Sec. 22-296. Quarantine of infected herd. Permit for removal of animals.
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effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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.