220 Report on Steppe Murrain or Rinderpest. 



" 1. Every owner of cattle is required, in case any disease should break out 

 among the same, wliicli leaves no doubt of its contagious nature, to separate the 

 diseased from the other cattle. 



a. The special sj'mptoms of lungenseuche (pleuro-pneumonia) are a husky 

 cough, Avhich is increased particularly after the cattle have been watered or 

 moved about, less inclination for food, indifference as to chewing the cud, 

 dulness of the hair, and its rough appearance in particular places ; and fever 

 after these symptoms have continued for some time. 



"2. On the apiwarance of this disease, or even in cases when it is suspected to 

 exist, the owners of cattle are required, under a penalty of a fine of 20 dollars 

 (about 3?. 10s.), to give immediate notice to the chief of tlie police or to the 

 bailiff at Travemiinde, who will take the necessary steps to arrest the progi'ess 

 of the disease. 



" 3. The bringing in of cattle into the Liibeck territory from the Grand 

 Duchies of Mecklen))urg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz, shall only be 

 permitted when the cattle are accompanied by satisfactory certificates of their 

 being free from disease. 



" 4. All veterinary surgeons are directed, in case this disease should break 

 out within the Liibeck territory, to adopt the necessary sanitary jirecautions 

 according to the instructions of the police. The directions of the veterinary 

 surgeons are implicitly to be obeyed under penalty of heavy fines and 

 imprisonment. 



" 5. Finally, all police officers, bailiffs, and gens d'armes are hereby directed 

 to give notice to the respective police-offices in case any horned cattle should be 

 attacked with the pulmonary disease, or even in cases where it is suspected to 

 exist. 



" Given at Liibeck in the Assemblv of the Senate, this 14th day of May, 

 1856. 



"(Signed) C. Tii. Ovebbeck, Dr., Secretary." 



Besides these measures of precaution special instructions are 

 issued for the guidance of veterinary surgeons when the disease 

 has entered the territory ; these are — 



" 1. That on the appearance of pleuro-pneumonia immediate notice should 

 be given to the police authorities. 



" 2. That the alfected cattle are to be forthwith separated from the healthy 

 and removed to a distance. If they are put to grass the meadows must be 

 divided by good fences and must be at the least five hundred paces distant 

 from any in which other cattle are kept. 



"3. That the persons who tend cattle are to be directed to note carefully the 

 feeding and ruminating of the animals, and on the slightest indication of dis- 

 turbed health, to have them professionally examined. 



" 4. That an Inspector duly conversant with disease is to be specially ap- 

 pointed to attend the sick cattle, and that without his permission no animal is 

 to be returned to those which are healthy. 



" 5. That all animals which die are to be buried 5 feet deep and covered 

 over with compact earth ; that the burial-places are to be not less distant than 

 800 paces from any road or paths travelled by cattle, and that they are after- 

 wards to be surrounded by a strong fence or a ditch. 



" 6. That the diseased cattle are only to be driven in particular roads; that 

 the stables in which they were placed when attacked are to be carefully cleaned 

 and the manure to be covered over w'ith earth. 



" 7. That none but medical officers are to make post-mortem examinations, 

 and these only by permission of the police authorities, and that no part of the 

 carcase is to be taken away or iised with the exception of the skin. 



