Sec. 22-296. Quarantine of infected herd. Permit for removal of animals. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 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of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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.