[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: 9CFR91.27]

[Page 354-355]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 91_INSPECTION AND HANDLING OF LIVESTOCK FOR EXPORTATION--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart D_Inspection of Vessels and Accommodations
 
Sec.  91.27  Troughs and hayracks.

    All stalls and pens aboard an ocean vessel shall be equipped with 
proper troughs for feeding and watering animals as provided in this 
section. Racks or nets furnished for feeding hay shall be of a type 
acceptable to the inspector. The feeding of hay to the animals on ocean 
vessels may be by means of dispensing the hay from racks or nets or by 
placing the hay on the floor of the pens in which the animals are 
confined.
    (a) Horses and cattle. Troughs may be constructed of metal or wood 
and may be either removable or fixed. The space between the first 
footlock and footboard may be utilized for feeding cattle, provided a 
2x4 piece of lumber is affixed along the top 
surface of said footlock so that it, together with the footboard and the 
battens, will form an enclosure. If wooden troughs are used for feeding, 
an adequate supply of buckets or other metal containers shall

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be provided for the proper watering of the animals.
    (b) Sheep, goats, and swine. Pens for these animals shall have feed 
troughs not less than 8 inches wide and shall be equipped with proper 
receptacles for watering. Pens for sheep and goats shall also have ample 
hayracks suitable for these animals.

[42 FR 28990, June 7, 1977. Redesignated at 45 FR 86413, Dec. 31, 1980]