(510 ILCS 85/2.2) (from Ch. 8, par. 132.2)
Sec. 2.2.
Whenever an owner, his agent or a veterinarian has knowledge or has
reason to suspect that pullorum or fowl typhoid exists in a flock of
poultry or in a hatchery, he shall give notice of such fact to the
Department.
Flocks deemed to be infected shall be quarantined by the Department
until all known reactors have been slaughtered, the remaining poultry on
the farm or in the hatchery have been tested and the flock deemed eligible
for release by the Department. All or part of quarantined flocks may be
sold for slaughter upon written permission from the Department.
(Source: P.A. 76-230.)
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