362 PRUSSIAN REGULATIONS FOR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. 



sion of the police, and then only when perfectly dry, or for direct 

 delivery to a tannery. 



" The infected stables or pens must be cleansed and disinfected 

 according to law. 



" The disease may be declared as ended when the official veteri- 

 narian has declared all the sheep at the infected place free from the 

 disease. 



"The regulations are, however, to be held in force for two 

 months after the disease has been declared as ended. Sheep in full 

 wool can only be removed from such places after four months from 

 the time the disease was declared at an end. At the cessation of 

 all restrictions, the same must be made known by the police in the 

 usual way." 



Rabies of the Domestic Animals. 



Dogs. — "Dogs in which signs of rabies appear, or which indicate 

 suspicious phenomena, must either be at once killed by the owner 

 or those having them in charge, or be placed in secure confinement 

 until tlie police have determined what is to be done with them. 



" When a human being or an animal is bitten by a dog which is 

 suspected as being rabid, or been in any relation with such, which 

 renders infection probable, the suspected dog is not to he killed, hut 

 he safely secured, when such can he done without further danger, 

 until the police decide upon the course to take. 



" The transport of a dog in which rabies is suspected, with the 

 purpose of confinement, must take place in a closed vehicle, or the 

 dog must be securely muzzled and well chained with two chains be- 

 tween two conductors. 



" It is the duty of the local police to immediately cause the ex- 

 amination of a dog suspected of rabies by an official veterinarian, 

 or, when time would be lost in waiting for the attendance of the 

 latter, by an approved veterinarian. 



" If there is a well-founded suspicion that the suspected dog had 

 been in relation with a rabid or suspected dog, the dog must be se- 

 curely confined and watched for a period of six days, if the exami- 

 nation of the veterinarian does not at once confirm the suspicion. 

 If the dog lives over this time, and no suspicious phenomena ap- 

 j)ear, he is to be discharged. 



" If a dog suspected of rabies is at once killed, or if it dies during 

 confinement, it is the duty of the police to order a jpost-mortem ex- 

 amination by an official veterinarian, if there has been any proba- 

 bility of men or animals having been bitten by the same, or if the 

 said dog has been roaming over the country. 



