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(q) Icterus. — Carcasses showing an intense yellow or greenish-yellow discol- 

 oration, after proper cooling, shall be condemned. Carcasses which exhibit a 

 yellowish tint directly after slaughter, but lose this discoloration on chilling, 

 may be passed for food. 



(r) Uremia and sexual odor. — ^Carcasses which give off the odor of urine or a 

 strong sexual odor shall be condemned. 



(s) Urticaria, etc. — Hogs affected with urticaria (diamond skin disease), 

 tinen tuiisitiuiis, dciUDiitx jdllicuiijruia, or erythema, may be passed after de- 

 taching and condemning the skin, if the carcass is otherwise fit for food. 



(t) Infections that may cause meat poisoning. — -All carcasses of animals so 

 affected that consumplion of the meat or meat food products thereof may give 

 rise to meat poisoning shall be condemned. This covers all carcasses showing 

 signs of septicemia or pyemia, whether puerperal, traumatic, or without any 

 evident cause; hemorrhagic or gangrenous enteritis or gastritis; acute inflam- 

 mation of the lungs, pleura, pericardium, peritoneum or meninges; acute, diffuse 

 metritis, or mammitis; polyarthitis: phlebitis of the umbilical veins; traumatic 

 pericarditis; and any inilammation, abscess or suppurating sore, if associated 

 with acute nephritis, fatty and degenerated liver, marked pulmonary hyper- 

 emia, and diffuse redness of the skin, either singly or in combination. 



Immediately after slaughter of any animal so diseased, the premises and im- 

 plements used must be thoroughly disinfected as prescribed in rule 11. 



The part of any carcass coming into contact with the carcass or any part of 

 the carcass of any animal covered by this section, or with the place where such 

 animal was slaughtered, or with the implements used in the slaughter, before 

 thorough disinfection of such places and implements has been accomplished, or 

 with any other contaminated object, shall be condemned; in case the contam- 

 inated part is jiot removed fiom the carcass within two hours after such con- 

 tact, the whole carcass shall be condemned. 



(u) Tumors. — Any organ or part of a carcass which is the seat of tumor, 

 malignant or benign, shall be condemned. 



(v) Melanosis, psuedoleukemia. — Carcasses of animals showing any disease 

 such as generalized melanosis, pseudoleukemia, etc., which affects the system 

 of the animal, shall be condemned. 



(w) Flukes.— Any organ (lungs, liver, spleen, etc.), or part of a carcass, 

 which is affected with flukvS (Trematoda) shall be condemned. 



(x) Emaciation and anemia. — Carcasses of animals too emaciated or anemic 

 to produce wholesome meat and those carcasses which show a slimy degeneration 

 of the fat or a serious infiltration of the muscles shall be condemned. 



(y) Pregnancy and parturition. — Carcasses of animals in advanced stages 

 of pregnancy (showing signs of prepa.ration for parturition), also carcasses of 

 animals which have within ten days given birth to young and in which there is 

 no evidence of septic infection, may be rendered into lard, or tallow if desired 

 by the manager of the establishment, otherwise they shall be condemned. 



(z) Immaturity. — Carcasses of animals too immature to produce wholesome 

 meat, all unborn and still-born animals, also carcasses of calves, pigs, kids, 

 and lambs under tliree weeks of age shall be condemned. 



(aa) Dead animals. — All animals that die in slaughter house pens, and 

 those in a dying condition before slaughter, shall be condemned. Aninials 

 which have died shall not be allowed to pass through compartments in which 

 food products are prepared. No dead animals shall be brought into an estab- 

 lishment for rendering from outside the premises of such establishment. 



(ab) Bruised parts. — When a portion of a carcass is to be condemned on ac- 

 count of slight bruises, which cannot be properly removed until the carcass is 

 chilled, the carcass shall be tagged and hung up apart from sound carcasses, 

 preferably in a special retaining room. After chilling, the affected portion shall 

 be cut out, marked "Condemned. Pa. Livestock Sanitary Board," and the re- 

 mainder of the carcass shall be marked "Examined and Passed. Pa. Livestock 

 Sanitary Board." 



31. All processes used in curing, pickling, preparing, or canning meats and 

 m.eat food products in establisliments where complete inspection is maintained 

 shall be supervised by a representative of the State Livestock Sanitary Board 

 a-nd no fixtures or appliances, such as tables, trucks, trays, vats, machines, im- 

 plements, cans or containers of any kind, shall be used in such establishment, 

 or in any other, unless they are clean and sanitary, and all steps in the pro- 

 cess of manufacture shall be conducted carefully and with strict cleanliness. 



HORSE BREEDING. The necessity for some action to improve the quality 

 of the horses bred in Pennsylvania has been apparent for a long time. Other 

 states have felt this same necessity, but as yet there has been no concensus 

 of opinion as to the action that is most likely to be fruitful under our varying 

 conditions. Som.ewhat tentatively, at the instance of the Pennsylvania Live- 

 stock Breeders' Association, an act was passed by the last Legislature to en- 

 courage the breeding of horses, to regulate the public service of stallions and 

 to require the registration of stallions. The law is given in full above. It is 

 pamphlet law No. 92. 



The administration of this law has been placed in the hands nf Professor Carl 

 W. Gay, who is familiar with the horse breeding conditions in the eastern and 

 central western states. Prof. Gay has made a study not only of horses but also 



