2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 22-291. Tuberculosis-free accredited herd defined.
Sec. 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.
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of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp.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.
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