[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: 9CFR309.7]

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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. 309.7  Livestock affected with anthrax; cleaning and disinfection 
of infected livestock pens and driveways.

    (a) Any livestock found on ante-mortem inspection to be affected 
with anthrax shall be identified as U.S. Condemned and disposed of in 
accordance with Sec. 309.13.
    (b) No other livestock of a lot in which anthrax is found on ante-
mortem inspection shall be slaughtered and presented for post-mortem 
inspection until it has been determined by a careful ante-mortem 
inspection that no anthrax infected livestock remains in the lot.
    (c) Apparently healthy livestock (other than hogs) from a lot in 
which anthrax is detected, and any apparently healthy livestock which 
have been treated with anthrax biologicals

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which do not contain living anthrax organisms, may be slaughtered and 
presented for post-mortem inspection if they have been held not less 
than 21 days following the last treatment or the last death of any 
livestock in the lot. Alternatively, if desired, all apparently healthy 
livestock of the lot may be segregated and held for treatment by a State 
licensed veterinarian under supervision of a Program employee or other 
official designated by the area supervisor. No anthrax vaccine (live 
organisms) shall be used on the premises of an official establishment.
    (d) Livestock which have been injected with anthrax vaccines (live 
organisms) within 6 weeks, and those bearing evidence of reaction to 
such treatment, such as inflammation, tumefaction, or edema at the site 
of the injection, shall be condemned on ante-mortem inspection, or such 
animals may be held under supervision of a Program employee or other 
official designated by the area supervisor until the expiration of the 
6-week period and the disappearance of any evidence of reaction to the 
treatment.
    (e) When livestock are found on ante-mortem inspection to be 
affected with anthrax, all exposed livestock pens and driveways of the 
official establishment shall be cleaned and disinfected by promptly and 
thoroughly removing and burning all straw, litter, and manure. This 
shall be followed immediately by a thorough disinfection of the exposed 
premises by soaking the ground, fences, gates, and all exposed material 
with a 5 percent solution of sodium hydroxide or commercial lye prepared 
as outlined in Sec. 310.9(e)(1) of this subchapter, or other 
disinfectant that may be approved in specific cases by the Administrator 
specifically for this purpose.