9 CFR § 53.6 - Disinfection of animals.

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title: "9 CFR § 53.6 - Disinfection of animals."
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title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
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section_name: "Disinfection of animals."
chapter_name: "ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
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subchapter_name: "COOPERATIVE CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF LIVESTOCK OR POULTRY DISEASES"
part_number: "53"
part_name: "FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE, PLEUROPNEUMONIA, AND CERTAIN OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES OF LIVESTOCK OR POULTRY"
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# 53.6 Disinfection of animals.

Animals of species not susceptible to the disease for which a quarantine has been established, but which have been exposed to the disease, shall be disinfected when necessary by such methods as the Administrator shall prescribe from time to time.

[28 FR 5935, June 13, 1963, as amended at 56 FR 51974, Oct. 17, 1991]