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The second form of quarantine, known as a special quarantine, 

 which is provided for in tlie Pennsylvania law, was still continued 

 on certain premises where test animals had not been placed and 

 restocking completed. This form of quarantine follows : 



To 



P. O., 



Co., Pa. 



Tou are hereby notified that in accordance with the provisions of the Act of 

 July 22, 1913, and the regulations of the State Livestock Sanitary Board, you are 

 required to isolate and place iu quarantine on your premises, the following described 

 animal 



under suspicion of being affected with or having been exposed to the disease known 

 as aphthous fever or foot and mouth disease, a dangerous contagious disease. 



You are hereby forbidden to remove from said premises any of the above described 

 animals, or any animal, material, article or thing that is likely to or may convey 

 contagion. 



This quarantine remains in force until it is revoked by authority of the State 

 Livestock Sanitary Board. 



You will be governed by the following regulations of the State Livestock Sanitary 

 Board: 



1. Cattle, sheep, goats, and swine under quarantine on account of foot and mnuth 

 disease must be kept absolutely and wholly separate and apart from all other animals 

 and all other animals must be kept wholly apart from quarantined animals. 



2. Tlie quarantine is extended to animals other than those originally quarantined, 

 if they are permitted to come in contact with quarantined animals or to enter 

 quarantined premises. 



3. Persons caring for animals quarantined on account of foot and mouth disease 

 must not, under any circumstances, come in contact, either direct or indirect, with 

 other cattle, sheep, goats or swine. 



4. No animals shall be allowed to run loose or free on or near quarantined premises. 

 This regulation covers domesticated animals of all kinds, including dogs, cats and 

 poultry . 



5. If there are pigeons on a farm or on premises quarantined on account of foot 

 and mouth disease the pigeons shall be killed or they shall be confined on the said 

 quarantined premises until released by authority of an agent of the State Livestock 

 Sanitary Board. 



6. If domesticated animals, dogs, cats, poultry or pigeons are kept at liberty or 

 allowed to go free so near quarantined animals or premises that they constitute, 

 in the estimation of an agent of the State Livestock Sanitary Board, a menace 

 to the efficiency of the quarantine, such animals may be confined and placed under 

 quarantine. 



7. Milk from diseased or exposed cows or milk produced in or on quarantined 

 premises shall be placed in milk cans, or other receptacles that have covers that fit 

 tightly. Formaldehyde shall be added to such milk in the pi-oportion of one pint 

 of formaldehyde to thirty quarts of milk. The covnr shall then beplnced on the 

 can or receptacle and the milk and the formaldehyde shall be allowed to remain 

 in the cow stable, undisturbed, for not less than eight hours, after which it is to 

 be poured into a pit dug in the manure pile and covered over with manure. The 

 agent of the State Livestock Sanitary Board may authorize other safe methods for 

 disposing of such milk. 



8. There shall not be removed from quarantined premises, without specific per- 

 mission in writing, from an authorized representative of the State Livestock Sanitary 

 Board, any material, article or thing that is likely to or that may convey con- 

 tagion, and, in particular, there shall not be removed from such premises any milk 

 or milk products; diseased or quarantined animals; hay, straw, fodder, grain 

 or other feed; manure, stable or milk utensils. 



9. Horses that are to be used must be kept in a stable separate from the buildings 

 and premises under quarantine. Before removal to such ^stable, the horses 

 shall be thoroughly cleaned, their feet and legs shall be disinfected and the hnlters 

 and harness shall be disinfected, under the supervision of an agent of the Sate 

 Livestock Sanitary Board. 



10. Persons caring for quarantined animals must not convey or permit the con- 

 veyance, from the quarantined premises, of articles, materials or things that have 

 been in contact with or are contaminated by or that may have been contaminated 

 by diseased animals 



11. All unauthorized persons are forbidden to enter quarantined premises or 

 to come in contact with diseased or exposed animals, or with any object or thing 

 that may have been contaminated by, or from, such animals. 



Your attention is directed to the following part of Section 15 and Sections 17 

 and 39 of the Act of July 22, 19X3; 

 Section 15. • • • * 



