Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 9 - ANIMAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Article 10 - PUBLIC LIVESTOCK MARKETS
Section 9-10-36 - Diseases or conditions that shall render livestock unfit for sale at public livestock markets

Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 9-10-36

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024

The following diseases or conditions shall render an animal unfit for sale at a public livestock market:

(a) Ocular neoplasia, which is commonly known as "cancer eye," unless the neoplasitc lesions show no signs of metastasis and have not destroyed the eye or the eyelid. Livestock with cancer eye will be deemed unfit for sale if any of these conditions is met:

(1) the neoplastic lesions affect the eye, eyelids, or both and have destroyed the affected organ to the point that the affected area cannot be surgically removed;

(2) the neoplastic lesions show signs of local metastatic invasion from the primary site to the bone of the orbit; or

(3) there are marked signs of swelling, discoloration, draining necrotic lesions, deformation of tissue, or odor;

(b) any animal displaying other forms of neoplasia, regardless of tissue origin, which exhibit significant involvement, including swelling, discoloration, draining necrotic lesions, tissue deformation, or odor;

(c) any disease process, including actinomycosis, pneumonia, and urinary calculi, that, in the judgment of the market veterinarian, is unlikely to respond to treatment and has resulted in emaciation of the animal; and

(d) any disease process that has resulted in the presentation of a nonambulatory animal.

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