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same as in Germany and France ; that is to say, the meat can be 

 used as food when the disease is slight, when there are not changes 

 in the muscles or widespread lesions in the viscera. 



Denmark. 

 Tuberculin will be provided to owners who guarantee to keep 

 reacting animals separate. The owner must not conduct animals 

 infected with manifest tuberculosis to fairs, cattle shows, pasture 

 lands or strange stables, nor sell the animal so diseased except for 

 the meat market. He cannot sell the meat until inspected and 

 passed as fit for human consumption. Neither shall he sell the 

 milk of cattle affected with tubercle of the tedder, or use it for food 

 of man or the manufacture of butter or cheese, nor use it, except 

 when boiled, for feeding other animals. 



Switzerland. 



In Switzerland the agricultural department supplies tuberculin 

 to such cantons as require it and pay half the expenses connected 

 with the inoculation. 



The test must be applied to every animal over six months old 

 in the herd of the person applying for it. 



Animals that react must be marked by having a small triangular 

 portion punched out of the right ear. Those that do not react 

 and show no other evidence of tuberculosis must wear some dis- 

 tinctive mark. 



At present no further measure than that of marking them has 

 been proposed in the case of suspected animals, owing to the fact 

 that the test does not give any evidence as to the extent of the 

 disease. The owner, however, is recommended to isolate them, 

 and render the milk harmless by boiling. 



Norway. 



In Norway an owner must notify the authorities whenever he is 

 aware of the existence of disease in his herd. They in turn make 

 examinations and report. It is probable that soon all cattle 

 coming from Sweden to the markets at Fredrickshald and Chris- 

 tiana will have to be tested ; those that react will be sold for 

 immediate slaughter. 



An owner may petition the government for tuberculin and ex- 

 amination of his herd at government expense. In such case, after 

 the test he must separate reacting animals from the others, and 

 disinfect. Those suffering from advanced tuberculosis or tuber- 



