[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: 9CFR77.29]

[Page 248]
 
                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 77_TUBERCULOSIS--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart C_Captive Cervids
 
Sec. 77.29  Interstate movement from accreditation preparatory States 
and zones.

    Except for captive cervids from a qualified herd or monitored herd, 
as provided in Sec. Sec. 77.36 and 77.37, respectively, captive cervids 
that originate in an accreditation preparatory State or zone, and that 
are not known to be infected with or exposed to tuberculosis, may be 
moved interstate only under one of the following conditions:
    (a) The captive cervids are moved directly to slaughter at an 
approved slaughtering establishment.
    (b) The captive cervids are from an accredited herd; are officially 
identified; and are accompanied by a certificate stating that the 
accredited herd completed the testing necessary for accredited status 
with negative results within 24 months prior to the date of movement and 
that the individual animals to be moved were negative to an official 
tuberculin test conducted within 90 days prior to the date of movement.
    (c) The captive cervids are sexually intact animals; are not from an 
accredited herd; are officially identified; and are accompanied by a 
certificate stating that the herd from which they originated was 
negative to a whole herd test conducted within 1 year prior to the date 
of movement and that the individual animals to be moved were negative to 
two additional official tuberculin tests conducted at least 90 days 
apart and no more than 6 months apart, with the second test conducted 
within 90 days prior to the date of movement, except that the second 
additional test is not required if the animals are moved interstate 
within 6 months following the whole herd test.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0579-0146)