---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 145.5"
title: "9"
number: "145.5"
heading: "Specific provisions for participating flocks."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/145.5"
---

# §145.5. Specific provisions for participating flocks.

- (a) Poultry equipment, and poultry houses and the land in the immediate vicinity thereof, shall be kept in sanitary condition in accordance with [part 147](/cfr/9/part147.md) of this subchapter. The participating flock, its eggs, and all equipment used in connection with the flock shall be separated from nonparticipating flocks, in a manner acceptable to the Official State Agency.
- (b) All flocks shall consist of healthy, normal individuals characteristic of the breed, variety, cross, or other combination which they are stated to represent.
- (c) A flock shall be deemed to be a participating flock at any time only if it has qualified for the U.S. Pullorum-Typhoid Clean classification, as prescribed in subparts B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, or J of this part.
- (d) Each bird shall be identified with a sealed and numbered band obtained through or approved by the Official State Agency: Provided, That exception may be made at the discretion of the Official State Agency.

## Notes

### Amendments

[36 FR 23112, Dec. 3, 1971, as amended at 38 FR 13706, May 24, 1973. Redesignated at 44 FR 61586, Oct. 26, 1979, as amended at 63 FR 40010, July 27, 1998; 79 FR 38754, July 9, 2014; 90 FR 46745, Sept. 30, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8301-8317; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 23112, Dec. 3, 1971, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 44 FR 61586, Oct. 26, 1979.

### Amendments

[36 FR 23112, Dec. 3, 1971, as amended at 38 FR 13706, May 24, 1973. Redesignated at 44 FR 61586, Oct. 26, 1979, as amended at 63 FR 40010, July 27, 1998; 79 FR 38754, July 9, 2014; 90 FR 46745, Sept. 30, 2025]