---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 3.163"
title: "9"
number: "3.163"
heading: "Primary conveyances (motor vehicle, rail, air, and marine)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/3.163"
---

# §3.163. Primary conveyances (motor vehicle, rail, air, and marine).

- (a) The animal cargo space of primary conveyances used in transporting live birds must be designed, constructed, and maintained in a manner that at all times protects the health and well-being of the animals transported in them, ensures their safety and comfort, and prevents the entry of exhaust from the primary conveyance during transportation.
- (b) The animal cargo space must have a supply of air that is sufficient for the normal breathing of all the animals being transported in it.
- (c) Each primary enclosure containing birds must be positioned in the animal cargo space in a manner that provides protection from the elements and that allows each bird enough air for normal breathing.
- (d) During transportation, the climatic conditions in the animal cargo area shall be maintained in accordance with the requirements of [§ 3.168](/cfr/9/3.168.md).
- (e) Primary enclosures must be positioned in the primary conveyance in a manner that allows the birds to be quickly and easily removed from the primary conveyance in an emergency.
- (f) The interior of the bird cargo space must be kept clean.
- (g) Live birds may not be transported with any material, substance (e.g., dry ice), or device which may reasonably be expected to be injurious to the health and well-being of the birds unless proper precaution is taken to prevent such injury.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 88 FR 10714, Feb. 21, 2023, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2131-2159; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.7.

### Source

Source: 32 FR 3273, Feb. 24, 1967, unless otherwise noted.