Connecticut § 22-280a - Transporting and possession of vaccines and serums for dogs and cats.
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§ 22-280a. Transporting and possession of vaccines and serums for dogs and cats.
Sec. 22-280a. Transporting and possession of vaccines and serums for dogs and cats. No antiserum, vaccine or other biological product for use in the control, prevention or treatment of canine distemper, canine infectious hepatitis, leptospirosis, rabies or feline distemper shall be shipped or transported into the state without the written permission of the State Veterinarian except to a licensed practicing veterinarian. No person, firm or corporation, nor the agent or employee of any corporation, shall have in his possession or use any vaccine, virus, serum or preparation of a similar nature for canine distemper, canine infectious hepatitis, leptospirosis, rabies or feline distemper without the written permission of the State Veterinarian, unless he is a licensed practicing veterinarian or acquired such preparation on a prescription issued by such a veterinarian for a specific animal. Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars for each offense.
(1959, P.A. 286.)
Secs. 22-281 to 22-283. Glanders or farcy. Inspection of animals; quarantine. Disposal of infected animal. Sections 22-281 to 22-283, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 3315–3317; P.A. 80-159.)
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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