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animals in the infected locality may be ordered by the police ; it 

 must be performed by a state veterinarian. "When the invasion is 

 ended, the police have to see that proper cleansing and disinfection 

 of the premises take place. 



" The action of the above regulations ceases — 



" 1. In isolated cases, when the diseased animals have recovered 

 or are dead or have all been killed, the cadavers removed, and the 

 locality thoroughly cleansed and disinfected. 



" 2. In enzootic outbreaks, when fourteen days have elapsed 

 since the last diseased animal died or has been killed, and after 

 cleansing and disinfection have taken place according to law." 



The "Foot-and-Mouth Disease" of Cattle, Sheep, Goats, and Swine. 



" "When an outbreak of this disease has been confirmed under 

 conditions which threaten its rapid extension among the above- 

 named species of our domestic animals, the police may at once order 

 into action the necessary protective regulations without, in every 

 case, waiting for the opinion of the state veterinarian. 



" The police authorities must notify the public, in the manner 

 fixed by law, of the first outbreak of this disease among the animals 

 of a district. At the same time they must warn the people against 

 the danger of infection from the consumption of uncooked - milk 

 from diseased animals. 



" The infected localities must be made known to the public by 

 means of inscriptions, 'Foot-and-Mouth Disease,' at prominent 

 points. 



" The police must place the following restrictions upon the 

 owner and inhabitants of the infected localities : The diseased ani- 

 mals — swine, sheep, and cattle — or such as are in the stables with 

 them, must be restricted to the same. Healthy animals of the above 

 species from non-infected stables maybe used for agricultural pur- 

 poses. But they can not leave the grounds of the owner without 

 special permission from the police, which, as a rule, is not to be 

 withheld when the animals to be removed are to be at once slaugh- 

 tered. Until the invasion has been declared at an end, the manure 

 from the infected farm can not be removed across or upon ways 

 which are passed over by animals of the same species from other 

 farms or places. 



" Eaw food can not be removed from the infected stables. Hides 

 can only be removed in a completely dried condition. The owner 

 can not allow strangers, or persons uninterested in the care of the 

 sick animals, into the stable ; and also must have care that those 



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