Ky. Rev. Stat. § 257.080 (2026)

Every veterinarian, laboratory, owner, or person having knowledge of the existence of any reportable disease of livestock, poultry, or fish within the state shall immediately report the disease to the state veterinarian. The department shall promulgate administrative regulations listing all reportable diseases of livestock, poultry, and fish and setting out the conditions under which the diseases shall be reported. Effective: June 25, 2009 History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 8, effective June 25, 2009. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 63c-2.