Title 22, Title 22: Agriculture. Domestic Animals

Sec. 22-414. Supervision of public equine auctions. Licenses. Fees. Penalty. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall supervise commission sales stables where equines are sold at public auctions. Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of selling equines at auctions …

Sec. 22-415. Inhumane transportation of equines. Penalty. Regulations. Any person who carries or causes to be carried or has the care of any equine in or attached to any vehicle or otherwise in an unnecessarily cruel or inhumane manner, or in a way and manner which might endanger…

Sec. 22-415a. Equine infectious anemia: Definitions. As used in sections 22-410 to 22-415j, inclusive: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture; (2) “Equine” means any member of the equine family which includes horses, ponies, mules, asses, donkeys and zebras; (3)…

Sec. 22-415b. Required testing for equine infectious anemia for equines exposed to the disease. The commissioner may require an equine to be tested for equine infectious anemia at the expense of the owner if he reasonably determines that such equine has been exposed to equine inf…

Sec. 22-415c. Requirements for the importation of equines into Connecticut. Penalties. (a) Any equine imported into the state, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, shall have an official interstate health certificate and an official equine infectious anemia test …

Sec. 22-415d. Written permission for transfer of ownership of an equine that tested positive. No person shall sell, lease, exchange, barter, or give away any equine that tested positive to an official test for equine infectious anemia except upon written permission from the commi…

Sec. 22-415e. Isolation; retesting. Freeze-brand. Any equine which reacts positively to the official test shall be isolated on the premises where such equine was tested. Any reactor shall be retested, within fourteen days, by the State Veterinarian or his representative to reaffi…

Sec. 22-415f. Disposal. Proposal for isolation area. (a) The owner of an equine which tested positive on the second official test shall dispose of such equine, in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, within seven days of receipt of the second positive equine infectious…

Sec. 22-415g. Isolation area requirements. An equine in isolation pursuant to sections 22-415e and 22-415f shall be confined to an enclosure or pasture whose boundaries are not less than two hundred yards from an enclosure or pasture harboring an equine which has not had an offic…

Sec. 22-415h. Equine semen imported into Connecticut. All equine semen imported into the state shall be from stallions that tested negative for equine infectious anemia during the calendar year in which the semen was collected. (P.A. 88-151, S. 8, 11.)

Sec. 22-415i. Inspection. (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture or his designated agents may inspect the premises where an equine is in isolation to confirm compliance with the provisions of section 22-415g and any relevant regulations adopted under section 22-415j. (b) The Commiss…

Sec. 22-415j. Regulations. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provision of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of sections 22-415a to 22-415j, inclusive. (P.A. 88-151, S. 10, 11; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S…