The commission may establish quarantines on land, premises, and livestock
for the purpose of regulating the handling of livestock and eradicating ticks
or exposure to ticks in the free area or for the purpose of preventing the
spread of tick infestation into the free area. An owner or caretaker of livestock
in the free area and the commissioners court of a county all or part of which
is located in the free area shall cooperate with the commission in the manner
provided by this chapter for tick eradication in the tick eradication area.
(1) Control purpose quarantine area-A premise or property designated
by the commission, in writing, for a systematic inspection of livestock and
premises and control of the movement of livestock in order to investigate
and control a suspected exposure of animals to ticks outside the tick eradication
quarantine area. The boundaries of the area will be determined by evaluation
of the barriers to the potential spread of ticks.
(2) Temporary preventative quarantine area--An area designated
by the commission for systematic inspection and treatment of livestock and
premises, and control of movement of livestock, in order to detect and eradicate
infestation and exposure from infested or exposed premises outside the tick
eradication quarantine area. The extent of the area will be determined by
evaluating the barriers to the potential spread of ticks.
(3) Tick eradication quarantine area--An area designated by
the commission, through boundaries established by this chapter, for systematic
inspection and treatment of livestock and premises, and control of movement
of livestock, in order to detect and eradicate infestation from infested or
exposed premises. The extent of the area will be determined by evaluating
the barriers to the potential spread of ticks. This is the permanent quarantine
area which is designated in §§41.14 - 41.22 of this Chapter (relating
to Quarantine Line; Defining and Establishing Tick Eradication Areas), and
in the United States Department of Agriculture Code of Federal Regulations
Part 72.5, parallel to the Rio Grande River, commonly known as the buffer
zone or systematic area.
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