Regulations last checked for updates: May 23, 2025

Title 9 - Animals and Animal Products last revised: Apr 21, 2025
§ 3.128 - Space requirements.

Enclosures shall be constructed and maintained so as to provide sufficient space to allow each animal to make normal postural and social adjustments with adequate freedom of movement. Inadequate space may be indicated by evidence of malnutrition, poor condition, debility, stress, or abnormal behavior patterns.

authority: 7 U.S.C. 2131-2159; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.7
source: 32 FR 3273, Feb. 24, 1967, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 9 CFR 3.128