152 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Sept., 



FEDERAL REGULATION NO. 7. 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OE AGRICUL- 

 TURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY 



ORDER NO. 263. 



HEGULATIOXS GOA^ERXIXG THE INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF 



LIVE STOCK. TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF 



TUBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE. 



Section 1. No cattle affected with tuberculosis, as disclosed by 

 physical examination, tuberculin test, or by any other means, shall be 

 shipped, driven on foot, or transported interstate for any purpose, ex- 

 cept in accordance with the provisions of sections 4 and 5 of this regu- 

 lation. 



Section 2. Except as provided in sections 3 and 5 of this regu- 

 lation, no cattle 6 months old or over shall be shipped, driven on foot, 

 or transported interstate for purposes other than immediate slaughter, 

 unless and until the following restrictions and conditions are complied 

 with : 



(a) The cattle shall be subjected to a physical examination and to 

 a tuberculin test which shall be applied either by a veterinarian of the 

 State of origin authorized by the State and approved by the bureau to 

 apply the test, or by a veterinary inspector of the bureau at public 

 stockyards or other regular bureau station. 



(b) The cattle shall be accompanied to destination by a copy of 

 the tuberculin-test chart and health certificate, showing that the cattle 

 are apparently free from tuberculosis or any other contagious, in- 

 fectious, or communicable disease of animals. 



(c) When the cattle are destined to a State which recognizes the 

 intradermal method of applying the tuberculin test and such test is ap- 

 plied, the test chart shall show that the cattle have been observed at 

 the end of ^the seventy-second hour and found free from symptoms of 

 tuberculosis. 



(d) When the subcutaneous method of applying the tuberculin 

 test is used, the chart shall show that at least 3 temperatures were 

 taken 2 or 3 hours apart before injection of tuberculin; that at least 7 

 temperatures were taken 2 hours apart after injection, beginning not 

 later than 8 hours after the injection of the tuberculin; and that the 

 test had run for a period of not less than 20 hours after injection. 



Section 3. — Paragraph 1. Except as provided in paragraph 3 of this 

 section, female cattle (other than heifers as defined in paragraph 2 of 

 this section) for feeding or grazing purposes and bulls for feeding 

 purposes which do not comply with the conditions prescribed in section 

 2 of this regulation shall not be shipped, driven on foot, or transported 

 interstate unless and until the following restrictions are complied with: 



(a) An affidavit shall be furnished by the owner or shipper to the 

 "bureau representative at a public stockyards showing that the cattle 

 are shipped for feeding or grazing purposes only. 



(b) The cattle shall be shipped to a State the laws or regulations 

 of which provide for the quarantine of such cattle through the feeding 

 or grazing period and for their release only on written permit by the 

 proper State regulatory authorities. 



