[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR11.3]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 11--HORSE PROTECTION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 11.3  Scar rule.

    The scar rule applies to all horses born on or after October 1, 
1975. Horses subject to this rule that do not meet the following scar 
rule criteria shall be considered to be ``sore'' and are subject to all 
prohibitions of section 5 of the Act. The scar rule criteria are as 
follows:

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    (a) The anterior and anterior-lateral surfaces of the fore pasterns 
(extensor surface) must be free of bilateral granulomas,\5\ other 
bilateral pathological evidence of inflammation, and, other bilateral 
evidence of abuse indicative of soring including, but not limited to, 
excessive loss of hair.
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    \3-4\[Reserved]
    \5\ Granuloma is defined as any one of a rather large group of 
fairly distinctive focal lesions that are formed as a result of 
inflammatory reactions caused by biological, chemical, or physical 
agents.
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    (b) The posterior surfaces of the pasterns (flexor surface), 
including the sulcus or ``pocket'' may show bilateral areas of uniformly 
thickened epithelial tissue if such areas are free of proliferating 
granuloma tissue, irritation, moisture, edema, or other evidence of 
inflammation.

[44 FR 25179, Apr. 27, 1979, as amended at 53 FR 14782, Apr. 26, 1988, 
53 FR 28373, July 28, 1988]