No person shall bring, cause to be brought, ship, or caused to be shipped into this state any bovine without the written permission of the commissioner of agriculture, except those for immediate slaughter at establishments where state or federal inspection is maintained; and such animal shall be held in quarantine at its destination or other designated place until released by the commissioner.
Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 130:5, eff. July 23, 1995.
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.
Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
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.
Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
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.
Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
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.
Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
Such animals as shall be found to be free from tuberculosis or other contagious or infectious disease shall immediately be released from quarantine.
Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
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.
Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
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 the 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, division of public health 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.
Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
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.
Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985
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.
Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985
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.
Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
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 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.
Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
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.
Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
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.
Source. 1985, 72:1, eff. July 1, 1985.
