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(a)
Report. It shall be the duty of every licensed veterinarian to report to the animal control officer any animal considered by such veterinarian to be a rabies suspect.
(b)
Death of animal under quarantine. When rabies has been diagnosed in an animal under quarantine or when rabies is suspected in such an animal by a licensed veterinarian, and the animal dies while under observation, the animal control officer shall immediately send the head of such animal to the state department of environmental management for pathological examination and shall notify the proper health official of reports of human contacts and the diagnoses.
(Code 1982, § 4-13(b), (c); Code 2003, § 10-127)