9 CFR § 309.11 - Vaccine livestock.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s309.11"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 309.11 - Vaccine livestock."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "309.11"
section_name: "Vaccine livestock."
chapter_name: "FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "AGENCY ORGANIZATION AND TERMINOLOGY; MANDATORY MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION AND VOLUNTARY INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION"
part_number: "309"
part_name: "ANTE-MORTEM INSPECTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 601-695; 7 CFR 2.18, 2.53."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 15563, Oct. 3, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "309"
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# 309.11 Vaccine livestock.

Vaccine livestock with unhealed lesions of vaccinia, accompanied with fever, which have not been exposed to any other infectious or contagious disease, are not required to be slaughtered and may be released for removal from the premises.