Section 22-319b - Growers of swine. Registration. Control of disease. Breeders of swine. Brucellosis and pseudorabies testing. Requirement. Liability. Procedures for testing. Importation of swine. Import permit. Requirements. Certificate of veterinary inspection. Barrows exempt from brucellosis testing(a) Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the growing of swine that are to be used or disposed of elsewhere than on the premises where such swine are grown shall register with the commissioner on forms furnished by the commissioner. The commissioner may make orders and adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, concerning examination, quarantine, disinfection, preventive treatment, disposition, transportation, importation, feeding and sanitation for the protection of swine from contagious and infectious disease. Said commissioner shall, at once, cause an investigation of all cases of such diseases coming to the commissioner's knowledge and shall use all proper means to exterminate and prevent spread of the same. Instructions shall be issued, in writing, by the commissioner or the commissioner's agent that shall contain directions for quarantine and disinfection of the premises where such disease exists.(b) Any person, firm or corporation engaged in breeding swine in this state shall have all breeding swine tested for brucellosis and pseudorabies. Such testing shall be performed by an accredited veterinarian, a veterinarian employed by the USDA, or the department or an employee employed by the department, under supervision of the State Veterinarian. The owner of any herd or animal to be so tested shall provide assistance and proper restraint for confining the animals for and during the application and diagnosis of said test. The state shall not be liable for any damages incurred or alleged to have been incurred from such test. Testing for brucellosis shall comply with section 22-298. The procedures for testing for pseudorabies and the control and disposition of pseudorabies positive swine shall conform to the USDA, pseudorabies eradication program standards.(c) All swine imported into this state shall be accompanied by an import permit required pursuant to section 22-308, and a certificate of veterinary inspection issued by an accredited veterinarian not more than thirty days prior to entry into this state and that includes the dates and results of any tests required by this section, the official identification of each swine and certification that each swine originated from a: (1) Brucellosis validated free herd, provided the herd number, the date of the last whole herd negative brucellosis test that includes the swine being imported shall be recorded on the certificate of veterinary inspection, or, in the alternative, each swine over three months of age shall have been tested and found negative for brucellosis not more than thirty days prior to such entry; and(2) pseudorabies qualified free herd, provided the number and date of the last whole herd negative test that includes the swine being imported shall be recorded on the certificate of veterinary inspection, or, in the alternative, each swine shall have been tested and found negative for pseudorabies not more than thirty days prior to such entry. Barrows shall be exempt from such brucellosis testing.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-319b
Amended by P.A. 23-0187,S. 23 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2023 Regular Session, eff. 6/28/2023.