Procedures.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 9

(a) (2) The donor dam must remain at the embryo collection unit until the embryos for importation into the United States have been collected. (3) After collection of embryos, the donor dam must either remain at the embryo collection unit or be returned to the herd of origin and remain there until all examinations and tests required by this subpart have been completed. (4) During the time the donor dam is in the embryo collection unit, in accordance with paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(3) of this section, no animals may be in the embryo collection unit with the donor dam unless: (i) They meet the requirements of § 98.15 of this subpart that are applicable to the donor dam at that time; (ii) They are part of the donor dam's herd of origin; or (iii) They are serving as donor sires for the production of embryos to be imported into the United States. (b) (2) Officials from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service must be given access to all areas of the embryo collection unit and the donor dam's herd of origin during the time the donor dam is housed there, in accordance with paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(3) of this section. (c) (d) (2) All equipment that comes in contact with a donor dam's secretions or excretions must be sterile and may not be used with any other donor dam until it has been resterilized. (3) Containers used for storing embryos or for shipping embryos to the United States must be examined and found free of any organic matter and then disinfected before the amp

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 9:§ 98.17