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ANIMALS REJECTED AT SLAUGHTER HOUSES. 



tha"^f^^,]g 16. So-called "piggy" or pregnant sows, boars and rejected cattle 

 sei>und in railway and packing house stock yards must not be sold nor delivered 

 ^^o farmers, but held subject to such quarantine as may be deemed necessary 

 6 to prevent the communication of any contagious, infectious or communicable 

 ' disease. 



Rule 17. The flesh of pregnant animals shall neither be sold nor used for 



human food after the seventh month of pregnancy for cows and the tenth week 



for sows. 



IMPORTATION OF LIVE STOCK. 



Rule 18. The importation of live stock into the state of Iowa is hereby 

 prohibited, except under the following conditions. 



Section 1. All horses, mules and asses, over twelve months of age imported 

 into the state of Iowa must be accompanied by a certificate of health, including 

 a record of the mallein test, certif^ang that the animals described thereon have 

 been inspected and mallein tested and found free from all contagious or in- 

 fectious diseases. Such test and inspection to be made not more than thirty 

 days prior to date of importation. 



Sec. 2. All dairy and breeding cattle over six months of age imported into 

 the state of Iowa must be accompanied by a certificate of health including a 

 record of the tuberculin test, certifying that the animals described thereon have 

 been inspected and tuberculin tested and found free from all contagious or 

 infectious diseases. Such test and inspection to be made not more than thirty 

 days prior to date of importation. 



Sec. 3. All cattle other than those mentioned in Sec. 2, except steers and 

 cattle for immediate slaughter, shall be accompanied by a certificate of health 

 and an affidavit, certifying that the title of such cattle will not be transferred 

 and that they will not be used for other purposes than feeding or slaughter 

 without first notifying the State "Veterinarian and having them subjected to the 

 tuberculin test. 



Sec. 4. All sheep and goats imported into the state of Iowa, except for im- 

 mediate slaughter, must be accompanied by a certificate of health, certifying 

 that they have been inspected and found free from all contagious, infectious or 

 transmissable diseases. 



Sec. 5. All swine imported into the state of Iowa, except for immediate 

 slaughter, must be accompanied by a certificate of health, certifying that they 

 have been immunized with Dorset-McBride-Niles anti-hog cholera serum not 

 more than thirty days prior to date of importation when the serum alone is 

 used and not less than thirty days prior to date of importation when the simul- 

 taneous method is used. 



Sec. 6. Certificates and tests as herein required must be issued by a Federal, 

 State or Assistant State Veterinarian or in lieu thereof the certificate may be 

 made by a graduate veterinarian, if such certificate bear the approval of the 

 State Veterinarian or authoritj' having charge of diseases of domestic animals 

 in the state where the shipment originates. 



Sec. 7. Certificates shall be made in triplicate, the original certificate to be 

 attached to the waybill for the shipment, the duplicate to be sent to the State 

 Veterinarian at Des Moines, Iowa, and the triplicate to be forwarded to the 

 State Veterinarian or live stock authority of the state from which the stock 

 is being shipped. 



Rule 19. Detention and Inspection — quarantine. In lieu of an inspection cer- 

 tificate as required by Rule 18, live stock may be detained at a suitable stock 

 yards or other enclosure within the state nearest the State Line, on the rail- 

 road or highway over which they are being shipped, driven or hauled and there 

 examined at the expense of the owner, or may be shipped or driven to their 

 destination under quarantine at the discretion of the owner, there to remain in 

 quarantine imtil inspected and tuberculin or mallein tested at the expense of 



