[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR72.13]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 72_TEXAS (SPLENETIC) FEVER IN CATTLE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 72.13  Permitted dips and procedures.

    (a) Dipping requirements; facilities; handling. The dipping of 
cattle for interstate movement shall be done only with a permitted dip 
and at places where proper equipment is provided for dipping and for 
handling the cattle in a manner to prevent exposure to infection after 
the final dipping. Cattle which are to be dipped shall be given an 
opportunity to drink sufficient water to quench their thirst prior to 
dipping, be carefully handled, and not dipped while they are in a heated 
or exhausted condition. Dipped cattle shall not be loaded for shipment 
until dry.\4\
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    \4\ Care is required when treating animals and in maintaining the 
required concentration of chemicals in dipping baths. Detailed 
information concerning the use of, criteria for, and names of 
proprietary brands of permitted dips--as well the use of compressed air, 
vat management techniques, and other information--is available from the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services, 
National Animal Health Programs, 4700 River Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 
20737-1231.
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    (b) Permitted dips. The dips at present permitted by the Department 
in official dipping for interstate movement are:
    (1) Approved proprietary brands of a Dioxathion (Delnav[reg]) 
emulsifiable concentrate used at a concentration of 0.125 to 0.150 
percent.\4\
    (2) Approved proprietary brands of coumaphos (Co-Ral[reg]), 25 
percent wettable powder or flowable form labeled for use as a 0.25 
percent dip and used at a concentration of 0.125 to 0.250.\4\
    (3) Approved proprietary brands of organophosphorous insecticides 
(Prolate[reg]) if used in a Prolate-water bath where the concentration 
level is at least 0.15 percent and if used in accordance with the EPA 
approved label.
    (4) Approved proprietary brands of organophosphorous insecticides 
(Ciodrin[reg]) if used in a concentration of 0.44 to 0.54 percent and if 
used in accordance with the EPA approved label.
    (c) Approval of dips. Proprietary brands of dips are permitted to be 
used for purposes of this part only when approved by the Administrator, 
APHIS. Before a dip will be specifically approved as a permitted dip for 
the eradication of ticks, APHIS will require

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that the product be registered under the provisions of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 135 et 
seq.); that its efficacy and stability have been demonstrated; that 
trials have been conducted to determine that its concentration can be 
maintained and that under actual field conditions the dipping of cattle 
with a solution of definite strength will effectually eradicate ticks 
without injury to the animals dipped.
    (d) Tissue residues; restriction on slaughter. Tissue residues are 
created following use of certain dips. Animals treated with such dips 
should not be slaughtered for food purposes until the expiration of such 
period as may be required under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 
U.S.C. 601 et seq.). The length of this period shall be specified on 
each certificate issued by the inspector who supervises the dipping.

[33 FR 18089, Dec. 5, 1968, as amended at 34 FR 12214, July 24, 1969; 36 
FR 19157, Sept. 30, 1971; 36 FR 19972, Oct. 14, 1971; 37 FR 13529, July 
11, 1972; 38 FR 19012, July 17, 1973; 40 FR 12768, Mar. 21, 1975; 42 FR 
19854, Apr. 15, 1977; 47 FR 11002, Mar. 15, 1982; 49 FR 19799, May 10, 
1984; 49 FR 32540, Aug. 15, 1984; 50 FR 430, 431, Jan. 4, 1985; 56 FR 
51974, Oct. 17, 1991; 66 FR 21062, Apr. 27, 2001]