9 CFR § 2.130 - Minimum age requirements.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s2.130"
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title: "9 CFR § 2.130 - Minimum age requirements."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "2.130"
section_name: "Minimum age requirements."
chapter_name: "ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ANIMAL WELFARE"
part_number: "2"
part_name: "REGULATIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 2131-2159; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.7."
regulatory_source: "54 FR 36147, Aug. 31, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
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# 2.130 Minimum age requirements.

No dog or cat shall be delivered by any person to any carrier or intermediate handler for transportation, in commerce, or shall be transported in commerce by any person, except to a registered research facility, unless such dog or cat is at least eight (8) weeks of age and has been weaned.