Title XL, Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry

No person shall bring, cause to be brought, ship, or cause to be shipped into this state any bovine without the written permission of the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food, except those for immediate slaughter at establishments where state or federal inspection is ma…

I. Except as provided in paragraph II, every dog, cat, and ferret 3 months of age and older shall be vaccinated against rabies. Young dogs, cats, and ferrets shall be vaccinated within 30 days after they have reached 3 months of age. Unvaccinated dogs, cats, and ferrets acquired …

I. Before vaccinating any dog, cat, or ferret for rabies, the veterinarian shall receive the following statement completed by the dog's, cat's, or ferret's owner in the veterinarian's presence on the same day: I, __________ (owner's name) __________ , swear that to my knowledge t…

It shall be the duty of each veterinarian, at the time of vaccinating any dog, cat, or ferret, to complete a certificate of rabies vaccination in triplicate which includes the following information: owner's name and address, description of dog, cat, or ferret (breed, sex, marking…

The cost of rabies vaccination shall be paid by the owner of the dog, cat, or ferret.

The provisions of this subdivision with respect to vaccination shall apply to any dog, cat, or ferret owned by a person temporarily remaining within the state of New Hampshire, any dog, cat, or ferret brought into the state for show purposes, racing or transient hunting dogs or d…

I. Any dog displaying symptoms which indicate a likelihood that such dog is afflicted with rabies which has bitten a person and caused a puncture of the skin or which has caused a nonbite exposure shall be immediately euthanized and the head sent for examination to the public hea…

I. Any cat displaying symptoms which indicate a likelihood that such cat is afflicted with rabies which has bitten a person and caused a puncture of the skin or which has caused a nonbite exposure shall be immediately euthanized and the head sent for examination to the public hea…

I. Any ferret displaying symptoms which indicate a likelihood that such ferret is afflicted with rabies which has bitten a person and caused a puncture of the skin or which has caused a nonbite exposure shall be immediately euthanized and the head sent for examination to the publ…

I. Notwithstanding RSA 436:105, III and any other provision of law to the contrary, a police dog which has bitten a person may remain in service subject to the following: (a) The police dog shall have received its annual immunization for rabies in accordance with this chapter. (b…

In the case of dogs, cats, and ferrets known to have been bitten by a rabid animal or to have had a nonbite exposure, the following provisions shall apply: I. Unvaccinated Dogs, Cats, and Ferrets. (a) In the case of dogs, cats, and ferrets which are not vaccinated in accordance w…

The rabies control authority shall authorize a pound or pounds, or shall enter into a cooperative agreement with a licensed veterinarian, or licensed animal shelter, for the establishment and operation of a pound. Any dog found off the owner's premises and not wearing a valid vac…

The commissioner shall enforce the provisions of this subdivision for the control of rabies in dogs, cats, or ferrets, and shall adopt such rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, as necessary to carry out the intent of this subdivision.

Any person who violates the provisions of this subdivision or rule adopted under it shall be guilty of a violation.

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 a…

I. The commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food may test for disease any domestic animal, as defined by RSA 436:1, that cannot be tested by an accredited veterinarian. The commissioner shall establish fees for such testing which shall be sufficient to carry out any tests pe…

The voluntary scrapie flock certification program is a cooperative effort between APHIS (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture), participating state governments, and sheep and goat producing industries, established and maintained to r…

I. There is hereby established the state scrapie certification board which shall administer the voluntary scrapie flock certification program, review program enrollment applications and status advancement, review situations that may result in a reduction of certification status o…

I. An applicant to the program shall submit a completed program application to the Area Veterinarian-in-Charge designee. Once the program application has been received, an authorized state veterinarian or the AVIC or AVIC designee shall inspect the flock for evidence of scrapie. …

I. When a flock has obtained a status that has met all of the program standards, the flock owner may apply to advance the flock to certified status. The board shall review advancement applications for movement from enrolled status to certified status at the next regularly schedul…

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.

I. A flock's status date shall be maintained if, during an annual inspection it meets the requirements of 9 C.F.R. parts 54 and 79 and the Scrapie Eradication Uniform Methods and Rules adopted by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Ag…

The board shall recommend downgrading a participating flock's status or removing it from the program if its owner or manager has not complied with the program standards, unless a compelling argument based upon sound scientific principles can be presented. A flock may reenter the …

Owner-reported changes in flock status or status date due to flock additions or commingling shall be made as soon as possible following notification of the board or AVIC without review by the board unless the owner requests that the board perform a formal review at the time the a…

I. The provisions of paragraph II shall apply in any instance when a sheep or goat producer has entered the program and has voluntarily requested technical help from the board or is inspected by a state animal health official on behalf of the board as established under 9 CFR Part…

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.

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 par…

Such animals as shall be found to be free from tuberculosis or other contagious or infectious disease shall immediately be released from quarantine.

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 p…

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 animals reacting to the tuberculin or other approved test, but showing no phy…

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.

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.

I. The state veterinarian, or the designee of the state veterinarian, shall not be guilty of criminal trespass pursuant to RSA 635:2 when providing vaccines or treatment to wildlife on private property without the consent of the owner, regardless of whether or not the property is…

There shall be a division of the department of agriculture, markets, and food known as the division of animal industry.

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.

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 their origin within 3 months prior to being brought into this state by a veter…

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.

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 perio…

The commissioner shall adopt such rules as he may deem necessary relating to the importation into this state of horses, asses, mules, sheep, swine or other domestic animals, except as provided for by RSA 436:10. He may require that a physical examination or test be made of every …

When such animals are found to have any contagious or infectious disease, they 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; and when slaughtered…

The importer or owner shall bear the expense of detention, examination, test and slaughter under this subdivision and RSA 436:10-20, but not the personal expenses of the commissioner or his agent.

Persons living near the state line who own or occupy land in an adjoining state, or persons living in an adjoining state who own or occupy land in this state near the state line, may secure from the commissioner a permit to drive cattle, horses, asses, mules or sheep back and for…

I. The commissioner may prepare and issue health certificates for interstate shipment of livestock and poultry. II. The commissioner may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, for the preparation and issuance of health certificates authorized by paragraph I.

I. Any person who drives, brings or ships domestic animals into this state, or is an accessory thereto, knowing or having reason to believe that any of them have a contagious or infectious disease or have been exposed to any such disease, or violates any of the provisions or rule…

The state veterinarian shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to the administration of this chapter.

The commissioner shall keep a record of all permits issued and bovine animals imported, of all animals tested on behalf of the state, or at the request of the owner, with the date and place of the test and the name and residence of the owner; and a complete and accurate record of…