[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR3.65]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 3--STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C--Specifications for the Humane Handling, Care, Treatment and 
                        Transportation of Rabbits
 
Sec. 3.65  Terminal facilities.

    No person subject to the Animal Welfare regulations shall commingle 
shipments of live rabbits with inanimate cargo. All animal holding areas 
of a terminal facility where shipments of rabbits are maintained shall 
be cleaned and sanitized as prescribed in Sec. 3.56 of the standards 
often enough to prevent an accumulation of debris or excreta, to 
minimize vermin infestation, and to prevent a disease hazard. An 
effective program for the control of insects, ectoparasites, and avian 
and mammalian pests shall be established and maintained for all animal 
holding areas. Any animal holding area containing live rabbits shall be 
provided with fresh air by means of windows, doors, vents, or air 
conditioning and may be ventilated or air circulated by means of fans, 
blowers, or an air conditioning system so as to minimize drafts, odors, 
and moisture condensation. Auxiliary ventilation, such as exhaust fans 
and vents or fans or blowers or air conditioning shall be used for

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any animal holding area containing live rabbits when the air temperature 
within such animal holding area is 23.9 [deg]C. (75 [deg]F.) or higher. 
The air temperature around any live rabbit in any animal holding area 
shall not be allowed to fall below 7.2 [deg]C. (45 [deg]F.) nor be 
allowed to exceed 29.5 [deg]C. (85 [deg]F.) at any time. To ascertain 
compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, the air temperature 
around any live rabbit shall be measured and read outside the primary 
enclosure which contains such rabbit at a distance not to exceed .91 
meters (3 feet) from any one of the external walls of the primary 
enclosure and on a level parallel to the bottom of such primary 
enclosure at a point which approximates half the distance between the 
top and bottom of such primary enclosure.

[43 FR 56216, Dec. 1, 1978, as amended at 55 FR 28883, July 16, 1990]]