4:5-44 - Quarantine and slaughter of reactors

4:5-44.  Quarantine and slaughter of reactors    All cattle reacting to an official or authorized private tuberculin test or  declared tuberculous as a result of an authorized physical examination or other  method of determining tuberculosis approved by the Department of Agriculture,  shall not be again presented for a tuberculin test but shall be immediately  segregated, quarantined and held at the owner's expense, until the department  issues a written order to move the cattle, which removal shall be done  immediately at the owner's expense, to designated slaughtering centers.  The  cattle shall be slaughtered at the time and place specified in the written  order under the supervision of an authorized veterinarian approved by the  department who shall judge the carcass for evidence of tuberculosis and as to  fitness for food and file a report of the same within five days.

     Amended by L.1946, c. 247, p. 876, s. 17.