200 GENERAL THERAPEUTICS FOR VETERINARIANS 



suspected fowl and other slaughter offal are to be rendered harmless by being 

 burned or buried. Offal of such a nature that it cannot be burned must be 

 collected together and thoroughly mixed with an equal amoimt of milk of 

 lime and then buried. The surface layer of earth is to be removed from the 

 runs and the ground is then to be wet with concentrated milk of lime. Lime 

 or concentrated milk of lime is to be mixed with the water in tlie swimming 

 pools or baths in the same manner as it is mixed with hquid manure (§ 14, 

 No. 2, subdivision 1); after 24 hours the water is to be removed and the sides 

 and bottom of the pool or bath disinfected with concentrated milk of hme. 



3. Large quantities of manure may be composted. Feathers in dry condi- 

 tion may be removed from infected premises packed in closed sacks, with the 

 approval of the sanitary authorities. 



Tuberculosis 

 § 27. 1. Immediately after cattle in which tuberculosis is established 

 according to law or in which its presence appears probable are removed, the 

 stalls occupied by them are to be cleaned and disinfected. 



2. The cleaning and disinfection, as a rule, includes the stall, but in the 

 event of the occurrence of several cases, or if the diseased or suspected animal 

 has occupied different stalls in the stable, then the official veterinarian may 

 require the cleaning and disinfection of a portion of the stable or the entire 

 stable, as he may consider necessary. In every case the equipment, utensils 

 and other objects contaminated by the elimination of the animal are to be 

 cleaned and disinfected, especially the manger, feed vessels, racks, water 

 troughs, the alleys and walls adjoining the stall, the floor, and the cleaning 

 and milking utensils. 



3. The disinfection is to be carried out according to § 13. Milk pails 

 and other milk vessels are to be disinfected by steam, by boiling or by 

 scrubbing with boiling hot water or boiling hot soda solution (see § 11, sub- 

 division 1, Nos. 9 and 10). 



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The regiilations of the U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry (B. A. I. order 

 143, amendment 4) require that cars which have carried cattle from the 

 quarantined area shall be cleaned and disinfected as follows: "Remove all 

 litter and manure from all portions of the cars, including the ledges and 

 framework outside; wash the exterior and interior of the car until clean and 

 saturate the entire interior surface, including the inner surface of the car 

 doors, with the disinfecting material." 



Boats which have carried cattle from the quarantined area must be cleaned 

 and disinfected as follows: "Remove all htter and manure from the decks, 

 stalls, and all other parts of the boat occupied or traversed by such cattle, 

 and from the portable chutes or other appliances or fixtures used in loading 



