Statute 47-418: Branding; rules and regulations; identification brands for disease
control purposes.
Livestock may be branded in any way, or on any part of the animal,
according to rules and regulations adopted by the commissioner, but livestock
shall be branded so that they may be
readily distinguished should they become intermixed with other herds.
Livestock brands for identification of cattle to control diseases may be
placed on the head or tailhead of the cattle. The letter "T" shall be used
on the left jaw, by hot iron, to identify tuberculosis reactors; the letter
"V" may be used on the left jaw, by hot iron, to identify
brucellosis vaccinated
cattle; the letter "S" may be used on the left jaw or the tailhead, by hot
iron, to identify brucellosis exposed or untested test eligible animals;
the letter "F" may be used on the left jaw or the left tailhead, by hot
iron, to designate heifers from B and C states as listed by the United
States department of agriculture. No applications for livestock brands for
owner identification shall be issued for head, neck or tailhead locations,
and the head and tailhead locations for livestock brands shall be reserved
for brands for disease control purposes, except that head, neck and
tailhead brands presently effective may have registration renewal upon term
expirations. No evidence of ownership of brands shall be recorded except as
provided in this act.
History: L. 1939, ch. 222, § 5; L. 1947, ch. 298, § 5; L.
1961, ch. 254, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 154, § 1;
L. 1988, ch. 186, § 2;
L. 1989, ch. 156, § 1; July 1.