance; failure to comply; penalties. All federal authorities authorized, and the various inspectors of this state, may call upon any sheriff or peace officer in any county in this state to assist them in the discharge of their duties and those peace officers shall assist them when so requested. The federal inspector has the same power to enforce the laws of this state as the various inspectors of the state when authorized as aforesaid and engaged in the discharge of their official duties. Any person refusing to comply with the orders of such officer or federal inspector shall be punished as provided in W.S. 11-1-103.
11-18-113. When state veterinarian authorized to enter premises or vehicle to inspect livestock.
In the performance of their official duties, the state veterinarian or any agent or officer of the Wyoming livestock board may enter any place or vehicle used for the treatment, retention or transportation of livestock, including poultry, or where he has reason to believe any livestock affected with or exposed to infectious, contagious or communicable diseases may be found.
11-18-117. Confidentiality of livestock premises and identification records; penalties.
(a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, all records, data and information collected by the state, recorded or otherwise, for the purposes of a livestock identification program shall be confidential and are not public records for purposes of W.S. 16-4-201 through 16-4-205. The records, data and information shall be released only upon order of the Wyoming livestock board to appropriate governmental agencies for the purposes of a livestock identification program, disease outbreak or law enforcement investigation. The board shall not release any records, data or information to a federal agency until the agency confirms in writing that it will maintain the records, data and information as confidential and that they are not subject to the federal Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, as amended. Upon release by the board of any information to any other governmental entity, the board shall notify the person to whom the information refers or pertains that the release has been made, the name of the entity to whom the information was released and shall provide a copy or summary of the information contained in the release. The records, data and information shall not be subject to discovery or introduction into evidence in any civil action.
(b) The Wyoming livestock board may release any information related to a confirmed non-negative brucellosis test in the county where the animal testing non-negative is located, subject to W.S. 11-18-103(a)(xii), and may release information collected for the purposes of a livestock identification program related to the ownership and location of individual animals to the extent the information is useful in controlling or preventing a disease outbreak or to show particular animals or herds are not involved in a disease outbreak.
(c) For the purposes of animal disease traceability, Wyoming livestock owners may choose to identify animals using any methods set forth in 9 C.F.R. part 86, as adopted on January 9, 2013, as well as any additional methods that are later approved by the Wyoming livestock board as "official identification".
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or amend the brucellosis surveillance or testing program administered by the state.
(e) A person who knowingly provides false information to the Wyoming livestock board for purposes of a livestock identification program shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), imprisonment for up to six (6) months, or both.
(f) A person who refuses to provide to the livestock board information that is required under the authority of the livestock board for purposes of a mandatory livestock identification program shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), imprisonment for up to six (6) months, or both.
The Wyoming livestock board may allow its business to be conducted electronically as provided by the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, W.S. 40-21-101 through 40-21-119.
(a) The board is authorized to enter into agreements with graduate veterinarians who are licensed to practice in the state of Wyoming, to provide food animal health care in this state. For purposes of this section, "food animal" means cattle, swine, sheep or goats. The agreements shall:
(i) Provide for the veterinarian to practice food animal veterinary medicine in a community of the state from among a list of communities developed by the board. A veterinarian shall agree to provide food animal veterinary care for the period of the contract in underserved areas of the state;
(ii) Provide that the veterinarian shall be repaid up to one hundred percent (100%) of the total amount of outstanding educational loans the veterinarian has acquired as a direct result of undergraduate or postgraduate educational training directly related to providing food animal veterinary services, not to exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00) per year, including the matching funds specified in subsection (d) of this section, in exchange for practicing his profession under the terms of this section;
(iii) Require the veterinarian to practice food animal veterinary services for a minimum of three (3) years under the agreement;
(iv) Contain other provisions the board deems necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this section.
(b) The board, in consultation with the appropriate licensing board and professional association, shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. In carrying out this section the board shall assess food animal veterinary care needs of the state by geographic areas and shall prioritize and enter into agreements under this section accordingly.
(c) The board may vary the terms of each agreement in accordance with this section based upon the community and the food animal veterinary needs of the state.
(d) No state money shall be expended for repayment of any loan under this section unless twenty-five percent (25%) of the money is matched with other funds in any combination from any county, city, veterinary clinic, animal care facility, state agency, university, laboratory or veterinary association.
11-18-120. Livestock law enforcement account; reimbursement of county sheriffs by livestock board; rules.
(a) There is created the livestock law enforcement account. Unexpended, unobligated funds in the account shall revert to the general fund at the end of a biennium. Unless otherwise provided by law, the balance in the account shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00).
(b) Funds in the livestock law enforcement account shall only be expended by the livestock board to:
(i) Reimburse county sheriffs for activities relating to in-state and out-of-state livestock investigations;
(ii) Provide training to county sheriffs regarding livestock enforcement.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, reimbursement provided under paragraph (b)(i) of this section shall be credited to the applicable account, fund, subaccount or other accounting unit within the budget of a county which is controlled by the county sheriff. Reimbursement provided under paragraph (b)(i) of this section shall not be withheld by a board of county commissioners from a county sheriff or deducted from the budget of a county sheriff.
(d) The livestock board shall adopt rules to implement this section, which shall include eligible expenses, rates and procedures for reimbursement.
11-18-121. Identification of livestock; livestock board responsibilities.
(a) The Wyoming livestock board shall inform livestock producers of all available options under W.S. 11-18-117 for identification regarding disease traceability.
(b) The buyers of livestock in receiving states shall be responsible for tagging livestock if an electronic identification device requirement is mandated in the receiving state, unless the Wyoming livestock owner has voluntarily utilized electronic identification devices.
(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a Wyoming licensed and accredited veterinarian from writing a certificate of veterinary inspection in compliance with applicable destination requirements.
11-19-101. Duties of state veterinarian generally; failure to comply with provisions; penalty.
(a) The state veterinarian shall investigate all cases of dangerously contagious or infectious diseases among domestic animals in this state which are brought to his notice. In the absence of specific information, he shall make inspections of any locality where he has reason to suspect there is any contagious or infectious disease. He shall order that all animals affected with, exposed to or suspected of being affected with such diseases be gathered and quarantined. No animals pronounced affected with a dangerously contagious or infectious disease by the state veterinarian or his deputy or agent shall be turned loose, removed or permitted to escape, but shall be held subject to the order of the state veterinarian. All animals ordered gathered shall be gathered within a reasonable time specified by the state veterinarian.
(b) The state veterinarian may inspect, treat, test, vaccinate, quarantine or sell any animal imported into Wyoming in violation of W.S. 11-19-111 or any rules promulgated thereunder.
(c) Any person failing to comply with this section shall be punished as provided in W.S. 11-1-103.
(d) The state veterinarian may provide contagious and infectious reportable disease testing, containment and reimbursement services under this chapter to any livestock producer in Wyoming, including on the Wind River Indian Reservation who agrees to comply with the applicable program requirements, rules and any orders or regulations issued pursuant to the testing results or program requirements. Services on the Wind River Indian Reservation under this subsection may also be provided pursuant to a cooperative agreement entered into by the Wyoming livestock board, in consultation with the state veterinarian, and the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, the Northern Arapaho Tribe or the cooperative tribal governing body. The testing, containment and reimbursement services provided under this subsection shall not apply to bison designated as wildlife pursuant to W.S. 11-20-101(a)(iv).
11-19-102. Duty of public to report diseases; list of
reportable diseases; failure to comply or obstruction of duty; liability; penalties.
(a) Any person or government entity who knows or suspects that there is any contagious or infectious reportable disease among animals owned by or under their jurisdiction or any veterinarian who knows or suspects any reportable contagious or infectious disease on any premises or in any animal, shall immediately report the same to the state veterinarian. The state veterinarian shall establish and manage a list of reportable diseases for any contagious or infectious disease deemed by the state veterinarian to be a threat to domestic animals. During development of this list the state veterinarian shall consult with the Wyoming game and fish department's supervisor of veterinary research services. Information collected in response to the list of reportable diseases shall be considered confidential proprietary information. Access to any information collected under the list of reportable diseases shall be limited to the person who reported the disease and the state veterinarian, except that the state veterinarian may at his discretion notify any of the following:
(i) The Wyoming livestock board;
(ii) The state veterinary laboratory;
(iii) The Wyoming game and fish director only if the disease threatens wildlife;
(iv) Any state or federal inspector, public health official or peace officer who is actively involved in the investigation of an outbreak or suspected outbreak of the contagious or infectious disease;
(v) Owners of possible contact animals;
(vi) Adjacent landowners; or
(vii) Local area practicing veterinarians.
(b) The state veterinarian when he deems it to be in the best interests of animal health, or the state public health officer when he deems it to be in the best interests of human public health, may release to the public any information collected under subsection (a) of this section, except the identity of any individual who reported the disease or whose animals may have contracted the disease.
(c) A failure to report, or any attempt to conceal the existence of the disease or to willfully or maliciously obstruct or resist the veterinarian in the discharge of his duty is a misdemeanor. Any person who willfully or maliciously falsifies a report to the state veterinarian is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person convicted of any of the above acts or omissions shall be punished as provided in W.S. 11-1-103.
(d) Any person who knows that they own or have in their possession any livestock as defined by W.S. 11-20-101(a)(iv) infected with any disease formally declared by the Wyoming livestock board, through rule and regulation, as being potentially economically devastating and for which there is a valid diagnostic test and who transfers ownership or possession of the livestock to another person, or who knowingly or through his own neglect allows the livestock to commingle with uninfected livestock, is liable for the economic damages caused by the spread of the disease to uninfected livestock. In addition to the conditions for liability and recovery set in subsection (e) of this section, damages shall be available under this subsection only to a transferee who accepts the diseased animal directly from the liable person and to the owner of an animal that becomes infected as the result of direct contact with the diseased animal. The burden of proving liability and damages under this section shall be upon the person claiming damages. Any person who files a claim for recovery under this subsection alleging facts known to be false is liable for three (3) times the damages caused by the false claim and reasonable attorney fees.
(e) No person who has received written notice that an animal is infected with a disease identified in subsection (d) of this section prior to acquiring ownership or assuming possession of the infected animal shall be entitled to the damages provided by subsection (d) of this section. No livestock sales or auction facility shall be subject to the liability imposed by subsection (d) of this section if:
(i) The existence of disease was not reported to the facility and the facility did not know of the existence of the disease; or
(ii) The facility provided written notice of the disease to the person claiming damages under subsection (d) of this section.
(f) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the state veterinarian shall provide testing information to the owner of an animal that has tested non-negative for brucellosis not later than three (3) days after receipt of the preliminary laboratory results.
11-19-103. Quarantine of diseased animals generally;
treatment, testing and vaccination thereof; effect of failure to obey order of state veterinarian; appeal; stay of action.
(a) In all cases of infectious and contagious disease among domestic animals in this state, the state veterinarian may order the quarantine of the infected premises. If the disease becomes epizootic in any locality in this state, the state veterinarian shall immediately notify the governor who shall issue his proclamation forbidding transfer of any animal of the kind among which the epizootic disease exists from the locality without permission from the state veterinarian.
(b) Whenever the state veterinarian finds any infectious or contagious disease among domestic animals in any section of the state he shall take such steps as will prevent the spread of the disease. The state veterinarian may inspect and compel the treatment, testing, vaccination or quarantine of all such animals in Wyoming found to be infected or exposed to the disease or imported in violation of W.S. 11-19-111 or any rules promulgated thereunder, under such rules and regulations as he may adopt. Any order or regulation made by the state veterinarian is subject to review, modification or annulment by the board at any subsequent meeting.
(c) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 96, § 2.
(d) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 96, § 2.
(e) If the owner or persons in charge of animals ordered treated, tested, vaccinated or quarantined after reasonable notice determined by the veterinarian, fail to treat, test, vaccinate or quarantine such animals as ordered, the veterinarian may seize or cause such animals to be seized and treated, tested, vaccinated or quarantined and may hold and sell the animals, or part thereof as necessary to pay all costs of inspection, seizing, caring for, treating, testing, vaccinating or quarantine together with cost of sale. The sale shall be made at the time and place and in the manner prescribed by the veterinarian. Not less than three (3) days nor more than fifteen (15) days notice of the time, place and purpose of the sale shall be given by the veterinarian to the owner or persons in charge of the animals, by personal service within the county in which the animals are being held if possible, and if not possible then such notice may be given either by personal service outside of the county or by advertisement in any paper selected by the veterinarian. The state veterinarian shall only sell the animals after all other remedies have been exhausted.
(f) The owner of animals so seized and held may at any time prior to sale recover possession of the same by paying to the state veterinarian the amount of costs incurred by order of the veterinarian against the animals. Any sum realized from the sale of the animals over the cost actually incurred against the animals shall be returned to the owner of the animals if known or can by reasonable diligence be found. Otherwise the overage shall be placed in the estray fund and dispensed as provided by law.
(g) Any order or other action under this chapter may be appealed by the owner, or the agent of the owner, of the animals affected or by any aggrieved governmental entity to the board as follows:
(i) The appeal shall be requested within thirty (30) days of the order or action, except that a quarantine may be appealed at any time during the quarantine;
(ii) An informal hearing may initially be requested. A formal hearing may subsequently be requested and shall be conducted as a contested case in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. The board shall render a final decision in writing within ten (10) working days of the conclusion of the hearing;
(iii) The board may alter, amend, annul or otherwise modify any order in the event the board finds:
(A) The aggrieved person was injured by the order or regulation; and
(B) The state veterinarian lacked legal authority for the order or regulation; or
(C) The order or regulation was not needed to:
(I) Protect the public health;
(II) Prevent the spread of animal disease;
(III) Preserve the ability to market Wyoming livestock efficiently; or
(IV) Implement a specific requirement of Wyoming law.
(iv) All decisions of the board are subject to judicial review under the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
(h) In the event of a foreign animal disease outbreak, an act of animal agro-terrorism or other animal health emergency, the state veterinarian shall have all of the resources of the livestock board at his disposal. When such an event occurs, the state veterinarian shall immediately notify the governor and shall advise him as to any additional resources which may be needed to address the emergency.
(j) Any person failing to comply with this section shall be punished as provided in W.S. 11-1-103.
(k) The owner or producer of animals quarantined for brucellosis containment efforts may submit a claim at any time during the quarantine, or within thirty (30) days after release from quarantine, for reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in mitigating or attempting to mitigate the effects of the quarantine. The Wyoming livestock board, in consultation with the state veterinarian, shall promulgate rules for the processing of claims under this section.
11-19-104. Slaughter of diseased animals; authority of
veterinarian; slaughtering order; when consent of owner required.
(a) In any case of epizootic disease where premises have been previously quarantined by the state veterinarian, he may order the slaughter of any diseased animals upon the premises and all animals that have been exposed to contagion or infection under the following restrictions:
(i) The order shall be in writing with a duplicate for each owner of the animals condemned;
(ii) The original of each order shall be filed by the veterinarian with the governor and a duplicate given to the owner; and
(iii) Before slaughtering any animal that has been exposed only and does not show disease, the veterinarian shall have the consent of the owner or person in charge of the animal to be slaughtered.
11-19-106. Removal of diseased animals; owner's claims.
(a) All claims against the state arising from the ordered disposal of animals by the state veterinarian for scrapie, brucellosis and tuberculosis, together with the order of the veterinarian, shall be submitted to the state auditor who shall examine them without unnecessary delay. For purposes of this section, "disposal" means to sell, send to slaughter or destroy the animal. For each claim he finds to be equitable and entitled to indemnity under this chapter the auditor shall issue his warrant on the state treasurer for the sum named in the claim. All claims for indemnity arising under the provisions of this chapter, before they are presented for payment to the auditor, shall be submitted to the state veterinarian who shall fully inform himself of the facts connected with each claim. The state veterinarian shall endorse on each claim his approval or rejection and shall express in such endorsement the reasons for his approval or rejection.
(b) If the state veterinarian rejects a claim it and the reasons for rejection shall be submitted to a board of arbitration consisting of three (3) members selected as follows:
(i) The state veterinarian shall select one (1) stock grower who is a resident of the county where the ordered disposed animal for which the claim is made ranged;
(ii) The claimant shall select one (1) stock grower who is a resident of the same county; and
(iii) These two (2) shall choose the third member from among the stock growers of the same county.
(c) The indemnity granted under this section shall be the difference between the fair market value of the livestock and the amount received for the sale, less any amount of reimbursement provided for and paid under federal law and regulation. Fair market value shall be determined by using comparable sales data from state markets at the time of removal or by the use of a qualified independent livestock appraiser as designated by the state veterinarian. If no sale is transacted, but an animal is removed for diagnostic purposes or disposal, the reimbursement provided shall be the fair market value minus any other reimbursement. Unless otherwise reimbursed, the cost of shipping or transportation and commission charges shall be added to the amount provided to the producer for livestock indemnification. It shall be paid to the owner upon his application and presentation of proofs prescribed herein within six (6) months of the date of ordered disposal for which payment is claimed. The claim shall be barred if not presented within the time limited.
(d) Payments shall be made by the state treasurer from funds appropriated to the animal reimbursement program account under W.S. 11-19-118 and as provided by W.S. 11-19-109. The right to indemnity is limited to animals destroyed by reason of existence or suspected existence of some epizootic form of infectious or contagious diseases, generally fatal or incurable.
(e) There is no right to indemnity and payment in the following cases:
(i) For animals belonging to the United States;
(ii) For animals that are brought into the state contrary to the laws of this state or the governor's import proclamation;
(iii) For animals found to be diseased upon arrival or that were exposed to the disease prior to their arrival in the state under circumstances whereby the Wyoming owner knew or should have known of such conditions;
(iv) When an animal was previously affected by any other disease which from its nature and development was incurable and necessarily fatal;
(v) When the owner or person in charge has knowingly or negligently omitted to comply with W.S. 11-19-104 or 11-19-105; or
(vi) When the owner or claimant at the time of coming in possession of the animal knew it to be diseased or received the notice specified in W.S. 11-19-110.
(f) The Wyoming livestock board, in consultation with the state veterinarian, shall promulgate rules and regulations for the processing of claims under this section.
(g) Renumbered as 11-19-118 by Laws 2020, ch. 94, § 2.
11-19-107. Auditor to pay claims allowed by board; effect of failure to submit claim to board.
The state auditor shall pay no claim for indemnity which is rejected by the state veterinarian, unless it has been submitted to arbitration and the arbitration board decided it to be legal and just. If any claimant refuses to submit his claim rejected by the veterinarian to a board of arbitration, the refusal is a waiver of all claim for indemnity.
Each member of a board of arbitration shall receive one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each day actually engaged and employed in the investigation of any claim, paid by the state veterinarian out of an appropriation for that purpose.
The liability of the state for indemnity for animals destroyed under this act [§§ 11-19-101 through 11-19-111] in any two (2) years, is limited by and shall in no case exceed the amount especially appropriated for that purpose and for that period.
11-19-110. Quarantine of diseased animals; authority of veterinarian over animals in transit.
(a) The owner or person having in charge any animal affected with or suspected of any contagious or infectious disease shall immediately confine the animal in a safe place, isolated from other animals, and with all necessary restrictions to prevent dissemination of the disease until the arrival of the state veterinarian.
(b) The state veterinarian or his agent may examine all animals passing through the state and on detection or suspicion of disease may take possession of and treat and dispose of animals in transit in the same manner as animals resident in the state.
11-19-111. Regulation of importation of animals; prohibited acts; penalties; applicability.
(a) The governor, upon recommendation of the Wyoming livestock board, may regulate by proclamation the importation into Wyoming from any other state any animal, blood, microorganism or biologic agent capable of causing any disease affecting livestock or other animals, or any other item suspected of being infected or contaminated with biologic agents capable of causing animal disease, except under such conditions as he deems proper for the protection of the livestock, livestock animals as defined in W.S. 11-29-101(a)(vi) and other domestic animals of Wyoming. All requirements in the governor's proclamation shall be enforced by the Wyoming livestock board.
(b) After a proclamation is issued by the governor it is unlawful for any person to import into Wyoming or receive imports within this state from any other state any animal, blood, microorganism or biologic agent capable of causing any diseases affecting livestock or other animals, or any product or item suspected of being infected or contaminated with biologic agents capable of causing animal disease, except under such conditions as may be imposed by the proclamation. Any person who violates this section shall be punished as provided in W.S. 11-1-103. The violator is civilly liable for all damages and loss sustained by any person by reason of violation of the proclamation.
(c) The proclamation authorized by this section shall not prohibit the transportation of animals through Wyoming by railroad as long as the animals are not unloaded in this state.
(d) The state veterinarian may inspect, treat, test, vaccinate, quarantine or sell any livestock or other domestic animals imported into Wyoming in violation of W.S. 11-19-111 or any rules promulgated thereunder. Any order or regulation made by the state veterinarian is subject to review, modification or annulment by the governor or the board at any subsequent meeting.
(e) An order of the state veterinarian under subsection
(d) of this section shall be subject to appeal and due process as provided in W.S. 11-19-103.
11-19-112. Cooperation with animal and plant health inspection service.
The state consents to having the animal and plant health inspection service (APHIS) of the United States department of agriculture and its employees come within Wyoming for all purposes connected with the importation and exportation of diseased livestock and for all purposes connected with the eradication, suppression and control of dangerously infectious and contagious diseases of livestock.
(a) There is created the animal reimbursement program account into which shall be deposited revenues as provided by law. Interest on earnings from funds in the account shall be credited to the account. Deposits into the account shall only be expended pursuant to this section, W.S. 11-19-103, 11-19-106, 11-19-214, 11-19-406 and Wyoming livestock board rules. Notwithstanding W.S. 9-2-1008 or 9-4-207, unexpended funds shall not revert.
(b) The state veterinarian shall report the balance of the account and the claims endorsed and paid each fiscal year to the joint appropriations committee and the joint agriculture, state and public lands and water resources interim committee.
(c) Before the state veterinarian endorses any payment to be made from this account for the ordered disposal of any livestock under W.S. 11-19-106, 11-19-214 or 11-19-406 or for brucellosis testing and containment efforts pursuant to Wyoming livestock board rules or under W.S. 11-19-103, the state veterinarian shall ascertain that sufficient funds are available in the account. The state veterinarian shall use available federal funds before using state funds to make any payment from this account.
(d) Not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) shall be paid for any single quarantine effort under W.S. 11-19-103(k). The reimbursement limit under this subsection does not include any indemnity payment for livestock disposal under W.S. 11-19-106, 11-19-214 or 11-19-406. Payments from this account for quarantine efforts shall cease whenever the unexpended, unobligated account balance equals or is less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00). Payments from this account for quarantine efforts may resume after the unexpended, unobligated account balance exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00).
(e) The Wyoming livestock board, in consultation with the state veterinarian, shall promulgate rules to carry out the purposes of this section.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Dairy animal" means any cow, sheep or goat, the milk or milk products from which is sold or used for human consumption;
(ii) "Livestock animal" means as defined in W.S. 11-29-101(a)(vi);
(iii) "This act" means W.S. 11-19-201 through 11-19-215.
11-19-208. Ear tags; record to be kept of livestock animals tested.
Each livestock animal tested for tuberculosis shall have an official ear tag inserted in its ear. The testing veterinarian shall keep an official record of all livestock animals tested and submit a copy of the record to state and federal animal health officials.
Whenever the state veterinarian suspects that tuberculosis exists or has been introduced to livestock animals, he shall order the testing of the livestock animals.