356 PRUSSIAN REGULATIONS FOR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. 



has confirmed the existence of suspicious phenomena which justify 

 the fear that an outbreak of the disease may take place, it is the 

 duty of the police to subject the stable to quarantine. The other 

 cattle of the place must be confined to the limits of the owner's 

 property. No cattle can be removed from the place, nor can food 

 materials be removed which may endanger the extension of the dis- 

 ease. The police may allow those animals which have not been 

 quarantined in the stable to be used for work in the fields of the 

 owner, or to graze when the fields or the ways to them are so situ- 

 ated that the cattle of other owners can not possibly be exposed to in- 

 fection. These regulations come to an end when the official veteri- 

 narian declares that suspicious phenomena no longer exist." 



In case the disease comes to an outbreak : " When the disease 

 has been confirmed, it is the duty of the police to give public no- 

 tice of the same in an appropriate manner. The infected locali- 

 ties are to be made known by inscriptions, ' Pleuro-pneumonia,' 

 being placed at prominent places. 



" All the diseased or suspected animals must be discovered as 

 soon as possible. All cattle in the infected locality (farm or stable) 

 are to be looked upon as suspicious, inclusive of those wmich are 

 found in isolated stables. It is the duty of the police to kill at once 

 all animals which the official veterinarian shall pronounce diseased. 

 If a perfectly secure isolation is possible, the police may restrain 

 the above proceedings for a period of fourteen days, if the owner 

 urgently requests it. The suspected animals at the infected farms 

 must be subjected to quarantine. The removal of cattle or food 

 from such farms must be forbidden so far as there is danger of the 

 extension of the disease, though they may be used for work if such 

 can be done under proper restrictions. If the disease acquires a 

 considerable extension in a district, no cattle are to be allowed to be 

 driven from it, or introduced into it. In such case the holding of 

 cattle-markets must be forbidden, and, in necessary cases, in neigh- 

 boring places also. 



" If the disease breaks out among cattle which are constantly 

 kept upon pastures, it is the duty of the police to order the diseased 

 animals killed ; such places must be so guarded that no cattle can 

 be driven on or from them. Such pastures must be indicated by 

 appropriate signs. If it is impossible to isolate such pastures, then 

 the remaining cattle must be removed to more suitable quarters. If 

 the disease is found among droves, or in cattle on the cars or in 

 canal-boats or other means of transport, then the police have to 

 order the diseased ones killed, and the remainder isolated. 



