358 PRUSSIAN REGULATIONS FOR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. 



been lately sold from the place, or removed ; if the diseased or sus- 

 pected animals have been in relation with other horses ; if so, where 

 the same were bought, and from whom. The results of this exami- 

 nation are to be at once communicated in writing to the local police 

 and the head man of the place, in order that the requisite regulations 

 may be placed in operation. 



" If the regulations are not yet in active operation, and the rep- 

 resentative of the police was not present at the examination, it is the 

 peremptory duty of the official veterinarian to at once separate and 

 isolate the diseased or suspected horse. The veterinarian must also 

 at once notify the owner, or his representative, of these restric- 

 tions. A memorandum must at once be taken of the character- 

 istics and appearance of the diseased and suspected animals, and of 

 those horses which, although not yet diseased, have been in rela- 

 tion with them and others exposed to infection. The papers are to 

 be at once sent to the j)olice, so that the regulations may be put in 

 force." 



Protective Regulations. — " The public are to be notified by the 

 police in the usual manner. This notice may be dispensed with in 

 places of over 50,000 inhabitants with the consent of the Minister of 

 Agriculture." 



When Glanders is proven. — " If the presence of the disease is 

 confirmed in a horse, it is to be at once killed. It must be done in 

 some isolated place. In the transport to such a locality care must 

 be taken that the diseased animal does not come in contact with 

 others of the same species." 



When the Suspicion of Glanders exists. — " In the following 

 cases the suspected animals may be killed : 



" (a.) When it can be proved that the suspected animals have 

 been in relation with diseased ones. 



" (b.) "When a suspicious nasal outflow, hard and swollen glands, 

 especially the intermaxillary space, suspicious nodules in the skin, 

 suspicious tumefaction of one or more limbs exists ; especially when 

 one or more of these phenomena are present at the same time ; or 

 when, at the same time, difficulty of respiration or staring hair is 

 present with some of these phenomena. 



" (c.) When, after the lapse of three months, the isolated horse 

 can not be declared free from suspicion by the official veterinarian. 



" (d.) When suitable room can not be afforded for the isolation 

 of the suspected horse, or when other reasons exist to render inse- 

 cure the danger of further extension of the disease. 



" When, in the above cases, the owner desires the animal to be at 



