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where said animals are to be slaughtered is given due 

 notice thereof. 



Paragraph 3. Permission for the removal of hogs or 

 calves from the premises of licensed establishments for 

 purposes other than immediate slaughter shall be given 

 by the inspector in charge under the following condi- 

 tions: 



(a) Calves may be removed if found to be free from 

 any infectious, contagious, or communicable disease, 

 provided the feet and legs of calves used for testing 

 hog-cholera virus or anti-hog-cholera serum are cleaned 

 and disinfected with a 2 per cent aqu.eous solution of 

 cresol compound, U. S. P., or a permitted substitute 

 therefor and the animals held in noninfectious pens on 

 the premises of the establishment for at least three hours 

 before being loaded for transportation. 



(&) Hogs which survive inoculation and exposure for 

 the production of hog-cholera virus, surviving controls 

 from tests of anti-hog-cholera serum, and surviving hogs 

 which have been used for testing hog-cholera virus may 

 be removed from the premises of the establishment not 

 sooner than 15 days subsequent to the day of inocula- 

 tion and exposure, provided they are healthy. It is 

 required, however, that all such hogs before their re- 

 moval from the premises be given the serum-alone treat- 

 ment as prescribed under (a) of paragraph 4 of this 

 section. Hyperimmune hogs and pigs used for testing 

 the purity and potency of anti-hog-cholera serum may 

 be removed from the premises of licensed establishments 

 21 days subsequent to the day of hyperimmunization or 

 inoculation, provided they exhibit no symptoms of any 

 infectious, contagious, or communicable disease and pro- 

 vided further that they are first disinfected as provided 

 in paragraph 4 of this section. Other hogs shall be 

 removed from the premises of the establishment only 

 after treatment and disinfection as provided in para- 



