ANTHRAX, ETC. 357 



"In order that the slaughtering of suspected or quarantined 

 cattle may immediately take place, the police are permitted to allow 

 their removal by rail or other closed conveyance, to such slaughter- 

 ing-places as are under the control of the state. This can only take 

 place where no possibility exists of their coming in contact with 

 other cattle. In such cases the police must give timely notice of 

 the arrival of the suspected cattle. The cattle must be slaughtered 

 subject to the supervision of an official veterinarian. This liberty 

 is not extended to already diseased animals. 



" If suspected animals are removed in opposition to the above 

 regulations, or found in places where they have been forbidden, it 

 is the duty of the police to kill them at once. Animals which are 

 condemned to be killed by the authorities must be slaughtered 

 under their inspection within the limits of the place (farm, etc.) 

 where they are found. The lungs of the slaughtered, and bodies of 

 those animals which have died, must be destroyed. They may be 

 skinned upon the named grounds. The flesh of the slaughtered 

 cattle can be removed after it has been cooled off. The hides can 

 only be removed from such places after they have become com- 

 pletely dried, unless they are directly delivered at a tannery. 



" The cleansing and disinfection of the infected stables must be 

 controlled by the police, and must take place before the restrictive 

 regulations are relaxed. The police and veterinary official must re- 

 turn reports with reference to the execution of the laws. 



" The disease is to be declared at an end when all the cattle have 

 died or been condemned to slaughter ; when all the sick cattle have 

 been removed, and no new case has occurred within four months 

 from the last case of disease ; when no case of disease has shown 

 itself among the cattle of the infected locality for a period of three 

 months after the last possible infection could have taken place. No 

 cattle can be removed from such places, save for the purpose of im- 

 mediate slaughter, until after the lapse of six months. 



" The police are to notify the public that the invasion is ended, 

 after the disinfection has been properly effected." 



Glanders. 



" The examination of animals (horse, mule, ass) by the official 

 veterinarian must take place, as a rule, in the presence of the head 

 man of the place, or a special representative of the police. If the 

 presence of the disease is confirmed, or if there is a strong sus- 

 picion of the same, it is the duty of the veterinarian to ascertain 

 how long the suspicious phenomena have been noticed,, if horses have 



