Akt. 5.] Diseases of Domestic Animals 1923 



or injecting tubercnlin into bovine animals for the purpose of 

 determining whether they are afi'ected with the disease known as- 

 tuberculosis, shall take the temperatures of such animals before. Taking 



' ^ tempera- 



during and after such injections, according to the most approved '"'■^• 

 methods, shall keep a correct record of such temperatures so taken Record of 



tempera- 



and shall send a report within one week thereafter to the com- t^res. 

 missioner of as-riculture oivine; a detailed account of the tests Report to 

 thus made, including the description of animals, the location of sioner. 

 the farm or farms upon which tests were made and the name and 

 address of the owner or custodian, and such other information 

 concerning the use of tuberculin as may be called for by the com- 

 missioner of agriculture. A report of each such test so made shall feX'°"^ 

 be accompanied by a statement of the owner or person in charge 

 giving the date upon which the said animals were last tested, if at 

 all, and if known, with tuberculin, and the name and address of 

 the person or persons making such test. If no such test has been 

 made within four weeks, or if the animals were not treated in anv 

 manner for the purpose of preventing their normal reaction to 

 tuberculin, then the report shall be accompanied by a statement 

 setting forth such facts and the said statement shall be duly veri- 

 fied by the person making such statement. I^o person shall give a 

 certificate showing or tending to show that an animal has been certificate, 

 tested and found not affected with tuberculosis, unless the char- 

 acter of such test is stated and it was made in a proper way, and 

 unless such animals failed to give a typical reaction. Any bovine fXreiTious 

 animal in which tuberculosis is clearly diagnosed by a physical ^"'™^'^- 

 examination or a tuberculin test, or both, shall be branded upon 

 the forehead or upon the right side of the neck from six to ten 

 inches back of the jaw bone with a capital " T " not less than two 

 inches high, one and one-half inches wide, with mark one-fourth 

 of an inch wide ; such brandino- shall not be construed as crueltv 

 to animals within the meaning of the penal law ; however, any Exceptions, 

 animal which has reacted to the tuberculin test and appears 

 physically sound may be retained for breeding or dairy purposes 

 without such branding, provided a full description of such animal, 

 sufficient for its identification and satisfactory to the commissioner 

 of agriculture, is furnished to the commissioner of agriculture and 

 a permit from said commissioner is issued for keeping such ani- 



