Any person who, knowing that any contamination or contagious or infectious disease exists among his animals, conceals such fact, or knowing of the existence of such disease, sells any animal or animals so contaminated or diseased, or any exposed animal, or knowing the same, removes any such contaminated, diseased, or exposed animal from his premises to the premises of another, or along any public highway, or knowing of the existence of such contamination, disease, or exposure thereto, transports, drives, leads or ships any animal so contaminated, diseased, or exposed, by any motor vehicle, car or steamboat, to any place in or out of this State; and any person who brings any such contaminated or diseased, or knowingly, brings any such contaminated or exposed animals into this State from another state; and any person who knowingly buys, receives, sells, conveys, or engages in the traffic of such contaminated, diseased, or exposed stock, and any person who violates any quarantine regulation established under the provisions of this or any other Act, for each, either, any or all acts above mentioned in this Section, is guilty of a petty offense and shall forfeit all right to any compensation for any animal or property destroyed under the provisions of this Act.