Revised
February, 2007

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:   These statutes were last revised during the 2006 session of the Nebraska Legislature.

Rules:   A regulation has been promulgated under these statutes, known as Title 23, Chapter 6, Nebraska Administrative Code - Cattle Scabies.

54-724.01   Domestic animals; scabies; quarantine; duties of owner.
54-724.02   Domestic animals; scabies; dipping; enforcement; costs.
54-752         Violations; penalties.
54-753         Prevention of disease; writ of injunction available.

54-724.01. Domestic animals; scabies; quarantine; duties of owner.   Whenever any inspector or person employed or authorized by the Department of Agriculture to make inspections of domestic animals finds any domestic animal affected with scabies, or which has been or is suspected of having been exposed to scabies, he or she shall at once notify the owner or custodian and such owner or custodian having such affected or exposed animal in charge or in his or her possession shall treat or dip all such animals so affected or exposed as and when ordered by the rules and regulations of the department. Such domestic animals so affected or exposed shall be held in strict quarantine at a place to be prescribed by the department until treated or dipped, and the premises shall be cleaned and disinfected if cleaning and disinfecting is deemed necessary by the department.

54-724.02. Domestic animals; scabies; dipping; enforcement; costs.   If an owner or custodian fails or refuses to dip or otherwise treat an animal or disinfect the premises as and when directed by the Department of Agriculture pursuant to section 54-724.01, the department shall have power to cause the animal to be dipped or otherwise treated in the manner and at the time directed by the department and shall keep the animal in the custody of the department until treated or dipped. The costs of dipping or otherwise treating such animals shall be borne by the owner, and if the department has caused such animals to be dipped or treated it shall keep such animals in its custody until the costs of such dipping and treatment, together with whatever costs the department has incurred in the matter, are paid.

54-752. Violations; penalty.   Any person violating any of the provisions of sections 54-701 to 54-753 and 54-7,105 to 54-7,108 shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor for the first violation and a Class I misdemeanor for any subsequent violation.

54-753. Prevention of disease; writ of injunction available.   The penal provisions of section 54-752 shall not be exclusive, but the district courts of this state, in the exercise of their equity jurisdiction, may, by injunction, compel the observance of, and by that remedy enforce, the provisions of sections 54-701 to 54-753 and 54-7,105 to 54-7,108 and the rules and regulations established and promulgated by the Department of Agriculture.