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When the County Veterinarian shall have determined that an infectious disease exists among livestock in any other county or area of the State of California and the importation of livestock from such county or area might spread such disease among livestock within the County of San Diego, the County Veterinarian may notify the State Veterinarian and request assistance in implementing an appropriate quarantine to eliminate any danger of the livestock within the County of San Diego being exposed to infection from such disease.
(Amended by Ord. No. 5726 (N.S.), effective 5-8-80; amended by Ord. No. 10238 (N.S.), effective 1-4-13; amended by Ord. No. 10927 (N.S.), effective 1-10-25)
Upon information received by the County Veterinarian of any infectious disease affecting livestock within the County of San Diego, the County Veterinarian may investigate the same. Upon discovery of any infectious disease affecting livestock in the County of San Diego, the County Veterinarian may establish such quarantine, sanitary testing, immunizing, and police regulations as may be necessary to control or eradicate such disease and prevent the spread thereof to other livestock. The County Veterinarian may quarantine any livestock which may have been exposed to infection from such diseased livestock or which may have been located upon the land or premises where such diseased livestock has been kept, and thereafter it shall be unlawful for any person to break such quarantine or to move or allow to be moved any such livestock from within the premises thus quarantined, or across the quarantine line so established without first obtaining from the County Veterinarian a permit to do so. If the County Veterinarian shall deem it proper to issue such a permit after inspection the County Veterinarian may cause such livestock, premises, vehicles of transportation, and any infected materials equipment or effects to be properly cleaned and disinfected.
(Amended by Ord. No. 5726 (N.S.), effective 5-8-80; amended by Ord. No. 10238 (N.S.), effective 1-4-13; amended by Ord. No. 10927 (N.S.), effective 1-10-25)
It shall be unlawful for any person during the existence of such quarantine to remove, tear, deface, mutilate, obscure or otherwise destroy or in any other manner whatsoever interfere with any placard, notice, or proclamation declaring such quarantine which is placed on or about the premises on which any of said animals so quarantined are located.
(Amended by Ord. No. 10927 (N.S.), effective 1-10-25)
It shall be unlawful for any person to permit any livestock so quarantined to have access to any irrigation ditch, stream or other channel in which water is running or may run at any time through such quarantined premises, or to allow such livestock to come in contact with other livestock which may have access to any irrigation ditch, stream or other channel so mentioned, or to permit the depositing in such irrigation ditch, stream, or channel of any manure, offal, excrement, or material which might carry infection, or to allow the drainage from any premises so quarantined to come in contact with such irrigation ditch, stream or other channel aforementioned.
(Amended by Ord. No. 10927 (N.S.), effective 1-10-25)
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