Section 375 IAC 1-4-1 - Living conditionsAuthority: IC 15-15-8-17
Affected: IC 15-15-8
Sec. 1.
(a) The following living conditions shall be adequately provided, as appropriate to the stage of production, climate, environment, age, species, and life span of the animal to promote livestock health:(1) Protection from inclement weather, including a housing design that provides for:(E) air circulation; suitable to the species.
(2) The reduction of potential for livestock injury.(3) Free access to floor that is predominantly grass, shavings, dirt, or other nonartificial bedding, where species-appropriate.(4) Sufficient space for movement and the opportunity to exercise.(5) Clean living conditions.(6) Access to: (E) direct sunlight; suitable to the species.
(7) Access to food and clean water.(8) Species-appropriate clean and dry bedding, appropriate to the husbandry system. If the bedding is typically consumed by the animal species, it must comply with the feed standard.(b) Living conditions specified in subsection (a) should be designed in the farm plan to be adequate to maintain livestock health without the use of animal drugs.(c) Living conditions must not allow the contamination of water, food, or feed by nitrates and bacteria, including human pathogens.(d) The prolongation of natural daylight artificial lighting must not lead to a day length that is longer than twenty (20) hours unless a day length of fewer than twenty (20) hours endangers the well-being of the animal.Indiana State Department of Agriculture; 375 IAC 1-4-1; filed Jun 15, 2001, 11:46 a.m.: 24 IR 3636; readopted filed Nov 26, 2007, 2:49 p.m.: 20071226-IR-375070721RFA