[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: 9CFR78.22]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 78--BRUCELLOSIS--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart C--Restrictions on Interstate Movement of Bison Because of 
                               Brucellosis
 
Sec. 78.22  Brucellosis reactor bison.

    (a) Destination. Brucellosis reactor bison may be moved interstate 
only for immediate slaughter as follows:
    (1) Directly to a recognized slaughtering establishment;
    (2) Directly to an approved intermediate handling facility and then 
directly to a recognized slaughtering establishment; or
    (3) From a farm of origin directly to a specifically approved 
stockyard approved to receive brucellosis reactors and then
    (i) Directly to a recognized slaughtering establishment; or
    (ii) Directly to an approved intermediate handling facility and then 
directly to a recognized slaughtering establishment.
    (b) Identification. Brucellosis reactor bison must be individually 
identified prior to moving interstate by attaching to the left ear a 
metal tag bearing a serial number and the inscription ``U.S. Reactor,'' 
or a metal tag bearing a serial number designated by the State animal 
health official for identifying brucellosis reactors, and must be:
    (1) ``B'' branded (as defined in Sec. 78.1); or

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    (2) Accompanied directly to slaughter by an APHIS or State 
representative; or
    (3) Moved in vehicles closed with official seals applied and removed 
by an APHIS representative, State representative, accredited 
veterinarian, or an individual authorized for this purpose by an APHIS 
representative. The official seal numbers must be recorded on the 
accompanying permit.
    (c) Permit. Brucellosis reactor bison moving interstate shall be 
accompanied to destination by a permit.
    (d) Marking of records. Each person moving brucellosis reactor bison 
interstate shall, in the course of interstate movement, plainly write or 
stamp the words ``Brucellosis Reactor'' upon the face of any document 
that person prepares in connection with such movement.
    (e) Segregation en route. Brucellosis reactor bison shall not be 
moved interstate in any means of conveyance containing animals which are 
not brucellosis reactors unless all of the animals are for immediate 
slaughter or unless the brucellosis reactor bison are kept separate from 
the other animals by a partition securely affixed to the sides of the 
means of conveyance.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0579-0051)

[51 FR 32580, Sept. 12, 1986, as amended at 59 FR 67133, Dec. 29, 1994; 
60 FR 48368, Sept. 19, 1995]