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Record of Inspections. — Each inspector should keep 

 a record of all inspections made in a field book provided 

 for the purpose. This record should show the names of 

 the liveryman who furnished the rig, the price, the name 

 of each owner of animals inspected, number of animals of 

 each species inspected, and the condition of the animals 

 when inspected. The veterinary inspector detailed to 

 make the second or subsequent inspections should have 

 with him a record of the previous inspections to guide him. 



Equipment of Inspectors. — Inspectors detailed to 

 make farm-to-farm inspection should each be provided with 

 a suit case, rubber goods, including hat, coat, gloves, 

 boots, and fumigating cape, thermometer, flash light, 

 bichlorid tablets, permanganate of potassium, and formal- 

 dehyde. 



Procedure. — Inspectors on reaching premises where 

 live stock is to be inspected should always put on their 

 rubber outer garments before or immediately on alighting 

 from their conveyance, and they should always thoroughly 

 wash their rubber garments before leaving the premises. 

 If foot-and-mouth disease is found, or any condition that 

 is suspicious of foot-and-mouth disease, the inspector 

 should, in addition to washing Ms rubber garments, fumi- 

 gate his clothing with formaldehyde gas before leaving the 

 premises. The greatest care should be exercised to pre- 

 vent carrying infection from diseased to healthy herds and 

 to avoid criticism on account of apparent carelessness. 



Field Headquarters. — Headquarters should be cen- 

 trally located if possible. If the outbreak extends over a 

 large area the territory should be divided into districts, 

 and a substation established in each district. A competent 

 veterinary inspector should be detailed to take charge in 

 each district. He should be furnished with the necessary 

 assistants and equipment and should be held responsible 

 for the efficient conduct of the work in his district. 



