{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-263.010","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 263.010","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:\n(1) \"Board\" means the Board of Agriculture.\n(2) \"Commissioner\" means the Commissioner of Agriculture.\n(3) \"Animals\" include all members of species equine, ovine, bovine, porcine, feline,\ncanine, lapin and avian.\n(4) \"Communicable disease\" includes hog cholera, brucellosis, leptospirosis, anthrax,\nblack leg, catarrhal influenza in cattle, contagious pleuro -pneumonia, foot and\nmouth disease or aphthous fever, glanders, hemorrhagic septicemia, maladie du coit\nor dourine, mange of cattle, necrobacillosis and foot rot in sheep, hydrophobia,\nrinderpest, scabies in cattle, Texas tick or southern cattle fever, tuberculosis or any\nother disease proclaimed by the board to be of a transmissible character.\n(5) \"Loading platform\" means any place operated by a license holder for dead animals,\npoultry and fish or parts thereof which are collected for loading onto trucks which\nwill then take them to rendering plants.\n(6) \"License holder\" means any person who has  completed the necessary application to\nthe department and the department has issued a license under the terms of this\nchapter.\n(7) \"Department\" means the Department of Agriculture.","path":["KRS Chapter 263"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=12825","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:53:12Z","sha256":"36d9ed9e24e85b87ca2817e5ddabc47d06ddbb8fe669c5edc39cadb6595e93bc","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-262.990","next":"us-ky/krs-263.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}