9 CFR § 117.5 - Segregation of animals.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s117.5"
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title: "9 CFR § 117.5 - Segregation of animals."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "117.5"
section_name: "Segregation of animals."
chapter_name: "ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "VIRUSES, SERUMS, TOXINS, AND ANALOGOUS PRODUCTS; ORGANISMS AND VECTORS"
part_number: "117"
part_name: "ANIMALS AT LICENSED ESTABLISHMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 151-159; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4."
regulatory_source: "38 FR 15499, June 13, 1973, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "117"
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# 117.5 Segregation of animals.

Animals which have been infected with or exposed to a dangerous, infectious, contagious, or communicable disease shall be kept effectively segregated at a licensed establishment until such time as they are humanely destroyed or successfully treated and removed as healthy animals.