38 c The Agricultural Law 



disease sought to be suppressed or prevented. The commissioner 



may direct that an animal shall be condemned, 

 Tuberculosis; quarantined or slaughtered as tuberculous, un- 

 physical der the provisions of this article, if it shall be 



examination. found to be tuberculous by a physical examina- 

 tion. If the owner of animals suspected of 

 being tuberculous desires to have such animals tested with tuber- 

 culin and enters into a written agreement with tho state in the 



manner prescribed by the commissioner of agri- 

 Tuberculin test; culture, before such test is made, to the effect 

 conditions for. that he will disinfect his premises and either 

 consent to the slaughter of the animals respond- 

 ing to such test, or hold them and their products in strict quaran- 

 tine, pursuant to the directions of the commissioner of agriculture, 

 such test shall be made by a medical or veterinary practitioner 

 designated by the commissioner. The commissioner may also in 

 his discretion order such tuberculin test to be made, and if the 

 animal responds to such test, he may cause such animal to be 

 slaughtered or held in strict quarantine. (As amended by chapter 

 315 of the Laws of 1909.) 



§ 94. Care of diseased animals; experiments. — If after exami- 

 nation an animal is, in the judgment of the person making the 



examination, suffering from tuberculosis, such 

 Slaughter or animal shall be slaughtered under the provisions 

 quarantine. of this article, or, if the commissioner deems 

 that a due regard for the public health warrants 

 it, he may enter into a written agreement with the owner, subject to 

 such conditions as the commissioner of agriculture may prescribe, 

 for the separation and quarantine of such diseased animal or ani- 

 mals. Subject to the regulations of the depart- 

 Quarantined ment of agriculture, such diseased animal or 

 animals. animals may continue to be used for breeding 



purposes and its or their milk, after pasteuriza- 

 tion at one hundred and eighty-five degrees Fahrenheit, may be 

 used for the manufacture of butter or cheese or for sale. The 

 young of any such diseased animal or animals shall, immediately 

 after birth, be separated from their mothers, but may be fed the 

 milk drawn from such affected animal or animals so separated and 

 quarantined after such milk has been pasteurized as herein pro- 



