[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 9, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 9CFR309.7]



[Page 109-110]

 

                  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.