600 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



3. All reports of inspections will be made to the Bureau of Animal Industry, and 

 a copy of these will then be made and forwarded to the proper State authorities. 

 "When, however, any inspector discovers a herd infected with contagious pleuro- 

 pneumonia, he will at once report the same to the proper State authority as well as 

 to tlie Bureau of Animal Industry. 



4. The inspectors, while always subject to orders from the Department of Agri- 

 culture, will cordially co-operate with State authorities, and will follow instructions 

 received from them. 



QUARANTINE. 



5. When contagious pleuro-pneumonia is discovered in any herd, the owner or 

 person in charge is to be at once notified by the inspector, and the quarantine regu- 

 lations of the State in which the herd is located are to be enforced from that time. 

 The affected animals will be isolated, when possible, from the remainder of the herd 

 xmtil they can be properly appraised and slaughtered. 



8. Quarantine restrictions once imposed are not to be removed by the State au- 

 thorities without due notice to the proper officers of the Department of Agriculture. 



9. The period of quarantine will be at least ninety days, dating from the removal 

 of the last diseased animal from the herd. During this period no animal will be 

 allowed to enter the herd or to leave it, and aU animals in the herd will be carefully 

 isolated from other cattle. 



When possible, all infected herds are to be held in quarantine and not allowed to 

 leave the infected premises except for slaughter. In tliis case fresh animals may be 

 added to the herd at the owner's risk, but are to be considered as infected animals 

 and subjected to the same quarantine regulations as the other members of the herd, 



SLAUGHTER AND COMPENSATION. 



10. All animals affected with contagious pleuro-pneumonia are to be slaughtered 

 as soon after their discovery as the necessary arrangements can be made. 



1 1 . When diseased animals are reported to the State authorities .they shall promptly 

 take such steps as they desire to confirm the diagnosis. The animals found diseased 

 are then to be appraised according to the provisions of the State law, and the proper 

 officer of the Bureau of Animal Industry (who will be designated by the Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture) notified of the appraisement. K tins representative of the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry confirms the diagnosis and approves the appraisement, 

 the Department of AgTiculture will purchase the diseased animals of the owner and 

 pay such a proportion of the appraised value as is provided for compensation in 

 such cases by the laws of the State in which the animals are located when they are 

 condemned and slaughtered by State authority. 



DISINFECTION. 



12. All necessary disinfection will be conducted by the employes of the Bureau of 

 Animal Industry. 



INOCULATION. 



13. Inoculation is not recommended by the Department of Agi-iculture, and it is 

 believed that its adoption with animals that are to be afterwards sold to go into other 

 herds would counteract the good results which would other\\-ise follow from the 

 slaughter of the diseased animals. It will not be practiced in this State. 



The co-operation of governors, of State live stock commissions, and of other offi- 

 cers who may be in charge of the branch of the service provided for the control of 

 the contagious diseases of animals in the States v.'here pleuro-pneumonia exists, is 

 earnestly requested under these rules and regulations, which have been framed with 

 a view of securing uniform and efficient action throughout the whole infected 

 district. It is hoped that with a \'igorous enforcement of such regulations the dis- 

 ease may be prevented from extending beyond its present limits, and may be in time 

 entirely eradicated. 



NORMAN J. COLMAN, 



Commissioner of Agriculture. 



Washington, D. C, Aiigust 2, 1886. 



By virtue of the authority imposed upon me as governor of the State of Illinois I 

 hereby accept the above rules and regulations, and the proper officers of this State 

 will co-operate with the United States Department of Agriculture for their enforce- 

 ment. 



RICHARD J. OGLESBY. 



Springfield, III., September 27, 1886. 



