Destruction of diseased animal.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 8-84
in effectSec. 8-84. - Destruction of diseased animal.
(a) Whenever it shall be found that any animal intended for food or producing milk is affected with cholera, tuberculosis, trichinosis, or any other disease which is dangerous to life, the animal shall be killed and its flesh destroyed.
(b) Whenever in dairy herds any disease which is suspected of being infectious exists, no milk shall be kept or sold for food until the sick cattle have been destroyed.
(Ord. No. 672-18, § 1, 7-16-18)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH8AN_ARTIIILIFO_DIV1GE_S8-84DEDIANFetched: 10/27/2026
