[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR309.4]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
     CHAPTER III--FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 309_ANTE-MORTEM INSPECTION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 309.4  Livestock showing symptoms of certain metabolic, toxic, 

nervous, or circulatory disturbances, nutritional imbalances, or 
infectious or parasitic diseases.

    (a) All livestock showing, on ante-mortem inspection, symptoms of 
anaplasmosis, ketosis, leptospirosis, listeriosis, parturient paresis, 
pseudorabies, rabies, scrapie, tetanus, grass tetany, transport tetany, 
strangles, purpura hemorrhagica, azoturia, infectious equine 
encephalomyelitis, toxic encephalomyelitis (forage poisoning), dourine, 
acute influenza, generalized osteoporosis, glanders (farcy), acute 
inflammatory lameness or extensive fistula shall be identified as U.S. 
Condemned and disposed of in accordance with Sec. 309.13.
    (b) If any equine is suspected on ante-mortem inspection of being 
infected with glanders or dourine, the nearest Veterinary Services unit 
of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service shall be so informed 
by a Program employee. Tests shall be performed by said unit to 
determine whether the animal is, in fact, infected with such disease. If 
it is found on such tests to be infected, the animal shall be disposed 
of in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section. Otherwise, the 
animal shall be identified as a U.S. Suspect and disposed of as provided 
in Sec. 311.10 of this subchapter.

[35 FR 15563, Oct. 3, 1970 as amended at 38 FR 29214, Oct. 23, 1973]