New Mexico Livestock Board
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As disease and theft of livestock became a problem in the Territory of New Mexico, a group of like-minded individuals felt the need for a governing agency to regulate the expanding livestock industry. A bill was introduced to the Territorial Legislature and became law on March 19, 1887, which created a board of commissioners called the Cattle Sanitary Board. Due to the stringent brand and health regulations, losses from theft and disease where then as today, much less than other states. The Cattle Sanitary Board, currently called the New Mexico Livestock Board, is still mandated by law to provide an ever increasing role in the protection of the 1.6 billion dollar livestock industry in New Mexico. The New Mexico Livestock Board is comprised of a statewide team of first responders trained to appraise quarantine and contain an outbreak of foreign animal disease. This Emergency Response Team works in conjunction with other State agencies in utilizing the appropriate authority, regulations, manpower and fiscal capabilities to combat and eradicate the disease(s) |
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