Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 101 - Rules of the Board of Animal Health › Subpart 1 - Organization of the Board of Animal Health › Mississippi Board of Animal Health Composition › Section 2-101-1-101

Current through June 25, 2024
In accordance with section
					 69-15-2
					 of the Mississippi Code Annotated, the Board of Animal Health is composed of 15
					 members. Five members are ex officio with full voting rights and the remaining
					 10 members are appointed by the governor from various groups as provided by
					 law. The five ex officio members consist of the commissioner of agriculture and
					 commerce, the dean of the college of veterinary medicine and the heads of the
					 animal and dairy science and poultry science departments at Mississippi State
					 University of Agriculture and Applied Science and one person appointed by the
					 president of Alcorn State University from its land grant staff. The governor
					 appoints the ten other members to four-year terms as follows:
1. one licensed and practicing veterinarian
				  who holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Degree from a written list of three
				  recommendations submitted by the State Veterinary Medical
				  Association;
2. one general farmer
				  from a list of three recommendations of the Farm Bureau Federation;
3. one poultry breeder and producer from a
				  list of three recommendations submitted by the Mississippi Poultry
				  Association;
4. one small ruminant
				  breeder and producer from a list of three recommendations, with one
				  recommendation being submitted by each of the following: the Mississippi Sheep
				  Producers' Association, the Mississippi Club Goat Association and the
				  Mississippi Goat Association. If an association fails to timely submit its
				  recommendation, the Governor may appoint the member from the list of
				  recommendations submitted by the other associations;
5. one beef cattle breeder and producer from
				  a list of three recommendations submitted by the Mississippi Cattlemen's
				  Association;
6. one swine breeder
				  and producer from a written list of three recommendations submitted by the
				  Mississippi Pork Producers' Association;
7. one dairy breeder and producer submitted
				  from a written list of three recommendations from the American Dairy
				  Association of Mississippi;
8. one
				  horse breeder and producer from a written list of four recommendations, with
				  one recommendation being submitted by each of the following: the Mississippi
				  Quarter Horse Association, Tennessee Walking Horse Association, Mississippi
				  Cutting Horse Association and Mississippi State Equine Association. If an
				  association fails to timely submit its recommendation, the Governor may appoint
				  the member from the list of recommendations submitted by the other
				  associations;
9. one catfish
				  breeder and producer from a written list of three recommendations from the
				  Mississippi Catfish Association; and
10. one member of the Mississippi Livestock
				  Auction Association from a written list of three recommendations submitted by
				  the Mississippi Livestock Auction Association.
Amended August 7, 2017
Miss. Code Ann.
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											69-15-3