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condition that, under these regulations, may cause con- 

 demnation, in whole or in part, on post-mortem inspec- 

 tion, shall be so marked as to retain their identity as 

 suspects until final post-mortem inspection, when the car- 

 casses shall be marked and disposed of as provided else- 

 where in these regulations, or until disposed of in ac- 

 cordance with section 7 of this regulation. 



' Regulation 9, section 4, paragraph 1. All hogs, even 

 though not themselves marked as suspects, which are of 

 lots one or more of which have been condemned or 

 marked as suspects under section 2 of this regulation 

 for either hog cholera or swine plague, shall so far as 

 possible be slaughtered separately and apart from all 

 other animals passed on ante-mortem inspection. 



"Regulation 9, section 7, paragraph 3. A hog sus- 

 pected of being affected with hog cholera or swine plague 

 may be set apart and held, under bureau supervision, 

 for treatment with anti-hog-cholera serum. If at the 

 expiration of the treatment period the animal upon 

 examination is found to be free from disease it may be 

 released for any purpose. 



"Regulation 9, section 8. Except as hereinafter pro- 

 vided in this section, animals marked 'U. S. condemned' 

 shall be killed by the establishment, if not already dead, 

 and shall not be taken into an establishment to be 

 slaughtered or dressed; nor shall they be conveyed into 

 any department of the establishment used for edible 

 products; but they shall be disposed of and tanked in 

 the manner provided for condemned carcasses in regula- 

 tion 14. The 'U. S. condemned' tag shall not be re- 

 moved from, but shall remain on, the animal when it 

 goes into the tank. The number of such tag shall be 

 reported to the inspector in charge by the bureau em- 

 ployee who affixed it, and also by the bureau employee 

 who supervises the tanking of the animal, provided, 

 that any animal condemned on account of hog cholera 

 and swine plague, as prescribed in paragraph 1, 2, 



