302 KAR 20:050. Carcasses.

      RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 257

      STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS Chapter 257, 257.030

      NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 257.160 provides for the disposition of dead carcasses in the proper manner to prevent the spread of contagion. This administrative regulation allows the animal to be transported from the farm in a proper manner.

      Section 1. If the owner of a dead carcass is unable to dispose of it as provided for in KRS 257.160 by burning, by cremation or by burial it will be permissible to haul a dead carcass under these conditions: The bodies of dead animals transported over the highways by anyone must be covered with a tarpaulin or other heavy material and no portion of the dead animal can be exposed. The sides of trucks used must be of solid material. Flat bodied trucks with no sides and sides made of slat material with openings between slats are forbidden.

      Section 2. The owner shall dispose of dead animals within forty-eight (48) hours after the carcass is found. (Agr:Ls. D. 45; 1 Ky.R. 740; eff. 5-14-75.)