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lage, or district, when the nature of the pest is such as to threaten 

 ■with danger the greater number of the animals (of a susceptible 

 species) of the locality. The owner is obliged to do all in his power 

 to support the execution of the regulations." 



Inoculation. — " The inoculation of animals exposed to infec- 

 tion can only take place in those cases allowed by law, and under 

 the prescribed restrictions. The inoculation can only take place 

 under the observation of the state veterinarian." 



Anthrax. — Charbon. 



"When the presence of anthrax has been determined in the 

 manner fixed by law r , or when there is reason to fear an exten- 

 sion of the disease, the police authorities are empowered to put in 

 action the regulations for its suppression without waiting, in each 

 case, for the opinion of the state veterinarian." 



Regulations against its Extension. — " The police authorities 

 and the state veterinarians are obliged to make knowm to the 

 owners, and those persons who have the care of, or that may 

 come in contact with, animals diseased with anthrax, the danger 

 which always exists of its transmission to human beings, and to 

 warn them to have care in their relation with such animals. 



" In the stables where such animals are, care must be taken that 

 the proper disinfectants are always on hand for the use of persons 

 who have the sick animals in charge. 



" The sick animals must be at once isolated from the healthy 

 ones, and the stables quarantined. It is the duty of owners of the 

 animals to make such arrangements as will insure the complete car- 

 rying out of the above regulation, so that no contact can take place 

 between healthy animals and the sick ones, their excretions, or the 

 utensils used about them. No other persons than those engaged in 

 the care of the sick animals must be allowed admittance to the 

 stables. The stables in which the sick animals are isolated must 

 be kept dark, so as to keep flies away, and daily subjected to a slight 

 fumigation with chlorine-gas. 



"When the disease acquires a pest-like extension, the local 

 authorities are authorized to subject all the animals in the infected 

 place, or places, of the same species as those infected, to stable 

 quarantine. It is the duty of the owners to support this regula- 

 tion. The quarantining may be limited to single divisions of the 

 animals in question, when the official veterinarian considers such a 

 course warranted by the circumstances. The sick animals, in such 

 cases, are to be isolated in special stables from the healthy ones. 



