[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: 9CFR78.10]

[Page 278]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 78--BRUCELLOSIS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart B--Restrictions on Interstate Movement of Cattle Because of 
                               Brucellosis
 
Sec. 78.10  Official vaccination of cattle moving into and out of Class B and Class C States or areas.

    (a) Female dairy cattle born after January 1, 1984, which are 4 
months of age or over must be official vaccinates to move interstate 
into or out of a Class B State or area \4\ unless they are moved 
interstate directly to a recognized slaughtering establishment or 
quarantined feedlot, or directly to an approved intermediate handling 
facility and then directly to a recognized slaughtering establishment, 
or directly to an approved intermediate handling facility and then 
directly to a quarantined feedlot and then directly to a recognized 
slaughtering establishment, or directly to an approved intermediate 
handling facility and then directly to a quarantined feedlot and then 
directly to a recognized slaughtering establishment. Female cattle 
eligible for official calfhood vaccination and required by this 
paragraph to be officially vaccinated may be moved interstate from a 
farm of origin directly to a specifically approved stockyard and be 
officially vaccinated upon arrival at the specifically approved 
stockyard.
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    \4\ Female cattle imported into the United States may be exempted 
from the vaccination requirements of this paragraph with the concurrence 
of the State animal health official of the State of destination. This 
concurrence is required prior to the importation of the cattle into the 
United States.
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    (b) Female cattle born after January 1, 1984, which are 4 months of 
age or over must be official vaccinates to move into a Class C State or 
area \4\ unless they are moved interstate directly to a recognized 
slaughtering establishiment, or directly to an approved intermediate 
handling facility and then directly to a recognized slaughtering 
establishment, or directly to an approved intermediate handling facility 
and then directly to a quarantined feedlot and then directly to a 
recognized slaughtering establishment. Female cattle eligible for 
official calfhood vaccination and required by this paragraph to be 
officially vaccinated may be moved interstate from a farm of origin 
directly to a specifically approved stockyard and be officially 
vaccinated upon arrival at the specifically approved stockyard.
    (c) Female cattle born after January 1, 1984, which are 4 months of 
age or over must be official vaccinates to move interstate out of a 
Class C State or area \4\ inder Sec. 78.9(d)(3) of this part. Female 
cattle from a certified brucellosis-free herd that are eligible for 
official calfhood vaccination and required by this paragraph to be 
officially vaccinated may be moved interstate from a farm of origin 
directly to a specifically approved stockyard and be officially 
vaccinated upon arrival at the specifically approved stockyard.

[51 FR 32580, Sept. 12, 1986, as amended at 54 FR 1926, Jan. 18, 1989; 
56 FR 58638, Nov. 21, 1991]