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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
No person who has in his possession any domestic animal infected with a reportable disease shall:
(1) Permit such an animal to run at large;
(2) Keep such an animal where other domestic animals, not affected with or previously exposed to the disease, may become infected with or exposed to it;
(3) Permit such an animal to go on, across, or along any public highway, or in any field or lot adjacent to any public highway, or in any field through which flows a stream; or
(4) Transport, sell, offer for sale, trade or give away such an animal, except upon permission or approval from the state veterinarian.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXI. Agriculture and Animals § 257.040.Places diseased animals prohibited - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xxi-agriculture-and-animals/ky-rev-st-sect-257-040/
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