(A) Every herd owner and livestock dealer shall allow an official backtag to be applied to all female bovine animals two years of age and over, any heifer showing udder development and all bulls over six months of age that are going to slaughter.
(B) (1) Any public livestock marketing facility within the county shall identify and apply official tags to all bovine animals as described in division (A) above.
(2) Identifying backtags shall be supplied free of charge to the auction markets to identify species of animals for their convenience.
(C) (1) Every slaughtering establishment within the county which buys identified animals from a market or direct or untagged animals shall collect and identify all blood samples from those animals as described in division (A) above and send them to the Purdue Diagnostic Laboratory for testing.
(2) The county shall supply all necessary equipment and postage.
(D) (1) Any livestock dealer purchasing untagged livestock within the county shall identify and apply official tags to all animals described in division (A) above unless a public livestock marketing facility agrees to provide that service to the dealer.
(2) The dealer shall identify the source of each animal presented at the market.
(E) All persons required to identify animals in accordance with this section shall file reports of that identification on forms supplied by the State Board of Animal Health.
(F) If the market cattle test discloses any reactor animal, the herd of origin shall be tested within 15 days under supervision of the State Board of Animal Health.
(G) If the owner fails to comply, a quarantine shall be enforced with attending restrictions and penalties.
(Ord. 25-2021, passed 12-28-2021) Penalty, see § 94.99