If the owner shall refuse to accept the appraisal provided for in Section 2-15-161, the animals shall be appraised by three competent and disinterested appraisers, one to be selected by the duly commissioned representative of the State Veterinarian or the representative of the United States Secretary of Agriculture duly commissioned by the State Veterinarian, one by the owner and these two to select a third.
Ala. Code § 2-15-162 (1975)