Connecticut General Statutes 22-303 – Brucellosis vaccination
(a) Each owner of bovine animals may have all of his female calves vaccinated for the control of brucellosis at ages the commissioner shall establish by regulation pursuant to the uniform methods and rules for brucellosis eradication of the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Calves may be vaccinated at the owner’s expense by an approved licensed veterinarian, an approved federal or state full-time employed veterinarian assigned directly and authorized by the Commissioner of Agriculture or by a livestock inspector employed and authorized by the commissioner.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 22-303
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(b) The state shall not be liable for any damages incurred or alleged to have been incurred by the use of any vaccine.
(c) No person, firm or corporation, and no agent or employee of any corporation, shall have in his possession any brucellosis vaccine or any product containing any Brucella organisms unless written permission has been obtained from the commissioner.
(d) No female bovine animal over the maximum vaccination age, as established by the commissioner in accordance with the uniform methods and rules for brucellosis eradication of the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, shall be vaccinated with Brucella Abortus vaccine. Brucellosis vaccine or any product containing any Brucella organisms shall not be shipped into the state except upon written permission of the commissioner.