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9CFR161.2 Regulations
[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 199]
[Revised as of January 1, 2000]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR161.2]
[Page 795-797]
TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
PART 161--REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR ACCREDITED VETERINARIANS
AND SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF SUCH ACCREDITATION--Table of Contents
Sec. 161.2 Requirements and application procedures for accreditation.
(d) Tasks which applicants for accredited status must be able to
perform. Applicants for accredited status must be able to:
(1) Perform physical examinations of individual animals, and
visually inspect herds or flocks, to determine whether the animals are
free from any clinical signs suggestive of communicable disease;
(2) Recognize the common breeds of livestock so as to be able to
record breed information on official documents;
(3) Recognize brucellosis tattoos and calfhood vaccination tags, and
determine the state of origin of eartags, to properly identify animals
in interstate commerce;
(4) Estimate the age of livestock using a dental formula;
(5) Apply an eartag, tattoo, backtag, and legband;
(6) Certify the disease status of a poultry flock with regard to
disease caused by Salmonella enteritidis, chlamydiosis and exotic
Newcastle disease, by evaluating records of the flock's participation in
and testing by Federal and State poultry health programs;
(7) Properly complete certificates for domestic and international
movement of animals;
(8) Apply and remove official seals;
(9) Perform a necropsy on livestock;
(10) Recognize clinical signs and lesions of exotic animal diseases;
(11) Plan a disease control strategy for a livestock unit;
(12) Vaccinate for brucellosis and fill out the vaccination
certificate;
(13) Draw and ship blood for testing;
(14) Perform a caudal fold test for tuberculosis;
(15) Develop appropriate cleaning and disinfection plans to control
communicable livestock disease spread; and
(16) Explain basic principles for control of diseases for which
APHIS or APHIS-State cooperative programs exist, such as brucellosis,
pseudorabies, and tuberculosis.
(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number
0579-0032)
[57 FR 54912, Nov. 23, 1992, as amended at 61 FR 56891, Nov. 5, 1996]
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