The Legislature finds and declares it is the policy of this state that animal health and disease control are essential to the livestock industry and the health of the economy of Nebraska. The purpose of the Animal Health and Disease Control Act is to further the best interests of Nebraska’s livestock industry and to grow Nebraska agriculture. In carrying out its duty to protect the health of Nebraska’s livestock, the department may use USDA/APHIS/VS program standards to determine and employ the most efficient and practical means for the prevention, suppression, control, and eradication of dangerous diseases among livestock and transmissible from other animals to livestock.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 54-2939

  • Animal: means all vertebrate members of the animal kingdom except humans or wild animals at large. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2906
  • Department: means the Department of Agriculture. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2912
  • Livestock: means cattle, swine, sheep, horses, mules, donkeys, goats, domesticated cervine animals, ratite birds, poultry, llamas, and alpacas. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2921
  • Program standards: means the supplemental guidelines and uniform methods and rules adopted and approved by USDA/APHIS/VS for further clarification of established procedures for the regulation, control, eradication, and enforcement of livestock program diseases. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2930
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
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