[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: 9CFR53.3]

[Page 170-171]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 53_FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE, PLEUROPNEUMONIA, RINDERPEST, AND CERTAIN 
OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES OF LIVESTOCK OR POULTRY--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 53.3  Appraisal of animals or materials.

    (a) Animals affected by or exposed to disease, and materials 
required to be destroyed because of being contaminated by or exposed to 
disease shall be appraised by an APHIS employee and a representative of 
the State jointly, or, if the State authorities approve, by an APHIS 
employee alone.
    (b) The appraisal of animals shall be based on the fair market value 
and shall be determined by the meat, egg production, dairy or breeding 
value of such animals. Animals may be appraised in groups providing they 
are the same species and type and providing that where appraisal is by 
the head each animal in the group is the same value per head or where 
appraisal is by the pound each animal in the group is the same value per 
pound.
    (c) Appraisals of animals shall be reported on forms furnished by 
APHIS. Reports of appraisals shall show the number of animals of each 
species and the value per head or the weight and value by pound.
    (d) Appraisals of materials shall be reported on forms furnished by 
APHIS. Reports of appraisals of materials shall, when practicable, show 
the number, size or quantity, unit price, and

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total value of each kind of material appraised.

[28 FR 5935, June 13, 1963, as amended at 35 FR 13981, Sept. 3, 1970; 36 
FR 25217, Dec. 30, 1971; 56 FR 51974, Oct. 17, 1991; 68 FR 6343, Feb. 7, 
2003]