Current through Register No. 12, March 21, 2024
(a) Dogs and cats
shall be fed at least once each day except as otherwise might be required to
provide adequate nutrition and veterinary care as follows:
(1) The food shall be:
a. Free from contamination;
b. Palatable to the individual animal;
and
c. Of sufficient quantity and
nutritive value to meet the normal daily requirements for the condition and
size of the dog or cat;
(2) Food receptacles shall be:
a. Accessible to all dogs and cats;
and
b. Located so as to minimize
contamination by excreta;
(3) Feeding pans shall be durable and kept
clean;
(4) The food receptacles
shall be sanitized daily;
(5)
Disposable food receptacles may be used but shall be discarded after each
feeding; and
(6) Self feeders:
a. May be used for the feeding of dry food;
and
b. Shall be sanitized regularly
to prevent:
1. Molding;
2. Deterioration; or
3. Caking of feed.
(b) Potable water shall
be accessible to the dogs and cats at all times, except as might otherwise be
required to provide adequate veterinary care, as
follows:
(1) Watering receptacles shall be
kept clean; and
(2) They shall be
sanitized daily.
(c) The
following requirements shall be met for sanitation:
(1) The following shall be required for
cleaning of primary enclosures:
a. Excreta
shall be removed from primary enclosures as often as necessary, but no less
than once daily to:
1. Prevent contamination
of the dogs or cats contained therein; and
2. Reduce disease hazards and odors;
and
b. When a hosing or
flushing method is used for cleaning a primary enclosure commonly known as a
cage:
1. Any dog contained therein shall be
removed from such enclosure during the cleaning process; and
2. Adequate measures shall be taken to
protect the animals in other such enclosures from being contaminated with water
and other wastes;
(2) Prior to the introduction of dogs or cats
into empty primary enclosures previously occupied, such enclosures shall be
sanitized as follows:
a. Primary enclosures
for dogs or cats shall be sanitized often enough to prevent an accumulation of
debris or excreta or a disease hazard;
b. Cages, rooms and hard-surfaced pens or
runs shall be sanitized by:
1. Washing them
with hot water and soap or detergent as in a mechanical cage washer;
2. Washing all soiled surfaces with a
detergent solution followed by a safe and effective disinfectant; or
3. Cleaning all soiled surfaces with live
steam; and
c. Pens or
runs using gravel, sand or dirt shall be sanitized by removing the soiled
gravel, sand or dirt and replacing it as necessary;
(3) The building and grounds shall be kept
clean and in good repair in order to protect the animals from injury and to
facilitate the prescribed husbandry practices set forth in this subpart.
Premises shall remain free of accumulations of trash; and
(4) An effective program for the control of
insects, ectoparasites, and avian and mammalian pests shall be established and
maintained.
(d) Animals
housed in the same primary enclosure shall be maintained in compatible groups,
with the following additional restrictions:
(1) Females in season, estrus, shall not be
housed in the same primary enclosures with males, except for breeding
purposes;
(2) Any dog, cat or any
other animal exhibiting a vicious disposition shall be housed individually in a
primary enclosure;
(3) Puppies,
kittens or any other infant animal shall not be housed in the same primary
enclosure with adult dogs or cats other than their dams, except when
permanently maintained in breeding colonies;
(4) Dogs shall not be housed in the same
primary enclosure with cats, nor shall dogs or cats be housed in the same
primary enclosure with any other species of animals; and
(5) Dogs, cats or any other animal under
quarantine or treatment for a communicable disease shall be separated from
other dogs, cats or any other animal in such a manner as to minimize
dissemination of such disease.
(e) Programs of disease control and
prevention, euthanasia, and adequate veterinary care shall be established and
maintained under the supervision and assistance of a doctor of veterinary
medicine as follows:
(1) Each dog, cat or any
other animal shall be observed daily by the animal caretaker in charge, or by
someone under his direct supervision, for the purpose of monitoring health,
nutrition and well being; and
(2)
Dogs, cats or any other animals shall be provided with veterinary care or
euthanized and legally disposed of, if necessary, if they are:
a. Sick or diseased;
b. Injured;
c. Lame; or
d. Blind.
#1722, eff 2-26-81; ss by #2176, eff 11-30-82; ss by #2858,
eff 9-24-84, EXPIRED 9-24-90
New. #5121, eff 4-125-91; ss by
#6040, eff 5-18-95; ss by #6832, eff 8-25-98, EXPIRED: 8-25-06
New. #8763, eff
11-22-06
The amended
version of this section by
New
Hampshire Register Volume 35, Number 23, eff.5/21/2015 is not yet
available.
