CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OP DOMESTICATED ANIMALS, 135 



B. — Prophylaxis. 



1. The development of pleiiro-puenuionia may sometimes be preveuted by a simple 

 recourse to good hygienic conditions. 



2. Animals alteeted with the malady, or suspected of it, should be sacrificed as 

 quickly as possible. 



3. Animals suspected of infection, or very much exposed to contagion, should be 

 isolated or sacrificed. The slaughter of animals suspected of infection is more espe- 

 cially indicated when the disease manifests itself very exceptionally, or for the first 

 time, in a stable belonging to a commune rich in cattle. 



4. Animals suspected of infection, or very mnch exposed to contagion, and not sac- 

 rificed, would be profitably submitted to inoculation or to an appropriate preventive 

 medication. Inoculation is especially applicable when the animals make part of a 

 large herd, subject to frequent changes, or where the malady has already appeared 

 several times. 



5. Inoculation should not be jirescribed as a general or obligatory measure until a 

 method is devised which can be practiced without danger to the health or life of the 

 beasts operated on. 



6. Inoenlation should not be practiced without the previous authorization of the 

 local authority. It should only be done by a veterinarian and under police surveil- 

 lance. 



7. Every iuoculated animal should be considered as suspected of contamination and 

 treated as such. 



8. The diseased and suspected animals should be reported to the authority with the 

 least possible delay. This report should be made obligatory on owners and attendants, 

 veterinarians, and inspectors — the experts of the abattoir or butchery. 



y. Quarantined (isoles) animals should be made the object of a special census and 

 should receive a distinctive brand with a hot iron. 



10. No animal suspected of infection should be moved Avith()ut previous authoriza- 

 tion of the communal administration. The permit to move should only be granted 

 for animals destined to the butchery ; it should only take place in special conditions, 

 under the supervision of the police and in such a manner as to prevent all propaga- 

 tion of the malady. 



11. Every bovine animal oflered for sale ought to be accompanied by a certificate 

 of health testifying that no epizootic has existed for at least six weeks in the com- 

 mune from Avhich it came, 



12. In certain special cases to be determined by the veterinary official there may be 

 prescribed the suspension of fairs and markets, the prohibition of the importation of 

 animals from a suspected country, (luarantine, the posting of notices at the entrance 

 of infected circles or farms, and the writing of handbills and instructions w^arning 

 the [topulation of their obligations and of the precautious to be taken to prevent the 

 appearance or extension of the malady. 



13. An active supervision should be exercised, not only over the quarantined beasts, 

 but also : a. Of animals exposed for sale in markets, fields, and fairs, b. Over ani- 

 mals lodged temporarily in the stal)les of inns adjoining the markets, c. In stables 

 containing many animals subject to fVe<iueiit changes, and when the malady has al- 

 leady made one or several outbreaks. 



14. The duration of quarantine should be for 4.5 days at least after the disappear- 

 ance of the disease. 



15. At the release from (luarantine the cattle should receive a second mark to annul 

 the effect of tlie first. 



16. The flesh of an animal slaughfcred should not be used for food unless authorized 

 bj^ the veterinarian making the autopsy. 



17. The skin should nof be utilized until it has been steeped for at least twenty-four 

 hours in an approved disinfectant solution. 



