Missouri Revised Statutes Title XVII. Agriculture and Animals § 267.010. Definitions

(1)“Cattle” shall mean neat cattle;

(2)“Condemned” shall refer to cattle which have reacted to the test;

(3)“Department” or “department of agriculture” shall mean the Missouri state department of agriculture;

(4)“Director” shall mean the director of the department of agriculture of Missouri;

(5)“Owner” shall refer to any owner of cattle cooperating under the state-federal plan for Bang's testing;

(6) The term “person” means a natural person, partnership, association or corporation created or organized by or under the laws of this state or under the laws of any other state or country; whenever a word or words importing the plural number are used in describing or referring to any matter, parties or persons, any single matter, party or person shall be deemed to be included, although distributive words may not be used;

(7)“State” shall mean the state of Missouri;

(8)“State veterinarian” shall mean the state veterinarian of Missouri;

(9)“Test” shall refer to the agglutination blood test for Bang's disease;

(10)“United States” shall refer to the United States Department of Agriculture.