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order that Great Britain will allow our animals to be landed 

 at her wharves again, these very radical steps have been 

 tjiken. 



The United States Bureau of Animal Industr}^ disinfects 

 premises where animals are killed ; and where they have 

 recovered, and the United States has not yet decided to kill 

 them, the Cattle Bureau of the State Board of Agriculture 

 disinfects the premises. 



Immediately upon ascertaining the presence of foot and 

 mouth disease in the community, the following letter was 

 sent to every inspector of animals, in Massachusetts : — 



Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 



Cattle Bureau of the State Board of Agriculture, 



State House, Boston, Nov. 17, 1902. 



To the Ins2:)ector of Animals. 



Dear Sik : — A disease similar to foot and mouth disease has 

 been lately called to my attention. In fact, the symptoms are so 

 much like those of foot and moutli disease I think it will very 

 likely turn out to be that malady. The cattle are first noticed to 

 drool, then have blisters appear in the mouth or on the tongue, 

 which later break, forming little ulcerating sores. They do not 

 eat well while their mouths are sore. They also have blisters 

 appear around the feet, especially in the space between the two 

 divisions of the hoof, and in some instances blisters appear on 

 the udder, which afterward break and form raw sores on the-udders 

 or teats. 



The disease may also be communicated to sheep and swine. I 

 wish, if you meet any cases of this kind, you would quarantine 

 the cattle, sheep or swine that have the disease or that have been 

 exposed to it, forbidding the owner to take them off his premises 

 or to drive them across or on the public highway. If his fields 

 have not any public highway between the barn and the lots he 

 wishes to turn them into, he can turn them out if he wishes, pro- 

 vided they do not come in contact with his neighbors' cattle ; 

 otherwise, they are to be kept in the stable. 



When you quarantine any such animals, you can call the disease, 

 on your quarantine notice, " foot and mouth disease," giving fflie 

 owner the original copy of quarantine notice, and sending dupli- 

 cate here. As this trouble may prove to be serious and important, 

 I wish you to give it your careful attention, and carry out any 

 orders directed to you in connection with it faithfully. It may 

 also be conveyed by the shoes, and sometimes by the clothing. I 



