Sec. 164.045. DISINFECTION OF SHEARING PLANT IN QUARANTINED AREA

(a) If scabies-infected sheep located on premise quarantined for sheep scabies infection are shorn by an itinerant shearing plant or crew, the person owning, controlling, or having charge of the plant or crew shall, in accordance with this section, disinfect the plant and the wearing apparel of the crew, including laborers who shear the sheep or pack the wool, before the plant or crew moves from the premises where the sheep are shorn.

(b) All utensils, machinery, floors, ground coverings, and other portions of the plant that come in contact with the body of the sheep must be thoroughly cleaned with pure gasoline. The wearing apparel of the shearers or laborers must be submerged in boiling water for at least five minutes.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1424, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.