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to keep their calves ; the latter should be separated the second 

 day from birth, and fed only on well-boiled milk. 



The meat may be sold if the tuberculous process is localized or 

 in the first stages of development, and the body in good state of 

 nutrition. If the disease is generalized or in the substance of the 

 flesh, the carcass is destroyed. Killing is all done in public 

 slaughter houses under careful inspection. 



In Saxony, so far as the State is concerned, tuberculin inocula- 

 tions are only employed in the case of animals to be used for 

 stock-raising purposes, and belonging to societies supported by 

 the State ; animals that react must not be used for breeding. 

 The use of tuberculin in other cases is a private matter, but the 

 State arranges so that tuberculin can be obtained at cost price. 



In the case of meat inspection, the regulations are much the 

 same as in Bavaria and Prussia. 



France. 



Cattle coming into France are placed under observation on the 

 frontier at the expense of the importers for forty-eight hours at 

 least, and are submitted to the tuberculin test. Under the law 

 of 1881, every owner or person who has charge of an animal that 

 is affected, or is suspected of being affected, with cattle plague, 

 pleuro-pneumonia contagiosa, sheep-pox and itch, foot-and-mouth 

 disease, glanders and farcy, hydrophobia and anthrax (and by an 

 order of July, 1888, symptomatic anthrax and tuberculosis), must 

 immediately declare the fact to the mayor of the commune ; the 

 animals must be isolated and must not be removed until the 

 veterinary surgeon appointed by the administration has examined 

 them. 



Under date of September, 1896, the order relating to carcasses 

 of tuberculous animals was put in force. It is the same in prin- 

 ciple as in Germany. 



Belgium. 



In Belgium they believe that it is not practicable to group tu- 

 berculosis with other contagious diseases. 



The law gives the minister of agriculture power to forbid the 

 entrance of animals coming from countries where tuberculosis is 

 known to exist, or he may cause them to be tested at the im- 

 porter's expense. 



In Belgium tuberculin can only be used under authorization from 

 the minister of agriculture, and all tests must be communicated to 

 the government. Veterinary surgeons must notify the district 

 inspector if they find or suspect a case of tuberculosis by clinical 



