95.50 Transportation and disposal of animal carcasses.
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95.50 Transportation and disposal of animal carcasses.
(1)Definitions. In this section:
(a)“Carcass” means the dead body, or any part of the dead body, of a livestock animal or other domestic animal.
(b)Notwithstanding s. 95.001
(2), “contagious or infectious disease” means a disease that is spread by contact, bodily secretions, or fomites or that is caused by a pathogenic agent.
(c)“Diseased carcass” means the carcass of a livestock animal or other domestic animal if the animal was any of the following at the time of death:
1. Infected with a contagious or infectious disease.
2. Potentially infected with a contagious or infectious disease, based on known exposure to a contagious or infectious disease.
3. Reasonably suspected of being infected with a contagious or infectious disease, based on symptoms or testing.
(d)“Fomite” means an inanimate object or a substance that transfers infectious organisms from one animal to another.
(2)Carcass transportation and disposal prohibitions. No person may do any of the following, either directly or through an employee or agent: