Question #19 - Contagious And Infectious Diseases of Livestock And Poultry

The State entity that has the authority to determine the existence of contagious diseases in animals or poultry and declare them to be epidemics is: 

State Board of Agriculture

Department of Health and Senior Services

State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners

Municipal Departments of Health

For Your Information

N.J.S.A. 4:5-1 establishes that the State Board of Agriculture has the authority to determine the existence of contagious diseases in animals or poultry and to declare them epidemics. The statute also authorizes the State Board of Agriculture to establish quarantines and to provide and distribute serums for the prevention and cure of diseases.