Reviewed
September, 1992
Administration: These statutes are administered by the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry, State Office Building, 301 Centennial Mall South, Lincoln, Nebraska 68509. Telephone: (402) 471-2351.
Revisions: The provisions of these statutes were last revised during the 1977 Nebraska Legislature.
Rules: No regulations are currently in effect relative to these statutes.
54-1401 Terms, defined.
54-1402 Sheep; treated for scabies; not to
be sold for slaughter; lapse of time; designated by Department of Agriculture.
54-1403 Sheep; slaughter, feeding, breeding; exhibition; health
certificate; permit.
54-1404 Sheep; auction markets; requirements.
54-1405 Sheep; moved intrastate;
requirements.
54-1406 Sheep; moved to a county in a scabies eradication area;
requirements.
54-1407 Sheep; inspection, examination,
treatment; enter upon premises; without interference; report animal exposed or affected with
scabies.
54-1408 Sheep; infected with scabies; quarantine; dipping; cost;
violation; penalty.
54-1409 Animals; scabies; treatment.
54-1410 Director of Agriculture; rules and regulations.
54-1411 Violations; penalty.
54-1401. Terms, defined.
Scabies eradication area shall be a county or group of counties in which a systematic inspection
of all flocks of sheep is being carried out but has not been completed.
Scabies quarantined area or premises shall be where scabies now exists or has existed and the
required dipping procedures have not been completed.
All exposed flocks shall be quarantined and absolutely no animals removed from the premises
until the flock has been dipped once in a permitted dip maintained at a required strength under
the supervision of a state or federal inspector in accordance with the directions issued by the
Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry.
Exposed flocks shall mean flocks where no scabies exist but animals have been exposed to sheep
affected with scabies.
All infected flocks shall be quarantined and absolutely no animals removed from the premises
until the entire flock has been dipped twice ten to fourteen days apart in a permitted dip
maintained at a required strength under the supervision of a state or federal inspector in
accordance with the directions issued by the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal
Industry.
Infected flocks shall be flocks in which scabies exists or flocks to which animals have been
added from a known infected source.
54-1402. Sheep; treated for scabies; not to be sold for slaughter; lapse
of time; designated by Department of Agriculture.
54-1403. Sheep; slaughter, feeding, breeding; exhibition; health
certificate; permit.
54-1404. Sheep; auction markets; requirements.
Any auction market that handles sheep to be sold for purposes other than direct to slaughter must
maintain approved dipping facilities.
If yarding facilities are maintained which are sufficient to prevent commingling with other sheep
and these facilities are not used for any other purpose, sheep from counties within an area
designated as scabies free may be released without dipping. Sheep dipped within ten days prior
to arrival at auction markets and where such dipping is supported by approved certification, may
be released without further dipping. Sheep not in the above two categories must be dipped in a
permitted dip maintained at a required strength under the supervision of a state or federal
inspector in accordance with the directions issued by the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of
Animal Industry within ten days of release.
54-1405. Sheep; moved intrastate; requirements.
54-1406. Sheep; moved to a county in a scabies eradication area;
requirements.
54-1407. Sheep; inspection, examination, treatment; enter upon
premises; without interference; report animal exposed or affected with scabies.
It shall be the duty of any owner or custodian of any flock or portion of a flock of sheep to make
such sheep available for inspections, examinations or necessary treatments whenever any
inspector or person employed or authorized by the Department of Agriculture shall find it
necessary to inspect, examine, or treat such animals.
It shall be the duty of any owner or custodian of any sheep to report to the Bureau of Animal
Industry when any animal is suspected of being exposed to or affected with scabies.
54-1408. Sheep; infected with scabies; quarantine; dipping; cost;
violation; penalty.
Any conveyance or yarding facility must be cleaned and disinfected following transportation or
yarding of any sheep known to be infected with scabies before being used for transport or holding
any other sheep.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a Class III
misdemeanor.
54-1409. Animals; scabies; treatment
(2) Treatment, unless otherwise directed by the Bureau of Animal Industry shall be by immersion
in a permitted dip maintained at a required strength under the supervision of a state or federal
inspector in accordance with the directions issued by the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of
Animal Industry.
54-1410. Director of Agriculture; rules and regulations.
54-1411. Violations; penalty.
A scabies-free area shall be a county or group of counties in which a systematic inspection of all
flocks of sheep including feedlots has been completed and no scabies is found to exist.
Sheep that have been treated for scabies shall not be sold for slaughter until the elapse of a
specified amount of time which shall depend upon the method of treatment as designated by the
Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry.
Sheep directed for slaughter in Nebraska must not be diverted en route. Sheep for feeding,
breeding and exhibition purposes from scabies-certified-free states must be accompanied by a
health certificate issued by an accredited veterinarian, certifying that they are apparently free
from disease. Sheep for feeding, breeding and exhibition purposes from states designated as
scabies eradication areas or from states where scabies exists and which are not designated as
scabies eradication areas must be dipped once in a permitted dip maintained at a required
strength under the supervision of a state or federal inspector in accordance with the directions
issued by the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry within ten days from their
entry into Nebraska. Sheep from a scabies eradication area must be accompanied by a permit,
and the number of the permit must be recorded on the health certificate which must accompany
the shipment.
All sheep released from auction markets must be accompanied by form P-10 Nebraska permit to
move livestock provided by the Department of Agriculture on which shall be designated the
number of animals, purpose and destination of the shipment. An original and one copy of this
form must be mailed to the Bureau of Animal Industry.
Sheep to be moved in Nebraska from one farm or ranch to another farm or ranch must not be
diverted en route. Sheep being moved to a county within an area designated as scabies free may
move without restriction if from a county of the same status or under special permit from the
State Veterinarian if the native flock has been inspected and found free by a state or federal
inspector or accredited veterinarian prior to movement. In the alternative, sheep may be moved
on permit after being dipped in a permitted dip maintained at a required strength under the
supervision of a state or federal inspector in accordance with the directions issued by the
Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry within ten days prior to movement.
Sheep to be moved to a county within an area designated as a scabies eradication area: (1) May
be moved without restrictions if from a county designated as scabies free; (2) If from a county
within an area designated as a scabies eradication area and the entire flock has been inspected
under a systematic inspection program and found free, sheep may move without further
requirements; or (3) Must be dipped in a permitted dip maintained at a required strength under
the supervision of a state or federal inspector in accordance with the directions issued by the
Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Industry within ten days prior to movement.
In accordance with sections 54-701 to 54-705, any officer, agent, employee or appointee of the
Department of Agriculture or the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal Disease
Eradication Division, shall have the right to enter upon the premises of any person or persons for
the purpose of making inspections of any animals found to be infected with or exposed to scabies
and to declare, deliver and enforce any and all quarantines.
When animals are found to be infected with or exposed to scabies they shall be held in quarantine
at a place to be prescribed by the Department of Agriculture until treated or dipped and the
premises cleaned and disinfected as deemed necessary by the department. The cost of dipping or
otherwise treating such animals as deemed necessary by the department shall be borne by the
owner thereof.
Whenever any domestic animal or animals are found to have scabies and are required by the
Bureau of Animal Industry to be treated on account of such scabies, such treatment shall be
applied as directed by the Bureau of Animal Industry, under the immediate supervision of an
authorized veterinarian or other designated inspector. The treatment of scabies and mange or
both, in the instance of livestock shall be in the following manner:
(1) The treatment, unless otherwise designated by the Bureau of Animal Industry, shall be by
dipping in a bath or vat which shall be of sufficient size and so arranged as to permit complete
immersion of the animal to be treated in the dipping fluid; and
The Director of Agriculture is authorized to make, promulgate, amend, repeal, and enforce
necessary rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of sections 54-1401 to 54-1411.
Any person violating any of the provisions of sections 54-1401 to 54-1411 for which a specific
penalty is not otherwise provided shall be deemed guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor.