Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
< > Effective - 28 Aug 2001, 3 histories, see footnote (history)
578.008. Spreading disease to livestock, crime of — penalty — defenses. — 1. A person commits the crime of spreading disease to livestock or animals if that person purposely spreads any type of contagious, communicable or infectious disease among livestock as defined in section 267.565, RSMo, or other animals.
2. Spreading disease to livestock or animals is a class D felony unless the damage to livestock or animals is ten million dollars or more in which case it is a class B felony.
3. It shall be a defense to the crime of spreading disease to livestock or animals if such spreading is consistent with medically recognized therapeutic procedures.
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(L. 2001 S.B. 462)
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