Current through November, 2024
Section 4-16-16 - Post-shipment entry requirements(a) Cattle for entry shall be transported to and held in the quarantine station or a quarantine site approved by the division to be inspected and tested for any transmissible disease that the state veterinarian may require. While in quarantine, animals shall be sprayed or dipped with an EPA approved pesticide approved by the state veterinarian. The cattle, bison, and water buffalo may be refused entry or quarantined for any deficiency in the certificate of veterinary inspection for the shipment or signs of disease.(b) Cattle, bison, and water buffalo found to be negative to test requirements, free of external parasites, and show no signs of transmissible diseases may be released from the quarantine station or approved quarantine site under quarantine at premises approved by the state veterinarian, during which time they shall be retested for tuberculosis, brucellosis, anaplasmosis and other diseases required by the state veterinarian sixty to ninety days after arriving in the State. The owner, importer, or consignee shall furnish the inspector with information on where each animal in the shipment will be held.(c) All expenses in connection with the examination, testing, treating, or destruction and disposal of cattle, bison, and water buffalo while in quarantine, shall be borne by the owner, importer, or consignee.(d) No indemnity shall be paid for reactors found on entry testing.[Eff. 10/5/81] (Auth: HRS § 142-2) (Imp: HRS § 142-4)