[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR51.23]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 51_ANIMALS DESTROYED BECAUSE OF BRUCELLOSIS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart B_Indemnity for Sheep, Goats, and Horses
 
Sec. 51.23  Eligibility for indemnity.

    Owners of animals destroyed because of brucellosis are eligible to 
receive Federal indemnity for their animals if the animals are:
    (a) Sheep and goats in an affected herd or flock;
    (b) Sheep and goats that were obtained from a herd or flock that was 
subsequently found to be an affected herd or flock. Epidemiological 
information such as test results, herd/flock history, and related 
evidence will be used to establish a probable date when the herd or 
flock was first affected with

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brucellosis. Animals removed from the herd or flock after that date will 
be considered exposed to the disease and eligible for indemnity; those 
removed before that date will not;
    (c) Individual horses that have been found to be brucellosis reactor 
animals.