Louisiana Livestock Sanitary Board v. Pickett

HUMPHRIES, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the Louisiana Livestock Sanitary Board and against the defendant-appellant, Joseph A. Pickett, Sr. ordering the latter to present and restrain his cattle for identification and testing as provided by R.S. 3:2221. We affirm.

The defendant consigned 19 head of cattle for sale at Guilbeau-Kennedy Stock Yards, Inc., Opelousas, Louisiana on June 19, 1974. All of the cattle were tested and one cow tested positive for brucellosis. This test was confirmed at the brucellosis testing laboratory in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The defendant was…