---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 C.F.R. § 78.3"
title: "9"
number: "78.3"
heading: "Handling in transit of cattle and bison moved interstate."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/9/78.3"
---

# §78.3. Handling in transit of cattle and bison moved interstate.


Cattle and bison moving interstate, except cattle and bison moved directly to a recognized slaughtering establishment, approved intermediate handling facility, or quarantined feedlot, shall be moved only in a means of conveyance which has been cleaned in accordance with §§ [71.5](/cfr/9/71.5.md), [71.7](/cfr/9/71.7.md), [71.10](/cfr/9/71.10.md), and [71.11](/cfr/9/71.11.md) of this chapter and, if unloaded in the course of such movement, shall be handled only in pens cleaned in accordance with the provisions of §§ [71.4](/cfr/9/71.4.md), [71.7](/cfr/9/71.7.md), [71.10](/cfr/9/71.10.md), and [71.11](/cfr/9/71.11.md) of this chapter.


## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 51 FR 32580, Sept. 12, 1986, unless otherwise noted.