SEVENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK-PART X. 525 



"11. Sheep dipped under a certificate are not guaranteed uninter- 

 rupted transit; for in the event of the development of scabies, or ex- 

 posure to it en route, they shall be dipped before proceeding to their 

 destination, and the cars or other vehicles, and the chutes, alleys, and 

 pens that may have been occupied shall be cleaned and disinfected. 



"12. Public stock yards shall be considered as infected and the sheep 

 yarded therein as having been exposed to the disaese, and no sheep may 

 be shipped out without being dipped, with the exception noted in Rule 4. 

 Where, however, a part of the stock yards is set apart for the reception 

 of uninfected shipments of sheep and is kept free from disease, sheep 

 may be shipped from such part without dipping. If by chance affected 

 sheep are introduced into such reserved part, they shall be immediately 

 removed therefrom and the chutes, alleys, and pens used by them 

 thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. No sheep may be shipped for feed- 

 ing or stocking from any stock yards where an inspector of the Bureau 

 of Animal Industry is stationed without a certificate of inspection or of 

 dipping given by him. 



"13. Cars and other vehicles, yards, pens, sheds, chutes, etc., that 

 have contained affected or exposed sheep shall be cleaned and disin- 

 fected immediately after the sheep are removed therefrom. 



"14. Cleaning and disinfection shall be done by first removing all 

 litter and manure and then saturating the interior surfaces of the cars 

 and the woodwork, flooring, and ground of the chutes, alleys, and pens 

 with a 5 per cent solution of crude carbolic acid in water, with suffi- 

 cient lime to show where it has been applied. 



"15. Violation of this order is punishable by a fine of not less than 

 $100 nor more than $1,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, 

 or by both fine and imprisonment. 



"16. B. A. I. Orders No. 5 anfl No. 38 are hereby revoked. 



"James Wilson, 

 Secretary." 



Instructions have also been issued to inspectors to rigidly enforce 

 the meat-inspection law and regulations relating to scab in sheep. 

 Sheep in an advanced stage of scab are feverish and unfit for food, and 

 their carcasses will be condemned. Shippers who forward animals for 

 slaughter in this condition will be likely to lose heavily upon them, 

 as they will be subject to quaraatine and condemnation. This is an 

 additional and important reason for curing affected animals before they 

 leave the feeding place. 



The laws and regulations which have been adopted for the control 

 of sheep scab are necessary to prevent the spread of the disease and the 

 losses which result from it. If disregarded, they may prove incon- 

 venient and expensive to shippers whose flocks are affected. The in- 

 formation given in this bulletin will aid in an intelligent and helpful 

 compliance with these regulations and in avoiding delays ajQd prosecu- 

 •tions which might otherwise occur. 



