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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 432 - Slaughtering of Animals. Commission Sales Stables › Section 22-277a. - Prompt payment for livestock required.

(a) Any dealer or broker licensed pursuant to chapter 437 and any person, firm or corporation licensed pursuant to section 22-277 shall deliver to the seller or his duly authorized representative before the close of the next business day following the purchase of livestock and transfer of possession thereof, the full amount of the purchase price. Each such dealer, broker, person, firm or corporation purchasing livestock for slaughter shall deliver a check to the seller or his duly authorized representative before the close of the next business day following the purchase of livestock and transfer of possession thereof, at the point of transfer of possession or shall wire transfer funds to the seller's account for the full amount of the purchase price; or, in the case of a purchase on a carcass or “grade and yield” basis, the purchaser shall make payment by check at the point of transfer of possession or shall wire transfer funds to the seller's account for the full amount of the purchase price not later than the close of the first business day following determination of the purchase price. If the seller or his duly authorized representative is not present to receive payment at the point of transfer of possession, as herein provided, such dealer, broker, person, firm or corporation shall wire transfer funds or place a check in the United States mail for the full amount of the purchase price, properly addressed to the seller, within the time limits specified in this subsection, such action being deemed compliance with the requirement for prompt payment.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section and subject to such terms and conditions as the commissioner may prescribe by regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54, the parties to the purchase and sale of livestock may expressly agree in writing, before such purchase or sale, to effect payment in a manner other than that required in subsection (a) of this section. Any such agreement shall be disclosed in the records of any such dealer, broker, person, firm or corporation selling the livestock, and in the purchaser's records and on the accounts or other documents issued by the purchaser relating to the transaction.
(c) Each license issued to a dealer or broker pursuant to chapter 437 or to a person, firm or corporation pursuant to section 22-277, shall be shown, upon request, to any person with whom the licensee transacts or proposes to transact business. If, in the judgment of the commissioner, any provision of this section or any regulation adopted thereunder has been violated, the commissioner shall send a notice by registered or certified mail to the licensee, who shall be given a hearing, and, if a violation is proven, his license shall be revoked or suspended.
(P.A. 80-84; P.A. 10-32, S. 81.)
History: P.A. 10-32 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective May 10, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-279. - Quarantine of animals. Penalties.

(a) The Commissioner of Agriculture or his deputy or authorized agents may quarantine all animals that they have reasonable grounds to believe (1) are infected with a communicable disease, (2) do not meet import, export or disease testing requirements of the department or (3) are kept under unsanitary conditions which, in the opinion of the commissioner or his deputy or authorized agents, endanger the public health or the health of such animals. The quarantine may (A) prohibit or regulate the sale of such quarantined animals and all the products of such quarantined animals, and (B) require that such animals and the products of such animals be confined in a place designated by the commissioner or his deputy or authorized agents, for such time as the commissioner judges necessary.
(b) Any person who violates any provision of any quarantine imposed under this section shall be fined five hundred dollars for each day during which such violation continues, up to a maximum fine of twenty-five thousand dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 3320; P.A. 81-231, S. 1, 6; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 81-231 expanded the commissioner's quarantine powers to include animals that do not meet disease testing requirements and animals kept under unsanitary conditions and added Subsec. (b) establishing a penalty for violations; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
Quarantine of farm held no legal justification for failure to carry out contract to supply milk. 92 C. 394.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-279a. - Quarantine of animals being tested for disease or biological or chemical residue.

Any livestock animal or poultry being tested for any disease in accordance with the Uniform Methods and Rules of the United States Department of Agriculture or for any biological or chemical residue shall be quarantined on the premises where the test is made until the test results are available and the test chart is signed by a veterinarian or an employee of the Department of Agriculture administering the test, provided the commissioner may release such livestock animal or poultry from quarantine at any time. Any blood, tissue or milk sample taken from any livestock animal or poultry pursuant to this section shall be submitted for analysis to a laboratory approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture. The laboratory shall report the results of the test to the commissioner who shall notify the person administering the test of such results.
(P.A. 84-6, S. 1, 2; P.A. 97-234, S. 9; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e), (f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 97-234 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 22-394; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner and Department of Agriculture with Commissioner and Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-280. - Control of communicable diseases. Fees.

All veterinary work concerning the control of communicable diseases in, and the examination of, domestic animals, except poultry, which is carried out under state or federal supervision in accordance with the provisions of the general statutes, shall be performed by an approved veterinarian who has been accredited by the Animal Health Division of the United States Department of Agriculture and licensed to practice veterinary medicine in this state and who is included on a list approved for such purpose by the Commissioner of Agriculture, whom the owner of such animals may designate. If such owner fails to express a preference or the work is not done within sixty days, such veterinary work may be performed by a veterinarian designated by the Commissioner of Agriculture, who shall be a licensed accredited veterinarian, a veterinarian employed by the Department of Agriculture or a veterinarian employed by the United States Department of Agriculture. The commissioner shall, by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, establish fees for the performance of such veterinary work. Nothing in this section shall be construed as interfering with the supervision and control of such work by the commissioner or with the performance, supervision or control of such work by the Animal Health Division of the United States Department of Agriculture, or with research work conducted by any state or federal agency.
(1949 Rev., S. 3321; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1969, P.A. 68; 1971, P.A. 24; 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 79-199, S. 1, 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e), (f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1969 act substituted “animal health division of the United States department of agriculture” for “United States bureau of animal industry” and required that veterinarians performing work under provisions of section be licensed to practice in state and be on commissioner's approved list and required commissioner to select veterinarian if work not done within 60 days; 1971 acts required veterinarian selected by commissioner to be licensed or employed by department or employed by United States Department of Agriculture and replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner and department of agriculture; P.A. 79-199 gave commissioner power to establish fees for work performed by regulation; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner and Department of Agriculture with Commissioner and Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-280a. - Transporting and possession of vaccines and serums for dogs and cats.

No antiserum, vaccine or other biological product for use in the control, prevention or treatment of canine distemper, canine infectious hepatitis, leptospirosis, rabies or feline distemper shall be shipped or transported into the state without the written permission of the State Veterinarian except to a licensed practicing veterinarian. No person, firm or corporation, nor the agent or employee of any corporation, shall have in his possession or use any vaccine, virus, serum or preparation of a similar nature for canine distemper, canine infectious hepatitis, leptospirosis, rabies or feline distemper without the written permission of the State Veterinarian, unless he is a licensed practicing veterinarian or acquired such preparation on a prescription issued by such a veterinarian for a specific animal. Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars for each offense.
(1959, P.A. 286.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-281 to 22-283. - Glanders or farcy. Inspection of animals; quarantine. Disposal of infected animal.

Sections 22-281 to 22-283, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 3315–3317; P.A. 80-159.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-284. - Anthrax or charbon.

The Commissioner of Agriculture shall have plenary power to deal with all outbreaks of the contagious disease in domestic animals known as anthrax or charbon, and he may provide for the vaccination or immunization of cattle or horses kept on lands known or suspected to be infected with germs or spores of anthrax, or kept on lands adjacent to such infected lands, and he may provide for the vaccination and immunization of animals which may have been exposed to said disease, at the expense of the state. The commissioner may make and enforce such regulations, orders and quarantines as in his judgment may be necessary for the control of said disease.
(1949 Rev., S. 3319; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-285. - Emergency appropriations for suppression of diseases.

The Governor is authorized, in the case of an emergency arising from the prevalence of any contagious disease among domestic animals, to appropriate such sum or sums as may be necessary to defray the state's share of the expense incurred in cooperating with the federal authorities in the suppression and extirpation of any such disease, which cooperation by said federal authorities is authorized under an Act of Congress approved May 29, 1884.
(1949 Rev., S. 3344; 1967, P.A. 262; P.A. 81-56, S. 2.)
History: 1967 act authorized emergency appropriations to combat hog cholera; P.A. 81-56 repealed provision limiting compensation for condemned animals to 50% of actual value of animal or contaminated equipment in keeping with amendments in Sec. 22-288 and deleted specific reference to foot and mouth disease and hog cholera.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-288a. - Condemnation of herd. Compensation. Appeals.

If the Commissioner of Agriculture finds the presence of tuberculosis or brucellosis recurring in one herd within any two-year period, or if he finds any herd of cattle substantially infected with tuberculosis or brucellosis, he may order the condemnation of such herd and compensation therefor shall be paid in accordance with section 22-288. Said compensation shall not be paid, nor shall the herd be restocked, until the premises from which such herd was taken have been cleaned and disinfected, and such premises have been inspected and approved by the commissioner or his deputy or any authorized agent of the commissioner. Any person aggrieved by an order of the commissioner to so condemn a herd may, within seven days after such order, appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.
(February, 1965, P.A. 21, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 78-190, S. 2; P.A. 79-560, S. 11, 39; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 78-190 deleted proviso requiring separate appraisal of purebred bovines and grade bovines at maximum rate of $390 and $330 for each, respectively; P.A. 79-560 replaced provisions re appeals to state board of agriculture with provision requiring that appeals be made in accordance with Sec. 4-183; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
Cited. 190 C. 622.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-289. - Manufacture and sale of tuberculin.

The Commissioner of Agriculture may, in writing, permit any person to make, produce, keep, use or sell tuberculin, and no person without such written permit shall make, produce, keep, use or sell tuberculin. Any person making any sale of tuberculin shall, within twenty-four hours after such sale, report in writing to said commissioner the quantity of tuberculin sold and the name and address of the purchaser.
(1949 Rev., S. 3357; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-290. - Tuberculin test.

The tuberculin test shall be any approved tuberculin test or a combination of approved tests. Any animal which has been found to react shall not be presented for another tuberculin test. Any herd or any animal in any herd shall be tested or retested at any time when such test is deemed advisable by the federal and state authorities. Any person using tuberculin for the purpose of making any test of any animal shall, within twenty-four hours after such test, report to the Commissioner of Agriculture in writing the result of such test, which report shall include the name and address of the owner or the keeper of such animal and the test chart and the data sufficient for the identification of any animal so tested.
(1949 Rev., S. 3350, 3351, 3357; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-291. - Tuberculosis-free accredited herd defined.

A tuberculosis-free accredited herd shall be any herd which has been maintained under sanitary conditions and which has passed two successful annual or three successful semiannual physical examinations and tuberculin tests. Each tuberculin test and physical examination shall be made by a veterinarian regularly employed by the United States Bureau of Animal Industry or a veterinarian authorized by the Commissioner of Agriculture.
(1949 Rev., S. 3349; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
See Sec. 22-192a re prohibition against selling milk as if from tuberculin-tested or brucellosis-tested cows unless cows are so tested.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-292. - Additions to an officially tested herd.

Animals to be added to a herd shall comply with the following requirements: From another herd of like or higher status, no retest shall be required; from a herd of lower status, the animal to be added shall pass two negative tests not less than sixty nor more than ninety days apart, during which time it shall be kept separate from the herd. All retests for addition shall be made at no expense to the state. Animals which are added to herds under supervision, which have not been retested and maintained apart from the herd as required, are not eligible for remuneration if they react. No person shall remove ear tags from any animal or exchange them from one animal to another.
(1949 Rev., S. 3354.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-293. - Additions or sales to be reported.

The addition to, or the sale of any animal from, a herd under supervision as provided in sections 22-286 to 22-295, inclusive, shall be reported to the Commissioner of Agriculture within seven days after the purchase or sale, and such report shall include the ear tag or registration number and the name of the party from whom or to whom the transfer was made.
(1949 Rev., S. 3348; P.A. 96-180, S. 75, 166; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 96-180 changed “Said commissioner” to “the Commissioner of Agriculture”, effective June 3, 1996; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-294. - Care of herds.

The owner of any herd shall house, feed and care for such herd under such sanitary conditions as shall promote the health of such herd. No calf shall be fed milk or any other dairy product except such milk or other product as has been produced by a herd that has been tuberculin tested, or such milk or other dairy product as has been pasteurized by being maintained at a heat of one hundred forty-two degrees Fahrenheit for a period of thirty minutes.
(1949 Rev., S. 3352.)
See Sec. 22-194 re definition of “pasteurized”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-295. - Owners to keep records.

The owner of any herd shall keep a record which shall include a description of each registered or graded animal in such herd and the final disposition which such owner makes of any animal of such herd. Each such animal shall be marked by a tag or other marking approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture.
(1949 Rev., S. 3353; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-296. - Quarantine of infected herd. Permit for removal of animals.

When infection of tuberculosis is found in any herd of cattle or goats, the remaining animals in such herd shall be quarantined until such herd has passed three successive negative tests, at least sixty days to elapse between each two tests. No animals shall be removed from such herd while under quarantine, except under a written permit issued to the owner of the herd by the Commissioner of Agriculture or his agents to move directly from the quarantined premises to immediate slaughter. Such permit shall accompany such animals from the quarantined premises to the point where slaughter is to be effected. The owner shall deliver such permit to any person purchasing such animals, and such person shall exercise all reasonable diligence in determining that such permit is received by him and is valid, and that such permit shall accompany such animals to slaughter.
(1949 Rev., S. 3355; 1959, P.A. 32, S. 1; 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 77-267, S. 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 acts replaced commissioner and department of agriculture with commissioner and department of agriculture, conservation and natural resources, required permit for removal of animals from quarantined herd and added provisions re permits, replacing provision which had prohibited removal of animals except for beef or slaughter purposes; 1961 act replaced commissioner and department of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner and department of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner and department of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner and department of agriculture; P.A. 77-267 made provisions applicable to goat herds; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-299. - Inclusion of calfhood vaccinated animals in herd test. Modified certified areas. Removal of animals under quarantine.

Section 22-299 is repealed.
(1955, S. 1786d; 1957, P.A. 36, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 477, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 256; 1963, P.A. 391, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-301. - Permit for sale of milk contingent on herd complying with statutes.

No milk may be offered for sale in Connecticut unless produced from herds complying with sections 22-298, 22-299a, 22-303, 22-304, 22-306 and 22-307 and this section. Before a permit may be issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture for the sale of milk, information must be available from the state Department of Agriculture or from the livestock official of the state where milk is produced that such herd producing milk for sale has reacted negatively to tests which meet Connecticut specifications for the control of tuberculosis and brucellosis.
(1955, S. 1788d; 1957, P.A. 36, S. 3; 1959, P.A. 477, S. 4; 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1963, P.A. 391, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 10-32, S. 83.)
History: 1959 acts replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources and replaced references to “brucellosis-free animals” with “herds complying with this act” and reference to herd which has reacted negatively to test; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1963 act replaced reference to repealed Sec. 22-299 with reference to Sec. 22-299a; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 10-32 substituted “state Department of Agriculture” for “Livestock Division”, effective May 10, 2010.
See Sec. 22-192a re prohibition against sale of milk as if from tuberculin-tested or brucellosis-tested cows unless cows are so tested.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-307. - Indemnities.

Indemnities shall be paid for animals declared reactors as a result of serological tests approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture. Such indemnities shall be paid at the same rate as indemnities paid for cattle condemned for tuberculosis, and shall be determined by appraisers chosen by the commissioner.
(1949 Rev., S. 3328; 1949, June, 1949, S. 1351c; 1955, S. 1799d; 1957, P.A. 36, S. 7; 1959, P.A. 477, S. 9; 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 acts deleted clause limiting indemnities to reactors “in herds that are on the cooperative state and federal brucellosis control program and from which all previous reactors have been removed”, substituted “tests” for “test” and replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
See Sec. 22-288 re compensation for condemned cattle.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-308. - Permit for importation of cattle and goats.

All neat cattle and goats brought into this state shall be accompanied by a permit obtained from the Commissioner of Agriculture. Such permit shall accompany all waybills or, if the animals are driven over the highways, shall be in the possession of the person in charge of the same. The commissioner may refuse to grant a permit to any person, or any officer or agent of any corporation, who violates any statute or regulation governing the importation of livestock or poultry. Neat cattle and goats brought into this state for the purpose of immediate slaughter upon premises where federal inspection is maintained need not be accompanied by such permit, provided all such cattle or goats transported into this state shall be accompanied by a bill of sale or certificate of assignment, made out by the consignor and showing the name of the consignee and the destination. The owner of each establishment where federal inspection is maintained shall report weekly to the commissioner, upon forms furnished by him, the number of head so imported. Such owner shall also report to said commissioner the ear tag or identification number and the name of the previous owner of all animals purchased within the state and delivered to such establishments.
(1949 Rev., S. 3359; 1949, S. 1808d; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 77-267, S. 4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 77-267 made provisions applicable to goats in addition to cattle; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-309. - Refusal of permit.

The commissioner may refuse to grant permits to import animals from any and all sections or areas which in his opinion are infected with a contagious disease, and he may, at any time, revoke any permit previously issued and then outstanding, for the importation into this state of animals which in his opinion are infected, and all damages caused or claimed to have been caused by such revocation shall be borne by the owner. All neat cattle and goats entering the state shall be identified by ear tags, registration name or number, tattoo or other markings approved by the commissioner.
(1949 Rev., S. 3360; P.A. 77-267, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 77-267 made identification requirements applicable to goats as well as to cattle.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-310. - Importation of dairy and breeding cattle and goats.

All neat cattle and goats brought into this state for the purpose of dairy and breeding shall be accompanied by a tuberculin test chart and health certificate approved by the official having jurisdiction over the diseases of domestic animals in the state from which such cattle or goats are shipped or brought or a tuberculin test chart and health certificate issued by an inspector of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry.
(1949 Rev., S. 3361; P.A. 77-267, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 77-267 made provisions applicable to goats in addition to cattle.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-311. - Report of arrival.

The owner of any cattle or goats so brought into this state or his agent shall, within forty-eight hours after the arrival of such cattle or goats at their destination, give notice thereof in writing to the Commissioner of Agriculture. Such report shall state the number and sex of such cattle or goats, identification, actual physical condition and whether they are intended for immediate slaughter, dairy and breeding, exhibition, pasture or return from pasture.
(1949 Rev., S. 3362; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 77-267, S. 7; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 77-267 made provision applicable to goats in addition to cattle; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-312. - Requirements concerning dairy cattle and goats.

All neat cattle and goats brought into the state for dairy and breeding purposes shall be held in quarantine at the expense of the owner for a period not exceeding sixty days and not released from such quarantine until they have passed a tuberculin test at the owner's expense satisfactory to the commissioner, unless the livestock sanitary official of the state from which such cattle or goats were brought certifies that such cattle or goats came from an accredited herd or a herd in the process of accreditation, the entire number of which herd has passed successfully one tuberculin test without a reactor. No dairy or breeding cattle or goats which have been tested by the blood agglutination test for brucellosis and have given a positive or suspicious reaction shall be shipped, trailed or otherwise moved into this state. The veterinarian issuing an official health certificate covering the movement of dairy or breeding cattle or goats into this state shall certify that no cattle or goats contained in such shipment have shown a positive or suspicious reaction to the blood agglutination test for brucellosis.
(1949 Rev., S. 3363; P.A. 77-267, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 77-267 made provisions applicable to goats in addition to cattle.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-313. - Cattle for slaughter.

(a) All cattle brought into this state by permit for immediate slaughter shall be identified and inspected in accordance with rules and regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture at the time of slaughter at the expense of the owner by a veterinarian designated by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, and, if passed for food, shall be stamped with the department meat inspection stamp bearing the inscription “Insp'd. and P's'd. Com'r. C. P. Conn. No. .....” All carcasses found unfit for food shall be destroyed without compensation to the owner.
(b) If not immediately slaughtered, such cattle shall be kept in quarantine, segregated from other cattle and without transfer of ownership, in possession of the person or persons named in the permit to bring such cattle into the state, unless a written transfer of quarantine has been signed by the Commissioner of Agriculture or his agent.
(1949 Rev., S. 3364; 1959, P.A. 412, S. 28; 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c), (e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 acts replaced U.S. bureau of animal industry with U.S. department of agriculture, transferred inspection duty from commissioner of agriculture to commissioner of consumer protection, divided section into Subsecs. (a) and (b) and in Subsec. (b) replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced separate Commissioners of Agriculture and Consumer Protection with single Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-314. - Disinfection of carriers.

All boats, cars, crates, wagons, vans or other vehicles used in the transportation of live animals shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected before such animals are placed in the same for shipment into this state. All boats, cars, crates, trucks, wagons, vans or other vehicles within or upon which animals have been shipped as “reactors to the tuberculin or brucellosis test” or “condemned for tuberculosis or brucellosis” shall be cleaned and disinfected before being used again for transportation of live animals.
(1949 Rev., S. 3365; 1957, P.A. 107, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-315. - Illegal importations. Reward for information.

Section 22-315 is repealed, effective October 1, 1997.
(1949 Rev., S. 3358; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127; P.A. 97-234, S. 11.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-316. - Disposal of diseased cattle and goats.

All cattle or goats found to be affected with a communicable disease shall be killed and the carcasses disposed of and premises disinfected in accordance with the order of the Commissioner of Agriculture and at the expense of the owner.
(1949 Rev., S. 3366; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 77-267, S. 9; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 77-267 made provisions applicable to goats in addition to cattle; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-317. - Cattle in transit.

The provisions of sections 22-308 to 22-316, inclusive, shall not apply to working oxen that enter the state in their daily work, or to such animals as are being transported through the state by common carriers aboard cars from any area classified by the federal government as “Free”; but none of such animals while in transit shall, if unloaded for any necessary purpose, be permitted to go beyond the care and control of such common carrier.
(1949 Rev., S. 3367.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-318. - Importation of feeder cattle.

(a) Feeder steers may be imported into this state for feeding and grazing purposes when accompanied by a permit obtained from the Commissioner of Agriculture and an official health certificate issued by the livestock official of the state of their origin certifying that such steers have passed a negative test for tuberculosis within thirty days prior to shipment and that such steers are free from all contagious and infectious diseases. The provisions of section 22-308 shall not apply to any such feeder steers. All such animals shall be identified by ear tags and shall be kept separate and apart from all dairy and breeding cattle unless they have complied with the requirements specified in section 22-292. Proper facilities for confining and restraining such animals shall be provided by the owner in order that official tests may be applied.
(b) Feeder heifers and cows may be imported into this state for feeding and grazing purposes when accompanied by a permit obtained from the Commissioner of Agriculture and by an official health certificate issued by the livestock official of the state of their origin, certifying that they have passed a negative test for tuberculosis within thirty days prior to shipment and that they are free from all contagious and infectious diseases. Such heifers or cows shall also be accompanied by a certificate certifying that they were vaccinated for brucellosis between the ages of four and eight months or that they have, within thirty days prior to shipment, passed a negative blood test for brucellosis approved by the commissioner or, if designated for such purpose by the commissioner, the State Veterinarian, and conducted by an approved laboratory. All such animals shall be identified by ear tags and shall be kept separate and apart from all dairy and breeding cattle.
(1951, S. 1810d; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; P.A. 95-14, S. 3; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 95-14 amended Subsec. (b) to modify provisions re information required on an official health certificate and the approved blood test for brucellosis; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22 - Agriculture. Domestic Animals › Chapter 433 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 22-318a. - Dispersal sale of herd.

Any herd owner, auctioneer, cattle dealer or sales manager, who contemplates a complete dispersal sale of a herd or a sale in which more than ten head is to be sold in a group shall furnish a list of animals to be sold to the Commissioner of Agriculture not later than fourteen days prior to the sale, unless the commissioner, in his sole discretion, shall find that this requirement, under existing conditions, would impose undue hardship on the seller, in which case he may waive it. No owner, auctioneer, cattle dealer or sales manager shall conduct a dispersal sale without the approval of the commissioner. The commissioner may, in his discretion, require such herd to be tuberculin or brucellosis tested, or both, before such sale. If such herd has been tested or is tested in accordance with the provisions of this section and is found negative to both tests, or a permit has been issued by the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of section 22-303, permission shall be granted for said sale. These tests shall be applied as private tests if not a routine test assignment. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
(February, 1965, P.A. 498; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 446, 448; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.