SF3728 - Minnesota - Bovine tuberculosis management zone restrictions and herd buyout appropriation; bovine tuberculosis control provisions modification

2E Relating to the control of bovine tuberculosis; defining bovine tuberculosis management zone; providing for the buyout of certain cattle by the board of animal health; requiring the board to conduct a risk assessment for cattle continuing to be located within the bovine tuberculosis management zone; providing fencing cost sharing assistance to certain cattle producers; granting the board of animal health the authority to control tuberculosis and the movement of cattle, bison and farmed cervidae within and between tuberculosis zones in the state; providing for the designation of zones; specifying the authority of the board to control cattle, bison and farmed cervidae within modified accredited zones; modifying restrictions and penalties for wildlife feeding within a certain area of the infected cattle herd; requiring the commissioner of agriculture to collect a bovine tuberculosis control assessment for each head [...]

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