File:USDA lab cat.jpg

USDA_lab_cat.jpg (768 × 589 pixels, file size: 84 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description
English: Animal welfare act.

As a breeder, dealer, or exhibitor licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), you are required to identify and keep records of all dogs and cats in your possession.

Dogs and Cats: You must identify all dogs and cats 16 weeks of age or older, including those held temporarily for breeding, personal pets used for breeding or housed with breeding animals, spayed/neutered dogs and cats housed in the kennel/cattery, and exhibited dogs and cats. You must use one of three acceptable forms of official ID: tag affixed to an appropriate collar, tattoo, or microchip.

Tags and Plastic Puppy Collars:

  • Must be legible and made of durable metal or plastic (see U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 9, Section 2.51 for acceptable dimensions and materials).
  • Must contain the letters “USDA,” your USDA license number (e.g., 48-A-0000), and the animal’s individual number (e.g., 1, 27, 32, etc.).
Date
Source

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/publications/animal_welfare/content/printable_version/animal_welfare4-06.pdf

www.aphis.usda.gov/animal-welfare
Author usda

Licensing

Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. Note: This only applies to original works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, county, municipality, or any other subdivision. This template also does not apply to postage stamp designs published by the United States Postal Service since 1978. (See § 313.6(C)(1) of Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices). It also does not apply to certain US coins; see The US Mint Terms of Use.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

4 April 2012

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current15:11, 4 April 2012Thumbnail for version as of 15:11, 4 April 2012768 × 589 (84 KB)Lawrencia E

The following page uses this file: