[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR77.27]

[Page 237-238]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 77_TUBERCULOSIS--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart C_Captive Cervids
 
Sec.  77.27  Interstate movement from modified accredited States and zones.

    Except for captive cervids from a qualified herd or monitored herd, 
as provided in Sec. Sec.  77.36 and 77.37, respectively, captive cervids 
that originate in a modified accredited State or zone, and that are not 
known to be infected with or exposed to tuberculosis, may be moved 
interstate only under one of the following conditions:
    (a) The captive cervids are moved directly to slaughter at an 
approved slaughtering establishment.
    (b) The captive cervids are from an accredited herd and are 
accompanied by a certificate stating that the accredited herd completed 
the testing necessary for accredited status with

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negative results within 24 months prior to the date of movement.
    (c) The captive cervids are sexually intact animals; are not from an 
accredited herd; are officially identified; and are accompanied by a 
certificate stating that the herd from which they originated was 
negative to a whole herd test conducted within 1 year prior to the date 
of movement and that the individual animals to be moved were negative to 
an additional official tuberculin test conducted within 90 days prior to 
the date of movement, except that the additional test is not required if 
the animals are moved interstate within 6 months following the whole 
herd test.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0579-0146)