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NH Rev Stat § 436:68 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:68 - Sale.

    436:68 Sale. –||If no marked physical indications of tuberculosis have developed, such animals may be sold for immediate slaughter in any slaughterhouse under rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A by the commissioner of the department of health and human services, or in accordance with rules and regulations of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States under the federal meat inspection laws.|||Source. 1985, 72:1; 190:18. 1995, 310:182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:69 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:69 - Sound Animals.

    436:69 Sound Animals. –||Whenever a bovine is tested with the tuberculin or other approved test, under any of the provisions of this chapter, and passes the test satisfactorily to the commissioner or his agent, such animal, except purebred registered cattle, shall have a numbered tag placed in its ear, unless already so tagged.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:70 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:70 - Reactors.

    436:70 Reactors. –||Any bovine in which tuberculosis or brucellosis is diagnosed by the commissioner or his agent on physical examination, or by means of the tuberculin or brucellosis test, which is not immediately slaughtered under the supervision of the commissioner or his agent, shall be marked by inserting in its left ear a metal tag upon which is stamped a number and the word "Reactor", and by branding the letter T or the letter B, not less than 2 nor more than 3 inches high on the left jaw.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:71 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:71 - Tags.

    436:71 Tags. –||Tags for such purposes shall be furnished by the commissioner, at the expense of the state.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:72 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:72 - Records.

    436:72 Records. –||The commissioner shall keep a complete record of all tags so issued. In the case of reacting bovines, he shall also keep a complete description of said animals.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:73 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:73 - Penalty.

    436:73 Penalty. –||I. Whoever intentionally removes or defaces any tag so inserted, without the consent of the commissioner or his agent, or exhibits or displays any certificate that a specifically named herd has been found to be in a healthy condition and free from reactors, unless the certificate was issued by the commissioner, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.||II. In addition, any person who violates any of the provisions of this subdivision or rules adopted under it may be subject to an administrative fine levied by the commissioner, not to exceed $1,000 for each violation.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1989, 13:3, eff. April 4, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:74 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:74 - Penalty.

    436:74 Penalty. –||I. Any person who, knowing or having reason to believe that any horse is infected with glanders, or that any swine is infected with hog cholera, or that any domestic animal is infected with anthrax or black leg, hemorrhagic septicemia, contagious infectious abortion, or any other contagious or infectious disease, shall sell, offer for sale, trade or barter, or expose or allow it to be exposed upon any public highway or in any public place, without the written permission of the commissioner or his agent, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.||II. In addition, any person who violates any of the provisions of this subdivision or rules adopted under it may be subject to an administrative fine levied by the commissioner, not to exceed $1,000 for each violation.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1989, 13:4, eff. April 4, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:75 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:75 - Contract of Sale.

    436:75 Contract of Sale. –||No animal showing physical evidence of tuberculosis or brucellosis, or in which such disease shall have been indicated as a result of the tuberculin or other approved test, shall be sold other than for immediate slaughter, said slaughtering to be ordered by and under the supervision of the commissioner or his agent, except under a written contract approved by the commissioner, signed by both parties, describing the animal and stating that it is believed to be tuberculous or infected with brucellosis. A contract of sale as provided by this section shall be executed in triplicate and one copy thereof delivered to the purchaser, one kept by the seller, and the other delivered to the commissioner.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:76 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:76 - Permit for Removal.

    436:76 Permit for Removal. –||No such animal shall be removed except for immediate slaughter from the premises where examined, except upon the written permission of the commissioner.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:77 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:77 - Making.

    436:77 Making. –||Any person who kills a bovine, sheep or swine, or causes any such animal to be killed, knowing or having reason to believe at the time of said killing, or upon the inspection of the carcass thereof finding, or having reason to believe, that it is infected with a contagious or infectious disease, shall immediately notify the board of health of the city or town in which such animal was killed and the commissioner of the existence of such disease, of the place where the animal was found, of the name of the owner or person in possession thereof and of the disposal made of such carcass.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:78 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:78 - Exception.

    436:78 Exception. –||The provisions of RSA 436:77 shall not apply when said killing was done under the supervision of the commissioner or his agent, or an inspector of said board of health or an inspector of the United States Department of Agriculture.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:79 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:79 - Penalty.

    436:79 Penalty. –||Any person who shall fail or neglect to send notifications as provided by RSA 436:77 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:80 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:80 - Label.

    436:80 Label. –||Sale and use of biological products and diagnostic reagents produced for animal use which are sold, given away or used within this state shall bear a label stating the name and address of the person, firm or institution producing it and the date of preparation. Said label and certification of licensure by the United States Department of Agriculture shall be submitted to the commissioner for his or her approval prior to acceptance for distribution in New Hampshire. Any such biologic or diagnostic reagent that does not require licensure by the United States Department of Agriculture shall be accompanied by a letter from the United States Department of Agriculture stating the exemption in lieu of a license.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985. 2018, 33:1, eff. July 14, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:81 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:81 - Virulent Hog Cholera Virus Prohibited.

    436:81 Virulent Hog Cholera Virus Prohibited. –||No person may manufacture, transport, possess or use virulent hog cholera virus.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:82 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:82 - Exception.

    436:82 Exception. –||The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to biological products and diagnostic reagents manufactured or issued by the United States Department of Agriculture.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:83 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:83 - Interference with Tests.

    436:83 Interference with Tests. –||Any person who intentionally interferes with or hinders the work of the commissioner or his agents; or who attempts to defeat the object of a test by a previous injection of tuberculin or any other drug, known as plugging; or who in any other way attempts to prevent an accurate and truthful determination of the condition of the animal tested; or who shall treat any animal with material or substance to prevent normal reaction, except for experimental purposes and with the consent of the commissioner, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Each such treatment shall constitute a separate offense.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:84 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:84 - General Penalty.

    436:84 General Penalty. –||Any person who violates a provision of this chapter, or a rule adopted by the commissioner in accordance therewith, for which a penalty is not otherwise provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. In addition, such person may be subject to an administrative fine levied by the commissioner, not to exceed $1,000 for each violation.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1989, 13:5, eff. April 4, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:85 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:85 - Veterinarians.

    436:85 Veterinarians. –||Any veterinarian who violates any of the provisions relating to the sale and use of tuberculin, in addition to fines and penalties prescribed, shall be reported to the state board of veterinary medicine. The board, after hearing, may revoke the license of the veterinarian for a period not to exceed one year; provided that this section shall not limit the power otherwise conferred upon said board.|||Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:86 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:86 - Definitions; Doping and Stimulating Prohibited.

    436:86 Definitions;  Doping and Stimulating Prohibited. –||I. In this subdivision:||(a) "Livestock event" means pulling contests, trail rides, carriage events, horse shows, races, dressage exhibitions, private and organized sales, and other competitive events involving horses, cattle or oxen.||(b) "Person" means any person who is acting on behalf of the owner of such animals as his agent or representative or any person who has the animals under his control during such livestock events in this state.||(c) "Owner" means any person who has in his possession clear title to animals participating in any livestock event in this state.||II. It is unlawful for any person to administer internally or externally a drug, stimulants, or appliances of a nature that could affect or alter the normal performance of an animal entered in a livestock event.||III. A signed statement of ownership, including a complete description of each animal participating in a livestock event, shall be submitted to the event management prior to participation in any such livestock event in this state.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1987, 187:2. 1988, 80:1, eff. July 1, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:87 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:87 - Test Authorized.

    436:87 Test Authorized. –||I. The commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food may take such tests of the saliva, urine, blood, or all 3, of any animal entered in a livestock event as he may deem necessary. If a drug is found in the chemical analysis of said saliva, urine, or blood it shall be prima facie evidence that a drug has been administered.||II. Failure by an owner or person to submit an animal for testing or failure to provide adequate assistance for the commissioner's agent to obtain an official sample shall be subject to an administrative fine and the provisions of RSA 436:88-a, III.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1987, 187:2. 1988, 80:2. 1995, 130:5, eff. July 23, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:88 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:88 - Repealed by 1987, 187:4, I, eff. July 11, 1987.

    436:88 Repealed by 1987, 187:4, I, eff. July 11, 1987. –|
NH Rev Stat § 436:88-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:88-a - Penalty.

    436:88-a Penalty. –||Within 14 days from the date test results in which a drug is shown to be present are received by the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food, the commissioner shall notify the fair association or management of the livestock event and the owner of the tested animals of such results.||I. Any person or owner who violates any of the provisions of this subdivision or who violates any rules adopted under this subdivision, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person or guilty of a felony if any other person.||II. In addition, any person or owner who violates any of the provisions of this subdivision or rule adopted under it may be subject to an administrative fine levied by the commissioner, not to exceed $1,000 for each violation.||III. Any person or owner who is subject to paragraph I or II of this section shall forfeit any premiums or trophies offered at any livestock event. Such person or owner and the animals tested under RSA 436:87 shall be ineligible to compete in any future livestock event for a period not to exceed 2 years from the date of the administrative fine levied or any court conviction.||IV. Any person fined or convicted of doping and stimulating animals entered into livestock events in any other state shall be ineligible to compete in any livestock event in this state for a period not to exceed 2 years from the date of such fine or court conviction.|||Source. 1987, 187:3. 1988, 80:3. 1995, 130:5, eff. July 23, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:89 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:89 - Repealed by 1987, 187:4, II, eff. July 11, 1987.

    436:89 Repealed by 1987, 187:4, II, eff. July 11, 1987. –|
NH Rev Stat § 436:90 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:90 - Rulemaking.

    436:90 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A, relative to:||I. The method of levying the administrative fines under RSA 436:88-a, II.||II. The drugs, stimulants, or appliances that are prohibited in a livestock event.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1988, 80:4. 1995, 130:5, eff. July 23, 1995. 2012, 171:20, eff. Aug. 10, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:91 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:91 - Repealed by 1987, 187:4, III, eff. July 11, 1987.

    436:91 Repealed by 1987, 187:4, III, eff. July 11, 1987. –|
NH Rev Stat § 436:92 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:92 - Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.

    436:92 Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. –||There is hereby established, in the agriculture experiment station at the university of New Hampshire, a veterinary diagnostic laboratory for the diagnosis and early detection of infectious and contagious diseases of domestic animals which advanced medical knowledge has shown to be important to human or animal health. The laboratory shall conduct procedures in bacteriology, virology, parasitology, serology, and histological and clinical pathology and in such other subjects as the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food shall direct. The laboratory shall be operated by the agricultural experiment station. Any funds made available for the operation of said laboratory shall be expended under the supervision of the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 130:5, eff. July 23, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:92-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:92-a - Repealed by 2013, 99:2, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.

    436:92-a Repealed by 2013, 99:2, eff. Nov. 1, 2013. –|
NH Rev Stat § 436:93 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:93 - Definitions.

    436:93 Definitions. –||In this subdivision:||I. "Accredited veterinarian" means a veterinarian who is licensed pursuant to RSA 332-B and, in addition, is accredited by the United States Department of Agriculture and the department of agriculture, markets, and food of this state.||II. "Asymptomatic positive reactor" means any equine which reacts positively to an official test but which is apparently healthy, showing no symptoms of equine infectious anemia.||II-a. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets, and food.||III. "Equine" means any member of the equine family which includes horses, mules, asses and zebra.||IV. "Equine infectious anemia", also known as swamp fever, means a disease of equines caused by a virus which is infectious and may be spread from horse to horse by blood-sucking insects, unsterile surgical instruments and community use of equipment that may produce cuts or abrasions. Both sexes may be affected at any age. Infected animals remain carriers for life, constituting a potential source of disease spread. The disease may be acute, chronic, or inapparent.||V. "Official test" means the agar gel immune diffusion blood test conducted in a laboratory approved by the United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the state veterinarian.||VI. "Reactor" means an equine over one year of age whose blood serum reacts positively to an approved serological test for equine infectious anemia performed by an approved laboratory.||VII. "State veterinarian" means the veterinarian appointed pursuant to this subdivision.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1989, 12:1. 1995, 130:4, 7, eff. July 23, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:94 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:94 - Requirement for a Second Test.

    436:94 Requirement for a Second Test. –||Any equine in the state which reacts positively to an official test is hereby required to be tested a second time at the expense of the state; and, if the test reads positive a second time, the equine shall be so identified with a freeze marking 12A which shall be at least 2 inches high. Such marking shall be applied to the left shoulder or the left side of the neck of the reactor.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1989, 12:2, eff. April 4, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:95 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:95 - Equines Imported into New Hampshire; Testing Requirements.

    436:95 Equines Imported into New Hampshire;  Testing Requirements. –||I. All equines that are imported into the state shall be accompanied by an official interstate health certificate. Such certificate shall state that each equine has been officially tested and found to be negative to equine infectious anemia within a period not to exceed 6 months prior to the date of entry. The test and the certificate required under this section shall be performed, completed and signed, respectively, by an accredited veterinarian.||II. Equines may be shipped into the state for research purposes or for immediate slaughter in an approved slaughter establishment after first obtaining a special permit from the state veterinarian.||III. Each certificate under paragraph I shall be for one equine only and shall include the name and address of the owner, trainer or person responsible for the equine; in addition, it shall also include the name and registration number of the equine, if any, and sex, age, color and positive identifying marks or scars with a complete description of each.||IV. If, in the opinion of the state veterinarian or his representative, the certificate does not properly or accurately describe the equine in question, he may cause the equine to be held and retested at the expense of the owner or to be returned to the state of origin after receiving prior approval from the proper regulatory officials of the state of origin.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1989, 12:3, eff. April 4, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:96 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:96 - Equine Reactors; Rulemaking.

    436:96 Equine Reactors;  Rulemaking. –||Any equine found positive after an official retest performed pursuant to RSA 436:94 shall be permanently quarantined on the premises where the test was performed and isolated from all other equines. The commissioner shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to the quarantine, isolation, and disposal of reactors.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1989, 12:4, eff. April 4, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 436:97 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:97 - Repealed by 1986, 21:1, eff. June 17, 1986.

    436:97 Repealed by 1986, 21:1, eff. June 17, 1986. –|
NH Rev Stat § 436:98 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry|Title 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals|Section 436:98 - Penalty.

    436:98 Penalty. –||I. Any person who violates this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.||II. In addition, any person or owner who violates any of the provisions of this subdivision or rule adopted under it may be subject to an administrative fine levied by the commissioner not to exceed $1,000 for each violation.|||Source. 1985, 72:1. 1989, 12:5, eff. April 4, 1989.|