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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:11 - Permits.

436:11 Permits. –
Such permission shall be in the form of a written or printed permit and shall state the name and address of the importer, the number of such animals to be imported, the name of the place where such animals are to be held in quarantine for examination, and such other particulars as shall be deemed necessary.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:12 - Notice of Arrival.

436:12 Notice of Arrival. –
When animals brought into the state on such permit have reached their destination or other designated place, the importer or owner or his agent shall, within 48 hours, give notice thereof in writing to the commissioner.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:13 - Examination.

436:13 Examination. –
The commissioner shall, within a reasonable time, in person or through some competent assistant, make or cause to be made a physical examination of all such imported animals, and may apply such tests as he may deem necessary to determine their health.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:14 - Calves.

436:14 Calves. –
Calves under 6 months of age from tuberculin-tested herds, or from herds tested by any other approved method, and accompanied by a permit and certificate of health, may be detained in quarantine or held for tests. Such certificate of health shall be executed under oath by the party making the shipment, or his duly qualified agent.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:15 - Release From Quarantine.

436:15 Release From Quarantine. –
Such animals as shall be found to be free from tuberculosis or other contagious or infectious disease shall immediately be released from quarantine.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:16 - Diseased Animals.

436:16 Diseased Animals. –
Such animals as shall be found to have any infectious or contagious disease shall immediately be slaughtered by and at the expense of the importer or owner or held in strict quarantine, if the disease is curable, under rules adopted by the commissioner; provided that registered purebred bovine animals, reacting to the tuberculin or other approved test, but showing no marked physical indications of tuberculosis, may be retained by the importer or owner in quarantine and be subject to the provision of RSA 436:62-68.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:17 - Disposal of Carcasses.

436:17 Disposal of Carcasses. –
When slaughtered, the carcasses, under rules adopted by the commissioner, shall be burned or covered with lime and buried, or may be shipped to a fertilizer or rendering plant; provided that the meat of animals reacting to the tuberculin or other approved test, but showing no physical indications of tuberculosis or brucellosis, may be used or sold for food under rules adopted by the department of health and human services or in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture under the federal meat inspection law.
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1985, 72:1. 1995, 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:18 - Witnessing Disposal.

436:18 Witnessing Disposal. –
When such animals are killed on the premises of their importer or owner, the commissioner or his agent shall witness their burial or burning as aforesaid, unless their carcasses are shipped, used or sold as herein provided.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:19 - Hides.

436:19 Hides. –
The importer or owner may retain the hides of such animals as are slaughtered, if slaughtered upon his premises, except from animals infected with glanders, anthrax, black leg or foot and mouth disease.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:20 - Proceeds of Carcasses.

436:20 Proceeds of Carcasses. –
If the carcasses are used, sold or shipped to a fertilizer or rendering plant, the importer or owner shall be entitled to the net proceeds from the salvage.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July, 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:21 - Without Quarantine.

436:21 Without Quarantine. –
The commissioner may permit bovine animals to be brought into this state, without being confined in quarantine at their destination or other designated place, when they have been tested in the state of their origin within 3 months prior to being brought into this state by a veterinarian whose competency and reliability are certified to by the authority charged with the control of contagious or infectious diseases in the state where said test or tests were made, or when they are accompanied by a certificate of health, showing satisfactory tests made by an inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:22 - Accredited Cattle.

436:22 Accredited Cattle. –
Cattle from an accredited herd, tested within 12 months prior to being brought into this state, may be allowed to enter without being held in quarantine and without being subjected to a test.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:23 - Retesting.

436:23 Retesting. –
When the commissioner has reason to believe that the test or tests were not made in a competent or reliable manner, he may require that such animals shall be confined in quarantine at destination or other designated place, and be subjected to a retest at the expiration of a period not to exceed 60 days. If, upon testing, they shall be found to be infected with any contagious or infectious disease they shall be subject to the provisions of RSA 436:10-20.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:24 - Rulemaking.

436:24 Rulemaking. –
The commissioner shall adopt such rules as he may deem necessary relating to the importation into this state of horses, asses, mules, sheep, swine or other domestic animals, except as provided for by RSA 436:10. He may require that a physical examination or test be made of every such animal brought, driven or shipped into this state, may adopt quarantine rules for all such animals and may adopt whatever rules he deems necessary to prevent the introduction into this state of contagious or infectious diseases.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:25 - Diseased Animals.

436:25 Diseased Animals. –
When such animals are found to have any contagious or infectious disease, they shall immediately be slaughtered by, and at the expense of, the importer or owner, or held in strict quarantine, if the disease is curable, under rules adopted by the commissioner; and when slaughtered the carcasses shall be subject to the provisions of RSA 436:17 relating to the disposition of the same; but in no case shall the importer or owner retain the hide of any animal infected with glanders or anthrax, nor shall the carcass of any animal infected with glanders or anthrax be shipped to a fertilizer or rendering plant.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:26 - Expense of Examination, Etc.

436:26 Expense of Examination, Etc. –
The importer or owner shall bear the expense of detention, examination, test and slaughter under this subdivision and RSA 436:10-20, but not the personal expenses of the commissioner or his agent.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:27 - Permits to Drive Animals.

436:27 Permits to Drive Animals. –
Persons living near the state line who own or occupy land in an adjoining state, or persons living in an adjoining state who own or occupy land in this state near the state line, may secure from the commissioner a permit to drive cattle, horses, asses, mules or sheep back and forth to pasture and for other purposes, subject to such restrictions or regulation as he may deem necessary in any particular case.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:28 - Issuance of Health Certificates.

436:28 Issuance of Health Certificates. –
I. The commissioner may prepare and issue health certificates for interstate shipment of livestock and poultry.
II. The commissioner may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, for the preparation and issuance of health certificates authorized by paragraph I.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:29 - Penalty.

436:29 Penalty. –
I. Any person who drives, brings or ships domestic animals into this state, or is an accessory thereto, knowing or having reason to believe that any of them have a contagious or infectious disease or have been exposed to any such disease, or violates any of the provisions or rules relating to importation or quarantine, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person. The bringing, shipping or driving of each animal into this state in violation of the provisions of this section or in violation of the importation or quarantine rules shall constitute a separate offense.
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.
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1985, 72:1. 1989, 13:1, eff. April 4, 1989.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:30 - Interstate Transportation.

436:30 Interstate Transportation. –
The provisions of RSA 436:29 shall not apply to livestock being transported through the state in interstate commerce.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:31 - Investigations.

436:31 Investigations. –
The commissioner shall cause systematic investigation, insofar as available funds will permit, to be made as to the existence of pleuropneumonia, foot and mouth disease, glanders, hog cholera, anthrax, black leg, hemorrhagic septicemia, rabies, scrapie, fowl cholera, European fowl pest, or any other infectious or contagious disease among cattle, horses, asses, mules, sheep, swine and all other domestic animals, and the commissioner or the commissioner's duly authorized agent may enter any premises, including stockyards within any part of the state in or at which the commissioner has reason to believe that there exists or may exist any such disease and make search, investigation and inquiry in regard to the existence thereof.
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1985, 72:1. 2001, 242:2, eff. Sept. 11, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:32 - Aid.

436:32 Aid. –
The commissioner may call to his aid, if necessary, the police officer or constable of the city or town, or the sheriff of the county, in which such animals may be located and all such officers when so called upon by said commissioner or his duly authorized agent, shall assist in the enforcement of the provisions of this subdivision.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:33 - Notice to Commissioner.

436:33 Notice to Commissioner. –
Whenever a local board of health or its executive officer, veterinarian, selectman or any person has notice of or suspects the existence of any of the diseases named in RSA 436:31, or other contagious or infectious diseases among domestic animals, such board of health or person shall immediately notify the commissioner in writing, stating the grounds for such belief or suspicion. Any owner suspecting the existence of any such disease among his domestic animals shall immediately notify the commissioner in writing of such fact.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:34 - Quarantine of Animals.

436:34 Quarantine of Animals. –
Whenever the commissioner, upon investigation or upon notification, has reason to believe that a domestic animal or captive wildlife is infected with a contagious or infectious disease the commissioner shall immediately cause it to be quarantined or isolated upon the premises of the owner or the person in whose possession it is found, or in such other place or enclosure as the commissioner may designate, and the removal of the animal from any premises where it may be ordered to be kept shall be forbidden.
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1985, 72:1. 1997, 43:1, eff. May 12, 1997.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:35 - Quarantine of Premises.

436:35 Quarantine of Premises. –
The commissioner may quarantine the premises upon which there is a domestic animal or captive wildlife infected with any contagious or infectious disease, or that is suspected of being so infected, or that has been exposed to such disease, and may forbid the removal of any such animal or wildlife or any animals or wildlife susceptible to such disease by serving a written order upon the owner or person in possession of said premises or by posting a copy of such order at the premises' usual entrance. Such animal or wildlife or animals or wildlife shall be kept under quarantine for such periods of time as the commissioner may deem necessary to prevent the spread of the suspected disease to other animals off the quarantined premises. The commissioner may determine the length of quarantine based upon the recommendations of the United States Animal Health Association and the United States Department of Agriculture.
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1985, 72:1. 1997, 43:2, eff. May 12, 1997.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:36 - Quarantine of Locality.

436:36 Quarantine of Locality. –
If any such disease becomes epidemic, the commissioner may issue a proclamation quarantining the locality and forbidding the removal from the locality of any animal so diseased or susceptible without his permission.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:37 - Destroying Notice of Quarantine.

436:37 Destroying Notice of Quarantine. –
No person shall tear down, mutilate, deface or destroy any such notice or order issued by the commissioner when posted as provided herein, during the pendency of such notice or order.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:38 - Penalty for Violations.

436:38 Penalty for Violations. –
I. Whoever violates a quarantine provision or rule shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
II. In addition, whoever violates a quarantine provision or rule relating to a quarantine may be subject to an administrative fine levied by the commissioner, not to exceed $1,000 for each violation.
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1985, 72:1. 1989, 13:2, eff. April 4, 1989.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:39 - Examinations.

436:39 Examinations. –
Whenever animals have been quarantined as herein provided, the commissioner, within a reasonable time, shall cause a physical examination of such animals to be made. If, on such physical examination, he deems it necessary, he may apply the tuberculin or any other approved test. He shall not, when he suspects bovine tuberculosis, take any action based upon such physical examination except in advanced cases unless the tuberculin or other approved test is applied and such test confirms the result of the physical examination. If any animal is found to have bovine tuberculosis, he may cause a test to be made of the entire herd in which such animal was found or of any animal which may have been exposed to said disease. If the disease suspected is one which science has demonstrated can be controlled in susceptible animals by the proper vaccination of said animals, the commissioner or his agent may order any and all susceptible animals vaccinated or treated as he may deem advisable.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:40 - Test; Slaughter.

436:40 Test;  Slaughter. –
If the veterinarian authorized by the commissioner to examine or test an animal for the presence of an infectious or contagious disease certifies to the commissioner in writing that he has made an examination or test in accordance with the rules adopted by the commissioner, that in his judgment such animal is infected with a specific infectious or contagious disease, or that its destruction is necessary in order to prevent or suppress, or to aid in preventing or suppressing such disease such animal shall, except in cases herein otherwise provided, forthwith be slaughtered by and at the expense of the owner or the person in possession thereof, and the carcass shall be dealt with as provided for the disposal of carcasses of imported animals after slaughter.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:41 - Expense.

436:41 Expense. –
The cost of examination or test in such cases and the expenses of the commissioner or his agents shall be borne by the state.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:42 - By Commissioner.

436:42 By Commissioner. –
The owner of cattle, horses, asses, mules, sheep or swine may apply to the commissioner for an examination of his animals for tuberculosis, brucellosis or glanders, subject to the provisions of this subdivision.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:43 - Application.

436:43 Application. –
The application shall be upon a blank form provided by the commissioner, and shall include an agreement on the part of the owner of such animals to improve faulty sanitary conditions, to disinfect his premises if diseased animals should be found, to follow directions of the commissioner designed to prevent reinfection of his herd or other animals, and to suppress the disease and prevent its spread.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:44 - Examination; Disposal.

436:44 Examination;  Disposal. –
As soon as possible after receipt of an application, the commissioner or some competent veterinarian in his employ shall make a thorough physical examination of such animals, and may subject them to the tuberculin, mallein or other approved test, and if any of the animals react to the test so made, or upon physical examination are found to be infected with a contagious or infectious disease, they shall be condemned and slaughtered after appraisal, or held in strict quarantine as provided for by this chapter in the case of registered purebred tuberculous bovines. After slaughter, the carcasses shall be disposed of as provided under RSA 436:17.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:45 - Expense; Indemnity.

436:45 Expense;  Indemnity. –
The cost of examination or test shall be borne by the state; but if the owner, after signing the above agreement, shall knowingly fail to carry out its terms, he shall forfeit any indemnity to which he would otherwise be entitled for any animals found to be infected.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:46 - Surveillance Tests.

436:46 Surveillance Tests. –
The commissioner shall make such tests for tuberculosis and brucellosis from time to time as he sees fit at the expense of the state. If any suspects shall show as the result of such tests he shall quarantine said animals or the herd premises or both; further, should any reactors to such tests be found, the entire premises shall be quarantined, reactors tagged, branded, appraised, slaughtered and paid for as provided by this subdivision. The reactor premises shall remain quarantined until reactors are legally removed, properly disinfected and a sufficient number of negative tests of remaining animals on said premises are determined by the commissioner to be sufficient proof that there is no longer any evidence of the disease present on the premises.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:47 - Vaccination Against Brucellosis.

436:47 Vaccination Against Brucellosis. –
Upon application of any owner of bovine animals, the state may vaccinate said bovine animals against brucellosis (Bang's disease) with strain 19 or other approved vaccine. The age at which animals are to be vaccinated shall be determined by the state veterinarian, based upon the recommendations of the United States Animal Health Association and the United States Department of Agriculture. The cost of said vaccination, including the cost of the vaccine, may be borne by the state. The vaccination shall be done by a licensed accredited graduate veterinarian under the direction of the commissioner, and all animals vaccinated shall be properly and permanently identified.
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1985, 72:1. 1994, 68:1, eff. July 5, 1994.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:48 - Alternate Plan.

436:48 Alternate Plan. –
The commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food may grant permission to adult-vaccinate under this alternate plan a herd seriously infected with brucellosis. If an owner is refused permission to adult-vaccinate his herd, he may appeal to the county approval board. A request to adult-vaccinate shall be made in writing to the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food. The county approval board shall consist of 3 members in each county, 2 to be appointed by the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food and these 2 to appoint a third member; all members to serve without pay or expenses at the pleasure of the commissioner and until their successor or successors shall be appointed. Whenever a person receives permission to adult-vaccinate under this section, it shall be granted under rules and regulations approved by the federal Bureau of Animal Industry and by the state department of agriculture, markets, and food. All calves raised in such herds shall be vaccinated according to such rules as are adopted for calfhood vaccination. All bovine animals in the herd shall be tested for brucellosis and reactors tagged, branded, appraised and slaughtered as provided for under this chapter before any animals shall be vaccinated. All nonreacting animals shall be permanently identified by ear tag number and tattoo mark. No animal shall be sold out of an adult-vaccinated herd for any purpose except by written permission from the New Hampshire department of agriculture, markets, and food, division of animal industry. No indemnity shall be paid on any animal vaccinated at an age older than 8 months. Any owner maintaining a herd under the terms of this chapter agrees to forfeit any and all indemnity on animals condemned and slaughtered after adult vaccination has once been started in a herd, and until such time as the herd passes at least one clean test for brucellosis and adult vaccination has been discontinued. An owner of an adult-vaccinated herd shall discontinue all vaccination with strain 19 in his adult animals on or before 3 years from the date of the receipt of application for adult vaccination by the commissioner, but said herd owner may reapply for adult vaccination under this plan at any time thereafter. The commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food may order the discontinuance of adult vaccination in any herd when, in his opinion, it is evident that said adult-vaccinated animals become a menace to other healthy herds. Such adult-vaccinated herds shall be under strict quarantine at all times and shall be subject to test at such times as the commissioner may direct.
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1985, 72:1. 1995, 130:4, 5, eff. July 23, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:49 - Pasteurization of Milk From Herds Adopting Alternate Plan.

436:49 Pasteurization of Milk From Herds Adopting Alternate Plan. –
Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, milk from such herds that adopt this alternate plan, including milk from such reactors, may be sold to consumers, but only after being pasteurized.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:50 - Report.

436:50 Report. –
All private tuberculin or other approved tests shall be reported to the commissioner by the person making the test within 5 days from the time said test is completed.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:51 - Contents.

436:51 Contents. –
The report shall include, when the test is made by the subcutaneous method, a complete temperature record and such other information as the commissioner may require, and, when said test is made by either the intradermal or ophthalmic methods, a complete record of such reaction or reactions as appeared, and such other information as the commissioner may require.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:52 - Reactors.

436:52 Reactors. –
If such tests are made by a veterinarian approved by the commissioner to make the same and any reactors are found, they shall be subject to the provisions of RSA 436:42-49.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:53 - Penalty for Failure to Report.

436:53 Penalty for Failure to Report. –
Whoever fails to report such tests shall be fined not more than $100.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:54 - Examination; Report.

436:54 Examination;  Report. –
The carcass of every animal duly condemned for bovine tuberculosis and slaughtered under the provisions of this chapter shall be examined by a veterinarian or physician designated by the commissioner for the purpose of determining whether or not disease existed in such animal. Such postmortem examination shall be under rules adopted by the commissioner, and the report thereof shall show conditions found upon such examination duly verified by the person making such examination. Such report shall be filed with the commissioner, and a copy shall be sent or delivered to the owner or person in possession of the animal so examined.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:55 - Appraisers.

436:55 Appraisers. –
The value of all animals directed to be killed by order of the commissioner or his agent shall be first appraised by the owner and the commissioner or his agent. In the event of a disagreement as to the amount of the appraisal, they shall select a third disinterested person to act with them, the expense of said third appraiser being paid by said owner. The value so determined shall be final.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:56 - Valuation.

436:56 Valuation. –
In making such appraisals, the fact that the animals have been condemned for disease shall not be considered, and the animals shall be appraised for their true market value.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:57 - Importations.

436:57 Importations. –
In no case shall compensation be allowed for any animals destroyed which may have contracted or been exposed to such disease in a foreign country, or on the high seas, or which have been brought or shipped into this state within 3 months previous to showing evidence of such disease, except animals that have been imported directly from tuberculosis or brucellosis free herds, and are accompanied by properly approved health charts certifying that fact; and the owner or person in possession thereof shall furnish satisfactory evidence as to the time during which such animals have been owned in the state.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:58 - Concealment.

436:58 Concealment. –
No compensation shall be allowed to any owner who in person or by his agent knowingly and willfully conceals the existence of such disease or the fact of exposure to it in animals of which the person making such concealment, by himself or his agent, is in whole or part owner, nor shall compensation be allowed for bovine animals condemned by the tuberculin or brucellosis test unless said test is authorized by the commissioner or his agent.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:59 - Certificates.

436:59 Certificates. –
In case the animal condemned is registered, the owner shall furnish to the commissioner a certificate of registration before the claim is paid.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:60 - Payments.

436:60 Payments. –
The state shall pay the owner after he has filed such certificate or certificates as the commissioner may direct an amount not to exceed $100 for a grade animal and $200 for a purebred registered animal on all horses and bovine animals condemned and killed, provided that the amount received from salvage from the federal government and the state shall not exceed the appraised value thereof.
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1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:61 - Limitation.

436:61 Limitation. –
If the total amount to be paid from all such sources should exceed the appraisal value, the indemnity to be paid by the state shall be only the difference between the amount received from such sources other than the state and said value.
Source.
1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:62 - Quarantine.

436:62 Quarantine. –
Under rules adopted by the commissioner and approved by the department of health and human services, registered purebred bovines which have responded to the tuberculin or other approved test, but which show no marked indications of tuberculosis, may be retained by the owner in quarantine and be used for breeding purposes.
Source.
1985, 72:1. 1995, 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:63 - Killing.

436:63 Killing. –
Such animals may be condemned and killed at any time by the commissioner when, in his judgment, conditions require such action.
Source.
1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:64 - No Compensation.

436:64 No Compensation. –
In case such animals quarantined under the provisions of this subdivision are at any time condemned or killed after having been used for breeding purposes, the owner shall not receive compensation therefor from the state.
Source.
1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:65 - Milk of Retained Animals.

436:65 Milk of Retained Animals. –
The milk of such animals may, with the approval of the commissioner, be used after boiling or heating to a temperature of 212 degrees Fahrenheit or after proper pasteurization.
Source.
1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:66 - Offspring.

436:66 Offspring. –
The offspring of such animals shall be removed and kept apart immediately following birth, and shall be tested by tuberculin or other approved test, at a period not less than 6 months nor more than 9 months from birth.
Source.
1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 436 - Diseases of Domestic Animals › Section 436:67 - Premises.

436:67 Premises. –
The premises on which such animals are kept shall be at all times subject to inspection by the commissioner or his agent or by the department of health and human services.
Source.
1985, 72:1. 1995, 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 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.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XL - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry › Chapter 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.