If upon any examination held pursuant to § 40-14-4 it is found that any animal is or has been affected, infected, or exposed to any contagious, infectious, epidemic, or communicable disease or to infestation by destructive parasite that is dangerous or detrimental to the health of the livestock of this state, such animal shall be held in quarantine until released by the Animal Industry Board. Any animal so found to be affected, infected, infested, or exposed to any such disease or parasites that is amenable to treatment, shall be treated according to instructions of such board.

Source: SDC 1939, § 40.0301; SL 1950 (SS), ch 7, § 1; SL 1977, ch 190, § 485; SL 1990, ch 325, § 229.