General Organization

PURPOSE: This rule complies with section 536.023, RSMo, which requires each agency to adopt as a rule a description of its operation and the methods where the public may obtain information or make submissions or requests. (1) The Division of Animal Health is a unit of the Department of Agriculture, state of Missouri. The animal health division’s primary responsibility is to control and eradicate livestock diseases to ensure optimum health of Missouri’s livestock population. This responsibility is carried out through various programs such as disease control and eradication, animal health laboratories, livestock market and dealer registration, rendering plant licensing, meat and poultry inspection, registration of livestock brands, and dead animal surveillance. (2) The state veterinarian’s office is housed within the George Washington Carver State Office Building located at 1616 Missouri Boulevard, Jefferson City, MO 65102. (3) Two (2) laboratories are maintained by the state veterinarian’s office and are located at the following addresses: Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory, 101 North Chestnut, Jefferson City, MO 65101; and Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory, 701 North Miller Avenue, Springfield, MO 65802. AUTHORITY: section 536.023, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed April 9, 1976, effective July 15, 1976. Amended: Filed Dec. 13, 1989, effective April 27, 1990. Amended: Filed Jan. 4, 1999, effective July 30, 1999. Amended: Filed March 5, 2004, effective Oct. 30, 2004. Amended: Filed Nov. 10, 2010, effective June 30, 2011. Amended: Filed July 21, 2023, effective Jan. 30, 2024. *Original authority: 536.023, RSMo 1975, amended 1976, 1997, 2004.