Title 4, Title 4: AGRICULTURE AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS

4:5-23. Agreements respecting valuation of condemned animals The veterinarian making an official tuberculin test, or any authorized agent of the department may make an agreement with the owner as to the valuation of the animal condemned, based on its market value for dairy, breed…

4:5-24. Appraisement prior to testing Immediately before commencing the test, if it is deemed advisable by the department, an appraisement may be made by the owner and an authorized agent or representative of the department of the market value of the animals as of the day of appr…

4:5-25. Appraisement where no agreement reached In all cases where no agreement can be reached, there shall be appointed three competent and disinterested freeholders, one by the department, one by the owner, and the third by the first two at the expense of the owner, who shall a…

4:5-26. Report of salvage or proceeds of slaughtered animal The salvage is the net amount received from the sale of the animal or animals, and a report of such sale shall be made on blanks furnished for that purpose by the department, signed by the purchaser or his agent, and in …

4:5-27. Indemnity receivable by owner of slaughtered animal For each bovine animal so killed to prevent the spread of tuberculosis, the owner shall receive the net proceeds of the sale of the animal and in addition thereto shall, subject to the provisions of R.S. 4:5-10, be paid …

4:5-28. Indemnity, conditions In order for animals imported into New Jersey to be eligible for appraisement and indemnity the following conditions must be satisfied: a. The animal shall at the time of entry be accompanied by a tuberculin test chart showing compliance with the New…

4:5-29. Payment of indemnity Upon presentation of the appraisement certificate to the State Comptroller, with the approval of the department indorsed thereon, the owner shall be entitled to receive from the State treasury the sum due from the State of New Jersey fixed by this art…

4:5-3. Penalty for violating orders of board A person who shall violate or fail to comply with an order of the board, or its constituted agent, made pursuant to sections 4:5-1 and 4:5-2 of this title, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred d…

4:5-30. Priority of payment to certain owners In compensating the owners of cattle condemned and slaughtered under this article, the department or such board, bureau or other agency as may be charged with such duty, shall give priority to owners with whom agreements for compensat…

4:5-31. Marking affected animals Any bovine animal affected with advanced or generalized tuberculosis or with tuberculosis of the udder or which has reacted to the tuberculin test shall be plainly and permanently marked by any member or duly authorized agent or representative of …

4:5-32. Issuance of certificate for healthy cattle Whenever the department has made or caused to be made an examination of cattle within this state, and shall have ascertained them to be sound and in good health, the department shall, upon request of the owner, give to him a cert…

4:5-33. Co-operation with federal bureau The department may co-operate with the bureau of animal industry of the United States in any general national system which may be adopted by such bureau for the prevention of the spread of bovine tuberculosis and any other contagious or in…

4:5-34. Obtaining information as to owners and cattle in given area The department may obtain information regarding the number of cattle owners and the number of cattle in a county, township, municipality or other designated area in order to carry out a plan for the tuberculin te…

4:5-35. Co-operation by department with local organizations The department may co-operate with an organization or organizations or recommend the formation of a new organization in a county, township, municipality or other designated area and delegate to such organization or organ…

4:5-36. Appropriations by municipalities and counties The county boards of freeholders in their respective counties and the governing bodies of townships, municipalities or other designated areas may make such appropriations from the general funds of their county, township, munic…

4:5-37. Testing at instance of majority of owners in area, representing three-fourths of cattle When a majority of the resident cattle owners, representing seventy-five per cent of the cattle in a county, township, municipality or other designated area have either placed their ca…

4:5-38. Testing and quarantine at instance of three-fourths of owners within area When seventy-five per cent of the cattle owners in a county, township, municipality or other designated area have filed petitions and agreements with the department for the tuberculin testing of the…

4:5-39. Testing all cattle within area at instance of ninety per cent of owners When ninety per cent of the cattle owners of a county, township, municipality or other designated area have filed petitions and agreements with the department for the tuberculin testing of their cattl…

4:5-4. Notice to department by veterinarians and others of existence or appearance of disease In case certain contagious or infectious diseases, which are designated by the Department of Agriculture as a particular and dangerous menace to the animal health of the State, shall app…

4:5-40. Assistance by owners in testing The owners of cattle which are to be officially tuberculin tested or retested shall, when requested to do so by a representative of the department, stable the cattle and furnish all reasonable assistance to the representative of the departm…

4:5-41. Notice to owner of special quarantine Any veterinarian, agent or authorized representative of the department establishing a special quarantine shall transmit to the owner or representative a written notice advising of the establishment of the quarantine. Such quarantine s…

4:5-42. Bringing in or removing cattle from area adopting plan Whenever a county, township, municipality or other designated area has become enrolled in the area or any other plan of testing approved by the department, no cattle shall be brought into or moved within the county, t…

4:5-43. Interference with test or mark of identification No person shall treat any cattle with a material or substance for the purpose of interfering with a tuberculin test or with a reaction to a tuberculin test, or shall interfere in any way with a representative of the departm…

4:5-44. Quarantine and slaughter of reactors All cattle reacting to an official or authorized private tuberculin test or declared tuberculous as a result of an authorized physical examination or other method of determining tuberculosis approved by the Department of Agriculture, s…

4:5-45. Disposal of reactors or removal of cattle from quarantine No person shall sell, offer for sale, give away or otherwise dispose of or purchase any cattle that have been classed as reactors, declared tuberculous or suspicious of being tuberculous either on official or priva…

4:5-46. Transportation of cattle classed as reactors or suspicious No person shall deliver for transportation, receive for transportation, transport, drive on foot or otherwise remove from the premises where they are located to any other point or place any cattle that have been c…

4:5-47. Standard of tests; report of tests All tuberculin tests, either official or private, shall be made according to the standards established, methods prescribed and in a manner acceptable to the department. A report of such tests shall be made to the department by the veteri…

4:5-48. Rejection of tests or alleged tests; official test The department may refuse to accept any tuberculin test or tests of native or imported cattle, either made or alleged to have been made, which in its judgment have not been properly conducted and hold such cattle in segre…

4:5-49. Marking cattle passing test or declared suspicious All cattle passing or declared suspicious as the result of an official or private tuberculin test shall be marked for identification by an approved metal ear tag furnished by the department or designated by the department…

4:5-5. Failure to give notice; punishment Any veterinarian practicing in the State, or any owner of animals or premises containing animals with infectious disease or suspected of infectious disease as described in section 4:5-4 who fails to notify the Department of Agriculture as…

4:5-50. Marking condemned cattle All cattle condemned as a result of an official or private tuberculin test shall be plainly and permanently marked for identification by a representative of the department or the individual making or assisting with the test in a manner acceptable …

4:5-51. Loss of rights by owner on failure to comply with article Whenever the department is satisfied that any owner has failed to comply with any provision of this article or any rule or regulation made by the state board of agriculture under the provisions of this article, the…

4:5-52. Certification of area as modified accredited area When the percentage of tuberculous cattle within a county, township, municipality or other designated area enrolled in the area or any other plan of tuberculin testing approved by the department as shown by the last preced…

4:5-53. Failure to have retest; penalty Any owner of cattle enrolled in the area or any other plan of testing approved by the department who fails or refuses to have his animals retested when notified by the department shall be considered as violating his agreement and shall beco…

4:5-53.2. Quarantine When the percentage of tuberculous cattle within a county, township, municipality or designated part thereof, exceeds one-half of one per centum ( 1/2 of 1%) of the cattle within such county, township, municipality or designated part thereof, the department m…

4:5-53.3. Disinfecting quarters of infected animals When positive reaction to any tuberculin test results, the department may provide special services to insure complete and continued disinfecting of the quarters in which such infected animals have been housed and may make recomm…

4:5-53.4. Cattle consigned to auction markets All cattle exceeding two hundred pounds in weight except those to be sold for dairy purposes delivered to any regularly established auction market shall be plainly and permanently marked with the letter "S" in a conspicuous place by t…

4:5-54. Tuberculin test as prerequisite to importation; exceptions; health certificate; quarantine The importation of cattle into this State is hereby prohibited, except as provided in section 4:5-69 of this Title, unless such cattle have passed a tuberculin test within thirty da…

4:5-57. Standard for all tests All tuberculin tests shall be made according to the standards established by the department and executed by a veterinarian in good standing recognized by the department. In the case of tests made outside of the state the certificates of tests of the…

4:5-58. Certificate accompanying cattle imported and display thereof Cattle imported into this State, excepting those for immediate slaughter as specified in section 4:5-69 of this Title, shall be accompanied by the certificate of tuberculin test prescribed in section 4:5-59 of t…

4:5-59. Contents of certificate The certificate of tuberculin test shall contain the following information: a. The number of cattle to be brought in and the lines and route over which they are to travel; b. The tag number, gender, breed, approximate age, color and markings of the…

4:5-6. Quarantine of infected or exposed animals; regulations Upon receiving information that an infectious or contagious disease exists or is suspected to exist in any herd or in any locality, the department may investigate or cause an investigation to be made. If the department…

4:5-61. Tagging or marking cattle imported All cattle imported into this State, except those imported from areas designated by the board as provided in section 4:5-54 of this Title, and except those imported for immediate slaughter as specified in section 4:5-69 of this Title, sh…

4:5-62. Notice to division of intention to import cattle A copy of the certificate shall be mailed to the Director of the Division of Animal Health on or before the date the cattle are started on their journey into this State. The copy shall serve as a notice of the shipper's int…

4:5-63. Notice to division of arrival and location of cattle imported Within 3 days after the arrival of the cattle at their destination within the State, the owner or custodian shall notify the Director of the Division of Animal Health, Department of Agriculture, Trenton, either…

4:5-64. Where certificate is unsatisfactory The department may refuse to accept any certificate which, in its judgment, does not show a satisfactory test or which is not properly executed. The department may quarantine cattle imported into this State without a satisfactory certif…